A lot of things were tough
A lot of things were tough but added to my game gradually. I got pretty good at banking on a snooker table I played on almost daily for example. That table gave all new meaning to long rail banks but banking on it was just part of a natural progression.
The two things that gave me the biggest battles were turning off when I was sitting in the chair and speed control. Being young and full of fire learning to just be a mildly interested spectator while sitting in the chair was very tough. A very slow moving elderly gentleman taught me that, something I very much appreciate. It only took months to learn that but it was a major breakthrough.
Cue ball speed control I focused on nonstop for two years or longer before I had it pretty well mastered. Angles came pretty easily but speed control with different tables, different house cues, different balls, that took more work than most put into their entire game. It was some help that I never moved the cue ball further than I had to, running it all over the table for position was rare. If one or no rails gave me adequate shape I didn't try to do too much with the cue ball to get better shape.
Distractions were one of the first things I mastered. A low dive topless joint was the closest place to my house that they would serve me mixed drinks and let me play pool at the ripe ol' age of fifteen. It was also right around the corner from the business I ran at the same age. One way or another I spent a lot of time in there.
Hu
A lot of things were tough but added to my game gradually. I got pretty good at banking on a snooker table I played on almost daily for example. That table gave all new meaning to long rail banks but banking on it was just part of a natural progression.
The two things that gave me the biggest battles were turning off when I was sitting in the chair and speed control. Being young and full of fire learning to just be a mildly interested spectator while sitting in the chair was very tough. A very slow moving elderly gentleman taught me that, something I very much appreciate. It only took months to learn that but it was a major breakthrough.
Cue ball speed control I focused on nonstop for two years or longer before I had it pretty well mastered. Angles came pretty easily but speed control with different tables, different house cues, different balls, that took more work than most put into their entire game. It was some help that I never moved the cue ball further than I had to, running it all over the table for position was rare. If one or no rails gave me adequate shape I didn't try to do too much with the cue ball to get better shape.
Distractions were one of the first things I mastered. A low dive topless joint was the closest place to my house that they would serve me mixed drinks and let me play pool at the ripe ol' age of fifteen. It was also right around the corner from the business I ran at the same age. One way or another I spent a lot of time in there.
Hu
:wink:
(I forgot, they don't have any pool tables, my bad)
