The Kinister Workout
Shots
Bert Kinister's drill catalog — the shots we're grinding to sharpen stroke, position, and shape. Tap a shot for the diagram, replay, source video, and the mistakes to avoid.
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Shots drilled
Shot 01
Basic Stop Shot
Shot 02
Pocket Speed Diagonal
Shot 2.5
Power Draw — Full Length
Shot 03
Inside English — Return to Center
Shot 04
Three Rails to Middle
Shot 05
Two Rails to Middle
Shot 06
Draw to Center
Shot 07
Soft English Across
Shot 08
Two Rails — No Third
Shot 09
Four Rails — Zig-Zag
Shot 10
Half-Table Draw
Shot 11
Six Balls into the Side
Shot 12
Right English to Center
Shot 13
Three Rails — High Left English
Shot 14
Natural Angle to Center
Shot 15
Pat's Favorite
Shot 16
Two Rails — Middle of Top Table
Shot 17
Speed Control — No Long Rails
Shot 18
Three-Rail Draw
Shot 19
Side Pocket Cut — CB to Top
Shot 20
Three Rails — ¾ High English
Shot 21
Outside English + Draw
Shot 22
Two Rails Out of the Corner
Shot 23
Around the Table — Side Pocket
Shot 24
Long Diagonal — Watch the Scratch
Shot 25
Jump Shot — Tears Up Cloth
Shot 26
Run Six Balls
Shot 27
Dead Level Draw — No Rail
Practice Drills
Routines & Drills
Multi-ball routines and progression drills that go beyond a single shot. Use them to score yourself across a session and track measurable improvement over time.
Drill
The Ladder Drill
Pure stop-shot drill at increasing distances. The OB starts one diamond in front of the cue ball; you pocket it with a stop shot, move the OB back one diamond, and repeat until the OB reaches the foot rail. Miss anywhere and you start over from rung one.
Drill
Wagon Wheel
One object ball on the foot spot, cue ball at center table. Six numbered landing zones around the table. Pocket the OB in the same corner every rep and land the cue ball in each zone in sequence — cycling through follow, draw, stun, with and without english.
Drill
The Mighty X
Kinister's signature stroke-honesty drill. Place the cue ball and object ball on the long table diagonal — OB near one corner, CB near the diagonally opposite corner. Shoot the OB straight in. Cycle through stop, replace, follow, and draw variants. The diagonal exposes any flaw in your stance or stroke.
Drill
Line-Up Drill (15 Balls)
Fifteen object balls lined up on the long string between the side pocket and the foot rail. Break the line with the cue ball, then run as many as you can. The pre-arranged line forces you to read clusters, choose pockets, and manage cue-ball traffic.
Drill
9-Ball Ghost
Play a race against "the Ghost" — an opponent who never misses. Rack nine balls, break, take ball-in-hand on the first shot, and run the rack. Any miss or scratch loses the game. Win the rack to win the game. Race the Ghost to 7 (or any target) to measure your shotmaking under match-style pressure.
Drill
Bowliards
Bowling-style scoring on a pool table. Rack ten balls, break, and run as many as you can — each ball counts one point, with strikes (all 10 in a row) and spares (clear the table in two innings) bonused like bowling. Ten frames per game. The format keeps every rack relevant and gives you a real number to chase.
Heads up: Kinister deliberately never published diagrams for the 60 Minute Workout — the videos are the source of truth. The setups here match his verbal descriptions; treat the geometry as a guide and fine-tune as you drill. Per-shot timestamps are filled in as we catalogue them.