Pool Billiard Workout PAT Start

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What is PAT?

To learn how to play Pool very good is a lot harder than one might believe from just watching skilled athletes in action. It is very important that beginners, if kids or grown-ups make no difference, will study the basics very carefully, and then practice on it all, step-by-step in a methodical fashion. The first and most important lesson is to understand that there are no short-cuts and that it actually takes longer to improve if steps are overlooked, or simply pushed aside. To play Pool makes a lot of fun, and there is nothing wrong in this - on the contrary! However, it is important that there is a difference between having fun playing, and practicing in order to learn! With the proper amount of discipline and concentration, as well as a lot of inner motivation to master the various techniques required, Pool will soon be even more fun to play!

PAT stands for "Playing Ability Test", but it is in fact much more than just a test - it is also a methodical system for acquiring the various skills that are needed in order to be able to play Pool on the highest possible level! PAT Start is the first out of four levels that cover all ground from the basic and fundamental shots to the technically demanding position play by a professional world athlete, who is capable of running frame after frame in an effortless fashion that others can only admire! PAT Start, like all other PAT levels, will put you to the test on ten different aspects of the game - each one of them of great importance for your improvement. Since all exercises are governed by rules for how the balls are to be placed, be played and be counted, all attempts can be measured and compared with the next. Study carefully, make sure to have the balls properly set up and play by the rules, again and again until the required score is no limit. With PAT it will be easier to plan your practice, to identify your short, mid and long term goals - and to reach them!

In this workout not only the exercises that all of them are a part of the test are to be found, but also others, as well as some practice games that will allow implementation of acquired skills. In addition to this there are score-sheets and diagrams that will allow recording when running a self-test.

If used properly this exercise program offers great assistance for a long time and will perfectly prepare the player for the next official test - it will not replace a (good) coach though!

How to use the Workout?

Inexperienced players simply start - of course under the guidance of the coach - with the exercises and will thus use the book as the norm during practice. The choice of drills or practice games will be selected in consultation with the coach, and so also the identification of the first goals.

The PAT will then be performed first after the workout on all exercises - and by this serve as...