couldnthinkof01 said:

Pool is funny

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Yes, like a stuccoed toilet seat.

I’m sure Guama, along with everyone and their mother, were aware Oscar touched the table. Why didn’t he refuse to play or adjust?
It’s a way out.

You need an attorney and heavy artillery to play big today. Oscar is better off at home playing for 50/100.

ChrisinNC said:

I know center CB is advised when you don’t need spin for positioning, but I’ve found that particularly under pressure and late in the rack, even when CB position is not needed, it’s more comfortable for me to apply some inside or outside, as I’ve done my entire life as a pool player.

I’ve found that I’ve missed some really crucial easy 9 ball shots trying to convince myself to try to hit center ball, but then I guess subconsciously in the middle of the stroke I either accidentally apply spin and don’t adjust my aim point or visa versa, causing a miss. Does anyone else experience this?

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I could've written your post word for word...

Are any of these shafts still available?

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ShootingArts said:

Gonna make a guess based on issues making the money ball. I missed the money ball far more than I should have for years. Finally figured it out. Every other shot, I played to make the ball and get shape. Money ball, I didn't need shape so I just played not to scratch. I was playing the money ball shot differently than any other shot!

I cured my problem by choosing a spot for shape when I shot the money ball, then it became just like any other shot.

For practice, shoot the spot to spot shot but put a gate to go through. Something else, put a ball near the cue ball's path. Keep getting it closer until you can almost rub it without the cue ball getting sucked into it.

99% certain your unconscious is causing your issues. Need to train it not to anticipate.

Hu

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Spot to Spot with a gate is a great drill, my instructor introduced me to this drill, cue ball on the foot spot object ball on the head spot, the goal of the drill is to shoot the object ball with a stop shot and drive object ball to the rail and have it return back to the cueball on the head spot and drive the cueball back over the foot spot, it's truly humbling drill, he told me if can come close to driving the cueball back over the foot spot you are doing good, out of thousands of tries I have only completed the drill correctly once in my life.....

Good to see you're still able to work on this. Cueist is too good to go stale!
I'd love to have a shot designer/editor. We all complain 'too difficult/thin/unusual' for some shots, a designer tool would make those complaints go away. I guess there has to be some way to tell the algorithm how difficult the shot is, or whatever metadata you are using (length, type, angle, etc)

(btw I was going to post my rating but the stats page is hanging up at the moment)

DrCue'sProtege said:

Which, again, leads me to believe that those Pocket Reducers are just about the best training aid going today.

If/When I ever play in another big tournament I am going to practice on those 3.5" pockets a great deal first.

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No, you don't want to do that -- that's entirely different.

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ChrisinNC said:

I know center CB is advised when you don’t need spin for positioning, but I’ve found that particularly under pressure and late in the rack, even when CB position is not needed, it’s more comfortable for me to apply some inside or outside, as I’ve done my entire life as a pool player.

I’ve found that I’ve missed some really crucial easy 9 ball shots trying to convince myself to try to hit center ball, but then I guess subconsciously in the middle of the stroke I either accidentally apply spin and don’t adjust my aim point or visa versa, causing a miss. Does anyone else experience this?

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I had the same problem, used English on every shot, even when I thought I was shooting center ball, long story short, my vision center was off so I was never truly hitting center ball, after correcting that problem I forced myself to practice for 30 days in a row without using English, I should say sidespin, follow and draw are not really considered English, I was shocked at how much you can move the cueball without sidespin, it also showed me that I was using too much sidespin to often, If you are like I used to be, why use a little English when you can use maximum English? Knowing where the cueball goes with no English helps in knowing how much sidespin you need for better shape on the next shot and breaking clusters, using sidespin is an easy habit to get into so I will take a week of practice from time to time to go back to practice only using centerball, it's been great for my game.