How do you warm up?

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Ruark

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How do you like to "warm up" and get in the groove, before going into a focused practice session? I mean your very first strokes, right after your hand wraps around the cue.

I've been starting with a few easy straight-ins, then a few easy angle shots. Then I get tighter by putting the CB on the head line and two OBs on the foot line about 3" apart, and shoot the CB between them without touching them a few times (if you're REALLY good, you can bounce it back between them!). Then I'm ready to start the session.
 
Ruark...I don't have to warm up. I walk in, screw my cue together, and play full speed, off the first shot. That comes from "owning your process"! :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Ruark said:
How do you like to "warm up" and get in the groove, before going into a focused practice session? I mean your very first strokes, right after your hand wraps around the cue.

I've been starting with a few easy straight-ins, then a few easy angle shots. Then I get tighter by putting the CB on the head line and two OBs on the foot line about 3" apart, and shoot the CB between them without touching them a few times (if you're REALLY good, you can bounce it back between them!). Then I'm ready to start the session.
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I start with what I watched Earl do a few times....

Just fire in long shots at speed... 3/4 table length without awkward cueing.
Don't worry too much is you miss a few at first...the idea is to just get your arm warmed up and you eyes adjusted to the table/light in the room.

Then I'll do some shorter, but touchier shots to get your focus zoned in.

Then some positional shots... 1 2 3 rail routes.

Then hit a few racks of whatever game you're going to be playing.

What I don't like doing is playing practise games with someone to warm up. I have trouble focusing in practise games and it can spill over (for me) into the match I play after.
 
usually hot chocolate or chicken noodle soup :wink:

just kidding...usually just throw out a handfull of balls and shoot them in order...
 
Scott Lee said:
Ruark...I don't have to warm up. I walk in, screw my cue together, and play full speed, off the first shot. That comes from "owning your process"! :grin:

Scott Lee
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Every table plays differently. If your opponent has had a chance to warm up and check out the nuances of the table, then you've given him a tactical advantage. :grin:
 
PoolSharkAllen...Nope, I can shoot the CB up and down the table once or twice (which tells me the 'speed' of that table), and once or twice around the rails (which tells me how the cushions play), and know how that table plays. I don't have to shoot ANY balls into pockets...therefore I don't have to warm up, and I already know how the table plays.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

PoolSharkAllen said:
Every table plays differently. If your opponent has had a chance to warm up and check out the nuances of the table, then you've given him a tactical advantage. :grin:
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Scott Lee said:
PoolSharkAllen...Nope, I can shoot the CB up and down the table once or twice (which tells me the 'speed' of that table), and once or twice around the rails (which tells me how the cushions play), and know how that table plays. I don't have to shoot ANY balls into pockets...therefore I don't have to warm up, and I already know how the table plays.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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If warming up were this simple, why is it that none of the pro players warm up in the manner you just described?
 
PoolSharkAllen said:
Every table plays differently. If your opponent has had a chance to warm up and check out the nuances of the table, then you've given him a tactical advantage. :grin:
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Thanks for all the replies... uh... remember, though, that in the OP, I'm asking about warming up before a practice session, not a game, on your own table. Just wondered if you did anything to get in the groove and get focused, or if you just went right into your first drill.

Thanks,
Ruark
 
I have this little Stroke Training Device, I use to hit about 50 Balls, it has THREE SETTINGS, I call EASY, Harder, and Pro. Weather I am hitting the ball right, or wrong, it give great feed back so I can turn up the stroke before starting play or practice.
 
My guess is that some do. For the ones that don't, either they don't have the same sense of "feel", that I have developed (partly from playing on thousands of different tables over the years), or they don't know how.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

PoolSharkAllen said:
If warming up were this simple, why is it that none of the pro players warm up in the manner you just described?
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