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Pressure practice

How do you practise pool under pressure?

Pressure practice adds consequences to drills — 'must make 10 in a row', restart on a miss, or a small stake — so your routine and stroke are trained under the tension of real matches.

In more detail

Keep pressure sets short and specific. The goal is not to suffer but to make match conditions feel familiar.

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What is a good pressure drill?

Any drill with a strict pass standard and a restart on failure, such as 10 consecutive pots from fixed positions.

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