It is easy to glance over and miss stuff if you haven't found your vision center yet. :grin-square:
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Have a great weekend,
Dave
What is the best thing you did to improve your game in 2011?
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Have a great weekend,
Dave
Sounds like your regimen of safety play practice has paid dividends.
That is a match to be proud of. Trading safeties with Oscar is no small feat.
Yeah, Oscars's old man might have added a little to his learning curve.
Chris-good shooting!
Here's the safe Oscar played on me. It was hill-hill at hard Times. The 6 and the 8 were tied up. He pocketed a couple of balls and I think he wanted to get lower so he could just tap the cue ball off the six to the rail and put the cue ball on behind the 8.
Instead he got into this posiiton.
The bank combo into the 9 might be on, but it's risky. The thin side of the six was a likely scratch. Some of the bank options are double kisses. I thought he was in trouble, or that he would leave me with an easy return safety by slow rolling the cue ball onto the six.
Instead, he looked at it for a minute, lined up the bank and hits this with some force, allowing the cueball to drift forward just a bit:
He hit it perfect. I kicked at the six and hit it but left him a shot and he ran out. His safety game is vey strong.
Chris
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I know this will shock a lot of people that have read my posts.
I have retired the Lucasi as my main shooter and am now playing with the Terry Mcfadden custom cue. It just plays better.
I have retired the Lucasi as my main shooter and am now playing with the Terry Mcfadden custom cue. It just plays better.
It must've been the lack of free water at Hank's, Bruce. With the lack of free water, you're probably severely dehydrated. Go get you some water, and you'll feel better. You'll find yourself using the Lucasi in one hand, and the Terry McFadden in the other, just like a two-handed version of Jesse Allred.
-Sean
It must've been the lack of free water at Hank's, Bruce. With the lack of free water, you're probably severely dehydrated. Go get you some water, and you'll feel better. You'll find yourself using the Lucasi in one hand, and the Terry McFadden in the other, just like a two-handed version of Jesse Allred.
-Sean
Sean-You may be right. Please send me a check so I can afford the water
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You are correct sir ! Stan is a down to earth guy with a quiet demeanor, and I think guys like that would be uncomfortable tooting their own horn. He knows he helps folks. I got back at Midnight on Sunday, and after 18 hours of pool on Sat and Sun, could not wait to get in my basement to play, and played until about 2am , as I just wanted to make sure I could still do what I did at Stan's, and that Stan was not using a table with magnets in the pockets so the balls would go in. Well, he doesn't cause it worked on my table too !!
You are correct sir ! Stan is a down to earth guy with a quiet demeanor, and I think guys like that would be uncomfortable tooting their own horn. He knows he helps folks. I got back at Midnight on Sunday, and after 18 hours of pool on Sat and Sun, could not wait to get in my basement to play, and played until about 2am , as I just wanted to make sure I could still do what I did at Stan's, and that Stan was not using a table with magnets in the pockets so the balls would go in. Well, he doesn't cause it worked on my table too !!
Focus on the fundamentals of stance, preshot routine, set,pause finish and stroke helped a lot, but that stuff is very well documented and I picked it up pretty fast after reading about it and putting it into play.
The best thing had to be finding exactly where my vision center is. It was the best thing because I didn't find much discussion about it until reading Dr. Dave's articles and my vision center is different than what I have been mostly reading.
Previously I went back and forth between cue under chin and cue under dominant eye. Cue under chin gave me more consistent results, but I still missed long straight shots constantly. After reading Dr. Dave's articles and doing a test, I found my vision center is in between my dominant eye and my nose/chin. Cue under chin or cue under dominant eye is the standard recommendation. I don't think I have ready anywhere with the suggestion of cue in between chin and eye.
Putting my cue at my vision center, in between my dominant eye and chin has made a big difference in my long shots. It's a minor cue location change, but on long shots it has made a big difference.
I'm not sure how common or uncommon my vision center is, but if you struggle with long shots, I suggest doing a quick test to find your vision center. You might be surprised to find your vision center and where you have been placing you cue don't match.
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Chris-
That looks like your basic well conceived, well executed, combination 9ball ride and 6ball bank/speed controlled carom to down table- 2-way shot with a little 'stun forward' cb hide thrown in. A lot going on in that shot.
Just another 'first Sunday' at HT, Bellflower....yikes:grin:
...now-if he had started it all with a jump shot into the 6...it would be really special
did I mention -holy sh1t Oscar!
And how did this help your game? Where were you moving from?
For me it was a combination of many things!
What has effected a profound change has been playing with other players who are way above my skill level. Watching, learning, and keeping in mind that if I don't play to the best of my ability I won't even get the chance to shoot.
What has effected a profound change has been playing with other players who are way above my skill level. Watching, learning, and keeping in mind that if I don't play to the best of my ability I won't even get the chance to shoot.
Practice Better
I used to just throw the balls out on the table and start banging around to get ready for a match, but an old guy pointed out that i was just renforcing bad habbits and shooting lazy. He gave me two tips that I still use every day
#1 Rember the shots you misssed in a match. I carry a small pad and jot down the shots in a diagram during legue nite. then at home i practice till i get them wright.
#2 Dont over practicte, when you feel your self getting sloppy then stop. but end on a good note . he told me to shoot 10 streight in shoots in a row to burn in that muscle memory again.
I used to just throw the balls out on the table and start banging around to get ready for a match, but an old guy pointed out that i was just renforcing bad habbits and shooting lazy. He gave me two tips that I still use every day
#1 Rember the shots you misssed in a match. I carry a small pad and jot down the shots in a diagram during legue nite. then at home i practice till i get them wright.
#2 Dont over practicte, when you feel your self getting sloppy then stop. but end on a good note . he told me to shoot 10 streight in shoots in a row to burn in that muscle memory again.
Niels Feijen does that. He talks about it in his episode of 'What's in the case" on youtube.
Lincoln, NE.
There's plenty of pool in Lincoln, but it's mostly leagues and 2-3 handicapped tournaments a week.
The Minneapolis area and surrounding suburbs are full of champions, and 4-5 weekly open tournaments that draw in solid competition every week. There's great players everywhere, so I'm not saying that this is the best spot to be for pool by any means, but if you're looking for a place with a lot of talent and opportunities, it definitely qualifies.
I bought my own used dirt cheap 9' table, finally moving up from mostly playing 8' bar boxes and providing a means to get more valuable practice and experience in.
Huge difference between bar boxes and a 9'er. I really have to work on my stroke again with that extra foot to show how not smooth it can be at times.
What is with all this shockwave stuff wanting to run in this thread? Oh tate posted some then someone else reposted it.
Can we agree not to do that anymore? activex controls like that are too often hijacked for spam and viruses.
Huge difference between bar boxes and a 9'er. I really have to work on my stroke again with that extra foot to show how not smooth it can be at times.
What is with all this shockwave stuff wanting to run in this thread? Oh tate posted some then someone else reposted it.
Can we agree not to do that anymore? activex controls like that are too often hijacked for spam and viruses.
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