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JasonS

JasonS

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Thought it was kind of rude to become a member and start posting without a proper introduction...

The name is Jason and I am currently living in the Cleveland area... I've been playing for about two years on and off now beginning at age 23 when I realized bars with pool tables equal free beers for me! After about a year of casual playing at my local pool hall I realized I could take my interests in pool a little further than beer so I've been focusing what time I get on a 9-foot table on 9-ball .. My biggest problem in 9-ball is leaving my opponents 2 and out way too frequently... a monkey can run two balls :mad:. I'm trying to get out and play more often but I can barely afford an hour of table time a day at a 4.00 rate lol, but I'm working on that and once I get a solid year in without having to worry about table time I bet I could get right up there and start competing in the big open tournaments with confidence.

Anywho... thanks for letting me be apart of AzBilliards.
 
Confidence doesn't appear to be a problem... and that's a big plus in your column. AZ will teach you a lot. Practice a lot and you'll get out.
 
Jason sounds like your on the right track. A hour a day is good for starters but it would be good to start a practice regime that you can measure yourself with. Remember practice does not make perfect......... rather perfect practice makes perfect. Welcome to the forum and don't let it eat up your time @ the table:smile:.
 
Welcome aboard Jason. Sounds like your making great progress with the game.
Don't be intimidated when you get close to the nine-ball. Sounds like your suffering from eight-ballitis. It's a common disease with lasting effects. A lot of people with the experience you have, have contacted the disease.

Don't worry, there is a cure. practice, practice, and more practice.

Good luck.


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I'm not going to bite on the "within a year of practice I'll be competing in open tournaments" comment. An hour a day, or 365 hours of practice would be just a fraction of what is needed, IMO.

What I will suggest, though, is that while practicing drills, solely use the 8 and 9 balls. Set up your practice shots (which create muscle memory), using only these two balls as your object balls. If your constantly shooting these balls in practice, theoretically, you won't get flustered when they appear before you during game play.

Rg
 
Welcome aboard Jason, You're in the right place.

I think eight-ballitis takes hold as we loose respect for the so called "Easy Shot"
 
NYC cue dude said:
I'm not going to bite on the "within a year of practice I'll be competing in open tournaments" comment. An hour a day, or 365 hours of practice would be just a fraction of what is needed, IMO.

What I will suggest, though, is that while practicing drills, solely use the 8 and 9 balls. Set up your practice shots (which create muscle memory), using only these two balls as your object balls. If your constantly shooting these balls in practice, theoretically, you won't get flustered when they appear before you during game play.

Rg
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Yes I would have to agree. Like work and anything else... It's NOT practice makes perfect. Perfect practice will yeild better results. For some, practice drills can assist u in re-occuring situations. Playing some str8 pool can offer a lot of variety... tho tuff, it increases the experience of running out.

Btw, welcome to AZB!
 
Welcome Jason and enjoy the forum. Here's my $0.02... do hundreds of three ball outs in practice. Throw out the 7,8,9 randomly and run them out, literally hundreds of times. Then do 4 ball outs, then 5, etc. every day you practice. In time, when you get down to the 7 in competition, you will be overjoyed to have a 3 ball out in front of you because you can run the last 3 in your sleep! You will be relaxed, confident and will finish. The same will be true for 4,5,6 ball outs etc. in time. Enjoy!
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Hi Jason I hope you enjoy it here. I think alotof peopleincluding myself end up losing racks like that against total Donkeys. I think with 9 ball leaving the last ball ortwo just seems unfair in our minds that you did all the work andthey just hit a ball in and won. Ah well thats the game. Anything you need to know you will be able to find out here. Have fun
 
Take up golf!!

Just kidding!!

Welcome to our humble home and excruciating habit!!
 
Welcome aboard fella, this is a great place to learn more about the game, youll see lots of people who have been playing lots longer than you still have problems. You'll see diagrams and you can create them and solicit input. I say, choose the path of least resistence. Will help you in the long run.
 
Welcome to AZ. Hope you like it, if you're lucky you will get addicted like me and read AZ 3-4 hours a day and learn something. There is alot of good free info here. :)
 
playerhater said:
WHO CARESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

Joe:thumbup:
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Should we give him the benefit of the doubt on this one?

Maybe he was trying to say something positive, and his severe case of Narcolepsy kicked in and he fell asleep on his keyboard!!
 
rayjay said:
Welcome Jason and enjoy the forum. Here's my $0.02... do hundreds of three ball outs in practice. Throw out the 7,8,9 randomly and run them out, literally hundreds of times. Then do 4 ball outs, then 5, etc. every day you practice. In time, when you get down to the 7 in competition, you will be overjoyed to have a 3 ball out in front of you because you can run the last 3 in your sleep! You will be relaxed, confident and will finish. The same will be true for 4,5,6 ball outs etc. in time. Enjoy!
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This is a drill I used when I was in your position Jason. Right after you have to leave bars with 5 or 6 beers still on your table that you couldn't get to before closing.

You can make a game out of this, and work on concentration. Start with 3 balls and run them 3 times in a row, if you do it without missing, move up to 4 balls. Everytime you do it 3 times in a row move up a ball. If you do not get out, drop back down 1 ball and continue. It can all fall apart in an instance if you are not concentrating. After sometime, starting with 5 or 6 balls is the starting point and see if you can do 9 or 10 balls. (I only got to 12 balls one time and messed up on the 3rd shot).

Also, next thing to do is work on your break shot. And 50 other break shots, as this is the most important shot in pool.
 
Welcome Jason

My advice - Join a league where you can play once a week. You will make friends, have a good time, and will probably learn a lot.
 
Born an jacka$$!

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You actually took the time to write that? What a tool.

Unless you're kidding. In that case, funny.
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Nah, crawfish he's not joking, he's a trolling joke! Read his other 10 posts and you'll see why he's maxed out in red.

Oh well, some have said the same about me too at times! LOL :thumbup:
 

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Sorry Jason!

Oh, BTW Jason, sorry for that rude interjection in your thread, but welcome to the forum!!! Enjoy and best of luck in your playin' man! :thumbup:
 
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