pocketed! The Pool Billiard Podcast

In this episode I am talking with Kristina about her stay in the USA due to the political situations, why she felt the need to change her stroke, her mental strength development and especially about her personal training program which will be available to everyone very soon! Enjoy! Support the show

GERMAN EPISODEIn this episode I am talking to German Powerhouse Kristina "Kiki" Grim, one of the most talented yet underrated  female players in Germany.  Despite only playing part-time, she usually achieves great success as displayed recently reaching the finals of the Women´s Eurotour in Lasko/Slovenia without any significant training prior to the event.EnjoySupport the show

@taradonnino from @insightperformancecoaching is our guest in this Podcast episode; she continues our series focusing on the mental part of the game; Tara‘s expertise also was requested by Matchroom Pool, where she has been invited by @emfrazer to discuss this important topic. Enjoy!Support the show

Are you REALLY happy with your results., or do you feel you’re underachieving ???If you’re not seeing the kind of highly consistency and results in your matches then it’s highly likely that you could be missing some key steps from your mental game process and method.In this episode I am talking with Mental Coach James Lake on how to improve your mental game!Enjoy! Support the show

Who is she? This might be one of the first question that you may ask yourself! Well, we can tell you, Alisa is only 15 years old from Belarus, and rocking the Pool scene already. Starting her Instagram Account only a couple of months ago, she already has close to 7000 followers! Why you may ask?  One thing for sure, is her dedication and perseverance with which she approaches the game. No wonder, she won so much at this young age already. For sure, she has a bright future ahead of her.We hope you enjoy this episode!Sponsors of Alisa:FURY CUES: https://www.furycues.com/SIDEPOCKET APPAREL: https://sidepocketapparel.com/TAOM: https://taombilliards.com/BULLETPROOF BREAKTIPS: https://bulletproofbreaktips.com/ Support the show

In this Podcast I have the pleasure to talk Mike Page, Co-Founder of FargoRate! I am super keen to talk with him about the rating system we all are familiar with - or are we? The goal of our talk is to help you all to learn more about Fargo Rating, its goals, and the possibilities we all could make use of with this amazing rating tool. Enjoy!Support the show

Today I am honored to talk to a special guest: 12 year old Pool protegee Savannah Easton joins me on her Birthday (thanks so much for taking your time!!), and we are talking about her passion for Pool, how it all started, and what her father, Margaret Fefilova, Hunter Lombardo, Jasmin Ouschan and many more have to do with her improvement as a player. As young as she is, her attitude and approach to Pool and life just impresses and amazes me. Just have a listen, and you might understand why we feel this way.Enjoy!Support the show

We are happy to start 2022 by talking to Polish Powerhouse Oliwia Zalewska, a former WPA World Nine Ball Junior Champion! She also is multiple Women´s Eurotour winner, succesful participant in the European Pool Billiard Championships, winning numerous medals. This talk shall help to learn more about her, despite being so succesful, not too many people - even within the Pool community - know a lot about her! We talk about her being a young mother now, and how she tries to pursue her career as Pool Player, her studies at University, her training approach and much more!Enjoy!We apologize for the poor Audio quality because the Podcast has been recorded online.Support the show

Enjoy our talk with Reed Merschat and Colby Frontiero, the founders of Salotto App. We talk about their relationship with Mosconi Cup Player Chris Reinhold, their intentions to start this benchmark setting App, the connection with Fargo Rating, about them as individuals, and their connection to a crazy, but cool guy, called Karl Boyes!A must listen for everyone who wants to compete, play Pool matches, and at the same time improve his or her´s Fargo Rating! Click here to get your Salotto App access:https://salotto.app/Support the show

Enjoy a bit of a different talk with Matchroom`s CEO Emily Frazer, focusing on her career path, on her as a person, about a story that table fitters did not want to talk with her (cause she is a woman), her start in the Pool Billiard industry, and of course - the Mosconi Cup! I want to thank Emily so much for spending her precious time with us - and we really think, she is a bad ass person, to have achieved what she has achieved - so far! Expect more to come!Support the show

Listen to our talk with the 2019 Austrian 8-Ball National Champion and 2021 Austrian Runner-up in the National Straight Pool Championships, Daniel Resch. We not only talk about him being an avid Pool Player, but also about his work as coach for the Austrian Youth National Team, his learnings as a player and coach as well about the influence of his ongoing Sports- and Psychology studies on the performance as a player and his role of being a coach.German version.Enjoy!  Support the show

GERMAN ONLYGenießt unser Gespräch mit Lena Primus, der aktuellen 8-Ball Junioren Europameisterin und erfolgreichen Teilnehmerin bei Turnieren der Eurotour! Beim letzten Tourstopp konnte sie den ausgezeichneten welches 5. Platz in der allgemeinen Klasse bei den Frauen erzielen. Aber wer ist Lena Primus, was treibt sie an, woher kommt sie, was möchte sie im Pool-Billiard Sport erreichen, wie lebt sie Ihr Leben abseits des Sports und welche Tipps hat sie für Nachwuchsspieler parat die es Ihr gleichtun wollen? Über all diese Fragen hat sie mit Norbert Filippits gesprochen.  Viel Spaß beim reinhören!Euer Team von pocketed!Der Pool Billiard PodcastSupport the show

Enjoy our amazing talk with Jakub Koniar from Slovakia who impressed so many because of his strong performance at the recent Matchroom events. Being a part-time Pool Player he still is considered as a professional by us, although he would definetly deny this. We talked about how he got into Pool, his experiences during the Matchroom events and what he expects from the his future in Pool considering that he will become a father this Autumn! Support the show

Enjoy our talk with the super-professional, nice and humble Tony Robles introducing us into his new life in Florida, his time in New York, about his Predator ProAm Tour and his recommendations for us players. I cannot express my gratitude towards him spending time with us and sharing his wisdom.Support the show

Enjoy our beautiful conversation with Danny, one of the greats of the sport - especially in Straight Pool. We talk about his beginnings, the beauty and struggle with the game, about John Schmidts high-run, him as a person and what he suggests for us normal players. To me this talk was very special, because not only is Danny a very kind and nice person - I now understand why others refer to him as their mentor, their Yoda! Support the show

In this Episode we welcome Kristina Tkach and we focus on the mental side of the game since she is one of the most succesful players and one of the most mentally strong players in my opinion. We start off talking about her as a person, then highlighting what makes ourselfs and our head strong when playing and include technical and training aspects towards the end of the Podcast. Enjoy this talk to one of the smartest and finest personalities in Professional Pool - at least to me!Support the show

In this episode we talk with Max Eberle about his path into Pool, how he experienced his start into becoming a Professional Player, his approach on teaching students, what hinders us normal players to become better and what he has in mind for the future! Go check out his Pro Pool Academy as well as his Book Zen Pool - both worth spending your time on!Support the show

The Straight Pool Special Podcast Edition. In this Episode we welcome Michael Yednak, a well respected Straight Pool Player now living in New York. We talk about high-runs, how to achieve them, what prevents us from achieving our goals, his mentors, the different people the game attracts, break shots, the mental side of the game, Amsterdam Billiards, the Straight Pool scene in New York and much more! It has been an honor for us, and for sure we talk with Michael again. And maybe, we can infect you with the Straight Pool virus as well...Enjoy!Support the show

GERMAN LANGUAGE EDITIONRalf will noch einmal Weltmeister werden, am liebsten im 10 Ball. Warum er Joshua Filler so schätzt, wie er seinen Beginn im Billiardsport erlebt hat, warum die World Games 2009 sein Schönstes Billiard Profi Sporterlebnis war, wie er als Privatmann so tickt und was er uns Spielern aller Altersgruppen rät... über all das durften wir mit ihm sprechen, und es war uns nicht nur ein Vergnügen, sondern es hat uns auch motiviert, wieder mehr in uns selbst zu investieren.Wir hoffen, dass auch ihr dieses Gespräch so genießt wie wir es getan haben.Viel Vergnügen.Support the show

The only Pool Player I know who broke his wrist whily playing, how having a black belt in Judo helped him to become so succesful, what Ken Block and Travis Pastrana have in common with him and why you have to be damn to good to save him in a game of Pool. He talks about the influence of Ralph Eckert and his time in Austria and Germany, his work heading the APA league in Las Vegas, his experience doing Trickshot Shows and his new deal with Cuetec. To me, this talk was so inspiring because it motivated me to open up my horizon, to use some of what Venom does to become a better Pool Player.Enjoy!Support the show