How do I do bank shots, use english, and trick shots???
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Why cheat? Simply practice and learn how to play the game properly!\n\nI don't use any aids and have a rating around the 1500 mark, and in all honesty players in the 1100s are terrible! Clearly all the cheating is not helping you at all.\n\nWith practice you will soon get the hang of making pots - that is the easy part. Then you need to learn how the white is going to move after it hits the ball depending on how you hit it. From there you can begin to learn how to ensure you always end up in position for another pot.\n\nKeep your shot selection simple - only use spin when you absolutely have to for example - and learn to trust your own judgement. Most pots I miss occur when I have second thoughts and try to line it up better! If you are having to try and use "trick shots" then you are never going to win, and if you play someone who makes a series of "impossible" shots against you then you know they are cheating (just like you are) - generally those people are terrible at safety play, so I just snooker them and let them foul repeatedly until I win anyway lol\n\nSome people also pick their opponents carefully, because when you play someone ranked lower than you you risk losing 20+ points if you lose, but maybe only gain 1 or 2 when you win.\n\nBut hey - it's just a game. Enjoy it, and don't let defeats spoil your enjoyment.
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i like to do jump shots
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combos, fake often when he's not alert & dun fake when he's already be faked for a few times, use different variations to make him confuse. Practice reverse layups, it has higher chances that the defender has less experience in guarding a reverse layup.\nGreat Options: \n1. fake & reverse layup \n2. shoot the 1st few scores then mis layups & shoots (creates psycological confusion)\n3. fake & shoot\n4. Lean towards an agressive defender & earn a foul.\n5. crossover, charge towards the goal leading him moving backwards then make a fade.\n6. learn to shoot with your back facing the goal... extraordinary moves always scores extraordinary points & cheers from d crowd =D~\n\nIf you wanna lose more defender, Practice 1 on 1. \nPractice make Perfect! *w|nKz~
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practice one skill at a time, with a lot of repetition.  make sure you are doing it correctly first.  also play a lot of street basketball to get used to the game.
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Make sure your shooting hand is over your elbow.  Here is a good drill.  Assuming your are right handed, stand on a straight line with your right toe lined up on the line.  Act like your shooting and shoot the ball in the air.  It should land on the line, meaning your shot is straight
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get soem books research drills that will in crease speed accuracy of shots and stuff like that. pr join some basketball camps this summer
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Work on the basics.\n\nDribbling:  Work both hands, eyes up\nPassing:  Bounce, Chest and lob pass.  Angles are very important.\nShooting: Layups, Free Throws, Angles shots off the back board.
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start with a kickflip then move up to a varial then a 360 flip or a hard flip jus find someone to show you how to do em!!!!
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The best way to get better at a sport is practice!  Find your weeknesses and work on them till they get better. So lets say you aren't that great at dribbling...What you have to do is set up a set of cones in a row and/or curving around (to represent players) and dribble around the outsides of the cones while keeping control of the ball.  If you have shooting problems, just keep shooting for a few hours and you'll get it.  I suggest for a shooting problem to start off trying to make 5 shots in a row without missing.  If you miss you should start back at 0 and work up to 5 again.  Do this with lay-ups and once you master those, move on to free throws.  then back 2 steps, then back another 2 steps.  Keep doing that untill you reach 2 steps past the (invisible three point line) if you are on your driveway or just past the regular three point line.
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ok seeing as how you liked the last one....hmmm....well you can play quarters.  Make three shots in a row and make a rule like "no sliding the quarter" or "no saying drink, drank or drunk".  You can play "three man" with some dice everytime a three is rolled the "3 man" drinks, 7 = left, 11 = right, 5&1 = social...then make up a bunch in between.  You can play the "name game" you think of a famous person then the next person has to play off him/her.  Like I say George Clooney...next person has to start with the "C" from Clooney....Chris Farley....then "F"....Fred Flintstone...then because of the double "F" it reverses.  So the guy who says Chris Farley would have to go again real quick "Farrah Faucet" then it'd reverse again.  Then that guy would get stumped and have to drink.\n\nYou can play Kings if you're feeling extra dangerous.  Take all the face cards and the aces and put em all face down around a pitcher in the middle.  hehehe.  each person pulls a card (one at a time).  Oh and add the 9s too.  9 = ryhme.  That person starts a ryhem (can't spell) then each person goes around and has to keep it up.  10s are i dunno guy on left drinks...jacks guy on right drinks....queens every one drinks....King, the first three kings pour into the pitcher...as much as they want/have.  The last King has to drink it all without stopping.  Aces person who pulled has to drink.  That outta hold you over for a bit.
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a good thing to do is to try to get the defender off of their feet if they are as tall as you.. so pump fakes work really good... another thing to do is a drop set since you are so tall it will be easier to do this all you have to do is step back and turn toward the basket while clearing you defender out without fouling.. another good move is a little hook shot just turn toward the inside and lay it in
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frst get 2 a gud coach & get ur shootin action ryte\nnext start from da near shots & get ur free throws perfect   (u knoe witout jump)\nthen start practicn\n\n\nall this wil take at least a month if ur a starter\nanyway u gotta perfect ur shootn action b4 startn 2 practice
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- Bend your wrist back as far as possible and then snap it as fast as you can at the top of your shot.\n\n- Keep your elbows tucked.\n\n- Bend your knees.\n\n- Release the ball with your fingertips.\n\n- Most importantly you have to feel comfortable doing it or it just won't fall in.
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best thing is the boy scout motto.  be prepared.  prepare yourself mentally before hand and it will be much easier for you. \n\nmake it a habit, during your warmup before tournament, league or that "friendly" match, that the last thing you do before starting play is hit a dozen or so "money" balls in the pocket.  pick some  simple straight shots combined with some harder shots (not so hard they might be outside your skill set).  the purpose of this is to give you the confidence of seeing that 9 (or 8) fall in the pocket in a variety of situations.\n\nand the next time you have that knot in the pit of your stomach and can't breath, and your ears are pounding; just think that you just sank this shot minutes ago...this same nine and how beautiful it was seeing it fall in.\n\ngood luck
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Assuming you're a beginer, practice all your simple "J'' turns using both your toeside edges and heelside edges. once you have your edges down start pointing your board down the hill, each time going further and further. but remember you must have your turns and stopping down before you start shooting down the hill. \n\nIf you post another question telling exactly what you need work on, i could answer better.
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To bank a shot. . . use the diamonds to give you direction.  This can be a 90 degree angle, or a 45 degree angle.  Simply, take your pool stick place it over the white ball, the ball you want to hit, and pick a diamond on the table for a destination. Next, you'll observe what angles are formed from this choice.  You then make a choice if the angles formed can put the little ball in a hole.\n\nHave fun, hope you sink lots of 'em.
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The best thing that i have seen to do and done to improve FG % is to have a goal at home, even a portable one for 150 from wal-mart works, work on just shooting, if you don't make the shot run to the ball and shoot as fast as u can,dont think about it let it begin to come naturally without thinking just shooting