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To Be a Better Player

jay helfert
My entire dialogue can be summed up in one sentence. 'Get out of your head and into your experience.' This actually is good advice in life as well.

Most of the time we are walking around thinking of something that happened in the past or something that will happen in the future. Try living entirely in the present moment, seeing and observing everything that's going on around you. Now you are truly alive. Also can be summed up in one sentence, 'Be here now.'
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To Be a Better Player

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jay helfert said:
I am going to tell you something you may not ever hear from an instructor or learn from a book. You play your best pool in a semi conscious state. When your analytical mind is on standby. We used to calll that "in stroke," when you no longer had to ponder over the next shot. You were playing on automatic pilot. None of that walking around and pointing your cue. Just letting yourself play pool, free and easy. All that thinking does is slow you down. See the shot and shoot! Your first instinct is always the best. Think long, think wrong! The only time you slow down is when you must stop and think about a kick shot, jump or safety.

Watch the Filipinos sometime. I love AJ Manas. They don't waste any time clearing the table. They don't worry about the perfect angle or pefect anything. They just do their job, which is getting the balls off the table.

Get out of your head and into your game, and you'll do better!
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That kind of play was often knocked as "Free wheeling". It works good gambling but you do often make mistakes or miss balls. Playing like that in tournaments that are essentially sudden death is risky.

Earl had a free wheel that was off the charts but even he was a bit more controlled in tournament play. Mosconi, forget about it. I saw him play many times. When he got going he could hardly wait for the balls to stop rolling.

The wing shot in an example of how you can make balls without even aiming. You just do it by instinct. One of the hardest parts of pool is it is not at all reactive. Unlike hitting a baseball or tennis in pool nothing happens till you make it happen, like a golf putt.

Once your mind starts with the negative self talk, it gets hard no matter who you are.
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New kamui glove

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trob said:
Got it at the expo this year. Been wearing it on and off. They are making it that you can wear the glove on either hand. That’s why the name is on both sides. As you can see the one in your palm doesn’t hold up well. lol the glove itself fits well and seems to be holding up. I’m careful taking my gloves off and putting them on so they seem to last quite a long time. I also hand wash it once a week because I’m anal. lol I like it better then the current predator glove which was my favorite.
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What is the light gray material?
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Sold BULL CARBON CUE FS FT

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Bull Carbon cue for sale or trade. This is not one of their standard models. I believe maybe a limited run. Black cue with green diamond inlays in the butt 2 places. Unlock joint pin. 11.75 mm ferrule with Kamui soft tip. Black linen wrap. Cue plays very nice and is like new condition. I am only selling because the 11.75 tip size is just too small. I need something from 12.5mm to 13 mm. Right now I have the cue at 18.7 Oz. I have 2 weights for it that will put it up to 20.1 Oz that came with it that will come with the cue. I can put them back in the cue if you like. The dealer had 1K on it. Asking $TRADED OBO or trade may be a little higher. Shipping $25.00 CONUS. I Take pay pal goods and services or friends and family add 4%.
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To Be a Better Player

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Duane Remick said:
Book for beginners....
"The Inner Game of Tennis"
Watch the clips on youtube...
teaching people to return in tennis....Had Never held a racket before
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Great read, working on my game tonight and dogged a couple shots I shouldn't have, I noticed I was thinking while down on the shot and remembered the book, made the conscious decision to do ALL my thinking before getting down on the shot, once I was down on the shot I stopped thinking, I only concentrated on moving the cue in a straight line, nothing else,and it was like night and day, I found myself sticking to the routine for awhile and then going back to my old ways, at least I found what I was doing wrong so I can focus on correcting it.
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Pia Filler hates wood shafts

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cueball2010 said:
I think this is the first time hearing this argument against using wood shafts. I have been thinking for a while of switching from my Revo to a 314 shaft so I can get more feedback. Maybe even keilwood. But apparently wood shafts play different depending on humidity. Humidity changes depending on the season and geo location. I mean humidity changes a lot all the time, like a rainy day. I would rather not add another inconsistency to playing pool if there is any truth to what she is saying?

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Why wouldn't she hate wood? Playing with wood is like still using Nokia flash old phones today because you dislike how the smartphones/iphones look.

There's zero advantage to playing with wood as opposed to playing with a CF, in fact playing with a CF will ultimately advances your levels by at least 20% to 30% from where you've started...i.e. the lower level you are the higher you would feel the jump, if you're already a high level player your jump isnt as severe but it is a more consistant jump still.

We've discussed this or at least I did in a whole another thread, I aint gona start the argument again from the wood lovers and those who go by "OH BUT BUT I HATE THE SOUND OF CF" -- BS excuse.


Go back and use these please, because you like how they feel

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Funny pic/gif thread...

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jimmyg said:
Here's a link from a Google photo search... some are similar... https://www.google.com/search?vsrid=CKaR7d2Zjd3WuAEQAhgBIiRmZjg1ZTFmMy00MjU2LTRhNjEtYWNlMC05M2IxYTQ2NzI1YjcygAEiAmR6KBNCcgoubGZlLWR1bW15OjQzMzYwNzNhLWRjOTUtNGNmZS04NGU1LWYwMGNlMTk2NDVmORJACj4vYm5zL2R6L2JvcmcvZHovYm5zL2xlbnMtZnJvbnRlbmQtYXBpL3Byb2QubGVucy1mcm9udGVuZC1hcGkvOVoECgJkejj0gf35p4OWAw&vsint=CAIqDAoCCAcSAggKGAEgATojChYNAAAAPxUAAAA_HQAAgD8lAACAPzABEIAEGIAIJQAAgD8&udm=26&lns_mode=un&source=lns.web.gsbubb&vsdim=512,1024&gsessionid=PwIGt_7rBVLTlZ1woxNgfX5hBARjbxW1slFFec0pg2hCYOkhbMquWA&lsessionid=t20NbCp4vXhLUwPaSUi0r2RBTH37-q5c1J7WwXmS6HrKoD_hWw9OtA&lns_surface=26&authuser=0&lns_vfs=e&qsubts=1785720685189&biw=1920&bih=921&hl=en
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Link goes cuckoo for me.
AI though huh? The knight has identity problems and the board is weird. Looks very expensive regardless.
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