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I'm Dzmitry - a pool player and coach from 🇵🇱 🎱
2x Belarus champ, Polish Grand Prix & Baltic League 🥈
I train, compete, and share what works so you can improve faster. I'm Dzmitry Hryb - a pool player and coach from Poland 🇵🇱 🎱
I train, compete, and share what works so you can play better, faster. I grow as a player and help you do the same - at any age and level, onsite and online.

24/10/2026

How do you warm up and get in stroke? 🤔

Having a separate practice room at the venue is a luxury.
Many big tournaments in Europe only allow one rack of practice per player before every match.
Some don’t allow any at all 🙈

So we have to prepare our body, nervous system, and also calibrate to the table conditions having only 10 shots available.
Sounds challenging?

Here’s the secret:
The warmup starts long before we get to the actual table 💡

🟡 Get your blood flowing with some light exercise, stretching, or a brisk walk to the venue.
🟡 Regulate your mind: sense if you’re too calm or stressed out and adjust with breathing and music.
🟡 Arrive ahead of time to practice focused attention and let your eyes adjust to the lighting.

After that, learn how to use even the shortest practice to the fullest.
🎯 Pay attention to cloth and rail speed. It can change dramatically on the same tables during the same day.
🎯 Get into your deep focus state. Just knocking in the balls won’t help with anything.
🎯 Try to figure out the shots that can cause problems if unaddressed: breaks, kicks and banks.

Every successful player has their own rituals that work for them.
Top players try to work around by going to other pool halls nearby and practice there if possible.
What stays in common is a solid pre-match routine to unlock our best possible game even after only 10 practice shots.

Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

18/10/2026

The score is 8:7, race to 9.
You have a good layout to run out for the match.
You know that if you miss, you might not get back to the table anymore.

And then you snooker yourself 🤦‍♂️
What do you do?

Honestly, most players just freak out.
But we have to play what the table gives us.
As long as we’re in the game, we can push through 💪
Here you can see what I did to close out the match.

Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

Finished 9th in the last Polish ranking tournament of this season 🇵🇱The last couple of months were exhausting for me wit...
14/10/2026

Finished 9th in the last Polish ranking tournament of this season 🇵🇱

The last couple of months were exhausting for me with a lot of work, pool, and travel. It rounded up with a week-long delegation to Amsterdam, after which I went straight to Kielce to seal the deal for this year’s Polish Championships.

I actually played quite well until the last 16, but then innovative chess clock time pressure and overall fatigue combined into a couple of rushed decisions and missed balls. My opponent made 3 break and runs and clearly deserved the W, so no hard feelings even though I had a medal potential once again 🤷‍♂️

Now I hold the 12th place in the national ranking after a pretty good and consistent season.
Time to rest a little bit, and then back to work on and off the table.
Next up: Spanish Open Euro Tour in 2 weeks 🇪🇸

Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

Last Sunday marked the next success, this time not mine.My teammate and student Szymon Duda won another regional tournam...
29/09/2026

Last Sunday marked the next success, this time not mine.
My teammate and student Szymon Duda won another regional tournament 💪

We met the day before for a team bootcamp and had a full day of sparring matches.
I was happy to see how Szymon's stroke stabilized during the last months.
He's spent a ton of hours with technical drills on his 4'' table, so he's more dangerous than ever now!

He went through a tough field of 50 strong players from all across the country who came to visit the renovated legendary Amnezja pool hall in Kalisz and celebrate its 20th birthday.
When he won in the Last 16 against a former Euro Tour champion, he wrote on the team chat: 'I'm going for it!'
So he did, and they gave him a bigger cup than those we get for some national tournaments 😎

A bit of celebration is due, and then let's see what happens next.

Well done, Szymon!
Keep shootin' 🍄🎱

25/09/2026

In between tournaments, another international student came over for a full weekend of training 🤓

Christopher is a very diligent player. I was impressed with how much he acknowledged the importance of a good routine and consistency, unlike most amateurs.
The problem is that he's trying to be too perfect about it and control every little movement consciously 😅
So he's essentially paving his own road to hell with good intentions.
This approach is only going to cost him a lot of energy during long tournament days and prevent him from ever getting in the zone.

So we talked about building a different mindset and other mental concepts while also going through a full diagnostic workflow.
We've found a couple of technical tweaks and areas of improvement, but overall Chris is already capable of making (almost) every skill shot there is on the table 💪
He's got a pretty good feeling of the cue ball speed and direction as well, which is crucial for position and safety play.

Starting next season, Chris is joining the German team league and will face many dangerous opponents.
Great motivation for building on what's already there 😎

Keep shootin' 🍄🎱

Oradea Open - 3rd place 🥉 🇷🇴Another productive weekend in the books 💪I played really well for a guy who’s got only 8-10 ...
21/09/2026

Oradea Open - 3rd place 🥉 🇷🇴
Another productive weekend in the books 💪

I played really well for a guy who’s got only 8-10 hours of practice per week these days 😅
If we count in the challenger matches from Friday, I won 12 in a row before WNT pro Cristian Surdea stopped me in the semis with 3 break-and-runs and a couple of lucky rolls, then also won the whole thing 🥇
So the result is a bit disappointing, as I hoped for my first international title.

Still, I can finally be happy with my game and the visible progress I’ve made this year (thanks Mitja Gradišnik).
I feel like I’m close to unlocking my top performance more consistently.
A couple of new friends made as well, and a couple of fans earned 😎

I’ve spent great time for the second time in Oradea and will look forward to coming back next year.
Thanks for having me 🙌

Next stop: Best of the East - Polish Open in October 🇵🇱

Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

Played in my first ever Longoni cues Prostar Cup last weekend 🇮🇹🎱I didn’t feel I was prepared at all 😅I’ve started fiddl...
16/09/2026

Played in my first ever Longoni cues Prostar Cup last weekend 🇮🇹🎱

I didn’t feel I was prepared at all 😅
I’ve started fiddling with my cue length and weight recently and had little time to practice over the last weeks.
But suddenly, something clicked really well already onsite!
It took me just a couple of racks to catch a good gear, so I lost only one decider over 7 races to 5 in the group stage😸

Naturally, I had high hopes for the second day, too.
But the pool gods had other plans 🤷‍♂️
I played a terrible first half of the Last 16 match, which resulted in 2:8 score.
Then I finally woke up and made it 7:8 in about 10 minutes, but it was already too late as my opponent broke and ran the last one under pressure.
9th place it is.

A good humility lesson, and a great example of how unpredictable pool can be.
3 weeks ago in Treviso, I played much worse on average and made my lifetime run.
This time, with a higher game quality, the result is below expectations 🫠
At least I know what to work on before my next trips.

Grazie mille to Pierluigi Longoni for inviting me over! It was also the first time we met in person, hopefully not the last one.

I had a great time in Bussolengo and made a couple of new friends in Italy.
Already looking forward to next year 😎

P.S. Please allow for any practice in between matches. This will elevate the competition level even higher 🚀
Even one rack each will help a lot.

Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

Taom Billiards

05/09/2026

3 skills required to win racks on a high level 🎱

1️⃣ Break shot
Better break = more break and runouts without letting opponents to the table.
As simple as that.

2️⃣ Safeties
When we have to let the opponent a shot, let's make sure it's at least a tricky one.
Smart snookers win us the ball in hand = even more runouts.

3️⃣ Resafeties
When the opponent plays the Uno reverse card on us, we have to know how to respond.
Kick and jump shots are all there to practice and make us unbeatable.

No one will give us an easy day at the pro level.
Just pocketing balls and running out open tables isn't enough - we have to earn our chance to score first.
The 3 skills from above are needed to do just that.

Keep shootin' 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

29/08/2026

Let's admit it: pool training is boring 🫣

It relies on repetition to build good habits and improve our skills.
The higher level, the more.
But there are 2 things that can keep us going and motivated.
One is challenge, and the other is fun.

Making 500 stop shots is tedious, but it becomes a nice challenge once we get a reward for doing it.
Practicing kick shots is frustrating, but try adding 1 more rail every time you hit the object ball so the drill gets creative 🤓

This one is a nice quick pocketing challenge.
Start with a spot shot and try to make 6 in a row with increasing angle.
Alternate the corner pockets for more difficulty.

Keep shootin' 🍄🎱

Longoni cues
Taom Billiards

Longoni cues Italian Open Euro Tour - 5th place 🇮🇹🎱I still can’t believe it, guys! A lifetime run so far 😎I’ve struggled...
23/08/2026

Longoni cues Italian Open Euro Tour - 5th place 🇮🇹🎱
I still can’t believe it, guys! A lifetime run so far 😎

I’ve struggled with my game all the way due to not enough practice time lately.
I’ve dealt with crazy table reactions and condition changes, bad rolls, mental fatigue, pressure tests, random misses, and shot clock.

But apparently, strategic tournament choice while many top cats are out in the US + strong mentality and 25 years of playing experience can make a B game shine and push me through to the final day for the first time 🤓

I’m learning that my tournament survival doesn’t depend on feeling good and playing perfectly - even on the highest international level.
We can still find our way to victory even when stroke, vision, and decision-making aren’t too sharp.
Our job during competition is to extract the maximum result from whatever game we have available today.

The time to assess and analyse will come later.
Until it’s not over, keep pushing no matter what 💪

I hope my good results this year are just the beginning of something bigger!
For now, I’ll enjoy a well-deserved day off in sunny Italy, then fly home and back to work.
I definitely need some training before my next events in September 😅

Big thanks go to:
💙 my coach Mitja Gradišnik who happened to be on-site and motivated me to keep going
💙 my great roommates Adam Stankiewicz and Mateusz Śniegocki (the latter still in!)
💙 the most reliable equipment dealer Ralf Mrnka for my new Longoni goodies

See you at the table!
Keep shootin’ 🍄🎱

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