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BasementDweller

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One thing I've noticed on AZ is there are an awful lot of proud people that aren't willing to admit that they got something wrong about pool. Very few people are willing to publicly acknowledge that they misunderstood something about our game.

So, with that in mind what is something that you got wrong?

Here are a couple of mine:

I used to think you could put more draw on the cue ball with an elevated stroke but I was set straight on that one.

I was a big believer in "natural talent" but I'm on the other side of that one now thanks to some on here. I know that one is still very debatable.

Another big one for me was I didn't really think the fundamentals were all that important when I first starting reading on AZ. I would just focus on getting the ball in the hole. I now sort of do things the other way around now. I focus on the fundamentals and this helps me get the ball in the hole.

Aiming??? I gave up on that one. I spent a lot of time reading about a lot of different systems but what I have come up with is less is more in this department. I like having something to fall back on when I'm struggling. When I'm struggling all I do is overlap the contact point. Don't know if I was wrong about that one or not.

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Another one I just thought of was I thought cue ball squirt was influenced by how hard you struck the cue ball. Meaning, the harder you hit it the more it would squirt. I now believe that squirt is pretty much the same regardless of how hard you hit the ball.

There are a lot of other things that I've changed my mind about thanks to many on here. What are some of yours?
 
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EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! One look at JesseAllred and everything I thought was right is all wrong so now I just play.:wink:
 
BasementDweller said:
One thing I've noticed on AZ is there are an awful lot of proud people that aren't willing to admit that they got something wrong about pool. Very few people are willing to publicly acknowledge that they misunderstood something about our game.

So, with that in mind what is something that you got wrong?

Here are a couple of mine:

I used to think you could put more draw on the cue ball with an elevated stroke but I was set straight on that one.

I was a big believer in "natural talent" but I'm on the other side of that one now thanks to some on here. I know that one is still very debatable.

Another big one for me was I didn't really think the fundamentals were all that important when I first starting reading on AZ. I would just focus on getting the ball in the hole. I now sort of do things the other way around now. I focus on the fundamentals and this helps me get the ball in the hole.

Aiming??? I gave up on that one. I spent a lot of time reading about a lot of different systems but what I have come up with is less is more in this department. I like having something to fall back on when I'm struggling. When I'm struggling all I do is overlap the contact point. Don't know if I was wrong about that one or not.

***EDIT***
Another one I just thought of was I thought cue ball squirt was influenced by how hard you struck the cue ball. Meaning, the harder you hit it the more it would squirt. I now believe that squirt is pretty much the same regardless of how hard you hit the ball.

There are a lot of other things that I've changed my mind about thanks to many on here. What are some of yours?
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What I've seen on here a lot, especially lately, is that people argue, flame, name-call, etc. all over a subject that can only be defined as OPINION. One poster will call another poster out because his opinion is different than the one he/she is calling-out. There are some things in pool that are fact, but many topics about our great sport can only be defined by opinions. I wish people would stop calling others "wrong" when they have a difference of opinion.

I know I have given wrong/bad information on here before (although I cannot recall what it was, slept since then :grin:). It happens. I've since left anything shot related (aiming, throw, deflection, etc.) to the people with greater skills in both poolshooting and/or education in physics. I try to stick to advice that I can substantiate through my own personal experience. If I am wrong about a fact though, I am man enogh to admit it. Some people cannot.

Maniac (an ongoing study of a life rife with mistakes :o)
 
Slim Limpy said:
Used to be I thought it was my pride that kept me from admitting I might not know everything . . . now I'm proud to admit that I indeed do know everything.
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Then you surely know that your beloved Brewers are never going to win a World Series in your lifetime, right?:grin::grin::grin:

Maniac (have no faith in my Rangers either :()
 
After many years of playing I relized I can't try to control everything on the table and should not try. I grew up playing straight pool and was used to playing perfect when you could. Although I played pretty good 9 ball I tried to play it like straight pool. I didn't reconize the forgiving nature of the game and how you can get out a zillion differet ways and it doesn't take a master plan. Once I loosened up my play and started not being afraid to let the cue ball go now and then or don't worry if you bump a ball here and there my game went "Way" up. I became a better 9 ball player at 40 the I was at 25.

That same thing happened with my one pocket game. For years I played just too conservitive. Too much safty play and never taking a chance. When I began playing more aggressive my wins went way up. I began beating people I didn't used to beat. I am not talking about playing wild or stupid but not afraid to shoot and take advantage of chances to win the game in one inning. I become more dangerious rather then a guy everybody could predict,
"Just put him there who won't shoot anyway".
 
I used to think that you would have better speed control with a lighter cue.
 
Pretty much everything at 1st, there wasn’t really anything in the beginning that was “correct”. So I will answer you by “what did you think for a long time that was incorrect?” I thought for the 1st 3-4 years of playing pool that it was s science that I didn’t understand yet. In other words mentality had absolutely nothing to do with pool. That the “mental aspect” didn’t even exist.
 
I used to think I could get around the table using center ball only, english was for the pros
I used to think using multiple rails was just for the pros.
I used to think running out was for the pros.

Then I started using english and realized a little went a long way.
Then I started using rails with english for position and my shots got easier.
Then I started running out and I'm not a pro....how could this be?
I'm still a hack mind you compared to the pros.

I've now adopted a pre shot routine I never thought I needed and it's made everything easier.
Once lined up properly the ball has no where to go but at the target .........unless I start thinking which is the wrong place for that!

Be your future Danny
 
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used to think a closed bridge was not needed
used to think hitting soft ALL the time, was the way to go.
 
For the longest time I was of the opinion that no matter how hard you tried, you couldn't get snot out of corduroy.
How is that pool related, you ask? Well, I'm not sure, but I always kind of thought it was. :smile:
 
I saw a couple at my local pool room the other day trying to twist the heads off mechanical bridges. I hurried over to tell them those weren't cues with tip protectors.

I was never that wrong... :eek:

pj
chgo
 
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