A Little Nudge using Schmidtie Technology !

stevekur1

stevekur1

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I finally hit a nice nudge to create a nice breakshot when there wasnt one to be had.... and in the end i almost screwed it up playing shape for it...

i owe this technology to Scmidtie and everything i have learned here in the 14.1 forum

Thanks
-Steve

here's the before pic ! click the link to see it unfold !
http://vimeo.com/13532382

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Wait until you see the gem I show you from your 35 ball run - a gem that you missed. I'll send you an advanced preview later on tonight!
 
Nice bump.

I probably would have stayed down and picked off the bottom balls and left the one ball for the key ball, but your way worked out fine.
 
Nice bump, and a nice end.

These types of videos really are helpful in order to help me figure out how to visualize end patterns.

Thanks for sharing it.
 
Thanks Brian !

and thanks for creating that group on Vimeo, and even more so for adding my footage to it...It Makes me feel real good about my game

you get some greenies for that !

-Steve
 
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Blackjack said:
Here is a link to it -

14.1 : Becoming A Smarter Player

This shows a situation where you missed a great opportunity to get a better result. It's also posted to your facebook page. I'm up and around and walking again, so I will try to get this stuff out to you ASAP, possibly tomorrow.
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That's a nice opportunity that a lot of us would miss. A combo with the lead ball bouncing into a good position. Very nice.

Your videos can be very comprehensive. How about doing one where all you do is create break balls. Bouncing off the bottom, or the side. One rail or two rail to bump. Cut in the side and bump. Cut in the side, hit the rail and bump. The more we see of these things the more likely we may recognize the possibility when presented with the opportunity.
 
dmgwalsh said:
That's a nice opportunity that a lot of us would miss. A combo with the lead ball bouncing into a good position. Very nice.

Your videos can be very comprehensive. How about doing one where all you do is create break balls. Bouncing off the bottom, or the side. One rail or two rail to bump. Cut in the side and bump. Cut in the side, hit the rail and bump. The more we see of these things the more likely we may recognize the possibility when presented with the opportunity.
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I agree that its low percentage for the player that doesn't practice these kinds of shots, but IMO, his his eventual break ball was lower percentage to get him much further.

Positioning teh break ball - or controlling the speed of that first ball is harder than the combination. The object ball was about 4 inches from the hole.

Combinations are a strong point in my game. I didn't start out that way - but one day I got tired of missing them. Today, I could spend hours shooting off-angle combinations, or just tapping the stack in an attempt to look for/create dead balls. If you spent an entire day once a week practicing these types of shots, you'd learn a new way to get out of a bad situation - and you'd view it as a tool instead of an eventual miss.

In this video, he'd run 26 balls, he had a BB with the 5, no real easy key ball - I figure at 26 balls, what did he have to lose by going for something like that... even if he missed he'd be giving himself a chance. If he was playing a serious match against Lipsky or Harriman, of course he should do what did in the video. I just gave him something to think about and to work on. I am not recommending it for competition.

As far as making a video that contains these types of shots - I put together a video of about 20 different shots that are similar to this. All I need to do is edit a little bit of it and post it.
 
Blackjack said:
I agree that its low percentage for the player that doesn't practice these kinds of shots, but IMO, his his eventual break ball was lower percentage to get him much further.

Positioning teh break ball - or controlling the speed of that first ball is harder than the combination. The object ball was about 4 inches from the hole.

Combinations are a strong point in my game. I didn't start out that way - but one day I got tired of missing them. Today, I could spend hours shooting off-angle combinations, or just tapping the stack in an attempt to look for/create dead balls. If you spent an entire day once a week practicing these types of shots, you'd learn a new way to get out of a bad situation - and you'd view it as a tool instead of an eventual miss.

In this video, he'd run 26 balls, he had a BB with the 5, no real easy key ball - I figure at 26 balls, what did he have to lose by going for something like that... even if he missed he'd be giving himself a chance. If he was playing a serious match against Lipsky or Harriman, of course he should do what did in the video. I just gave him something to think about and to work on. I am not recommending it for competition.

As far as making a video that contains these types of shots - I put together a video of about 20 different shots that are similar to this. All I need to do is edit a little bit of it and post it.
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its funny, i was just playing in a match yesterday. and a similar situation came up where i had no breakshot. but i did have an off angle combo, i turned to my friend and said "Watch This i am gonna turn the head ball in the combo into a break shot". and vualah it happened headball combo'd in the ball went one rail off the side cusion and right into postion for a breakball. helped me score 20 more points from there !

some of this stuff is really registering and coming into play more often, maybe because i am starting to look for it.



-STeve
 
Nice bump. I thought you were going to go 3-11-1.

Good job in the game show too, nice to see a azbilliards guy win some cash.
 
Blackjack said:
As far as making a video that contains these types of shots - I put together a video of about 20 different shots that are similar to this. All I need to do is edit a little bit of it and post it.
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I can't wait to see that video. Frustrating evening I have had getting end patterns and full breaks to work out.
 
stevekur1 said:
Thanks Brian !

and thanks for creating that group on Vimeo, and even more so for adding my footage to it...It Makes me feel real good about my game

you get some greenies for that !

-Steve
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LOL! Well, I did really nothing other than recognize the wonderful tools that you guys are creating. Seriously, nest thing I am gonna have to do is connect a laptop to a plasma near the pool table so that I can step by step replicate each shot. At this point, I just don't visualize the transition from rack to rack very well.

thanks again for all that you and Blackjack and others have posted in teh way of videos!
 
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