If I'm Dennis I'm working several hours a day on the break , after the break I think Dennis is at least equal if not a little better , if he can't straighten his break out the last day may not be needed
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If I'm Dennis I'm working several hours a day on the break , after the break I think Dennis is at least equal if not a little better , if he can't straighten his break out the last day may not be needed
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Yep. I agree with this completely. Dennis needs to do what SVB spent heaps of time doing, practicing and mastering the break. Most of the losses Dennis has against SVB he gets destroyed in that one critical area.
It is boring as hell but he needs to rack then break, then rack then break, then rack then break... for hours. Do not even shoot a ball after the break, just rack them again. He needs to get a break that works, and then hit that break 1000 times and make it feel completely natural and repeatable, that is what SVB has down cold.
(Edit) on a side note the pricing for this event is absurd. You need to pay over a week in advance to get the 4 day "deal" of $30 for the match or get stuck paying $60 for it? $30 is a normal sounding price for the full 4 days, it should not be an early bird special only...
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Seems like the way to go in terms of practicing the break would be to have two tables, side by side, with dedicated rackers. You could practice the break more or less continuously until your focus or arm gives out.
Yep, that would be ideal.
What Dennis should do is offer a couple people a few pool lessons if they will rack for him on dual tables like that. 3 hours of racking gets those two an hour long lesson.
Continual breaking like that is exactly what Dennis needs to work on the weakest aspect of his game.
Why did Dennis agree to play 10 ball instead of 9 ball when his weakness is break v Shane ?
Since it is 10 ball, he really has to master the break by hook or by crook . Bring in the top breakers like Johann Chua to "train" him. It is suicidal without a great break in 10 ball
Shane already said he will put in more work and practice before the match - he is probably looking to improve other departments
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Wasn't taking anything away from him. The reverse is actually true, no one should denigrate SVB because he lost one set.
You have COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY misunderstood my post if you think I was saying Chua got lucky.
I agree with you and you made my point EXACTLY. My response was in response to the troll banging on Shane.
I know just quoted the wrong post. Totally in agreement with you
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apparently, this particular race to 11 should mean a lot to shane and every SVB fan including you. he spent a significant amount of money, traveled about 15-18 hours half way across the planet to win his matches including this "one set". it cannot "mean nothing".
also, i dont think shane played badly. you do not reach all-japan semis when you play badly. put it this way - shane played well, but chua played better.
His statement about one set meaning nothing has nothing to do with money. The statement meant on set to 11 doesn't prove who is better overall, just in that match
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Dennis has moments where his break is very good. He just needs to be more consistent with it.
As I said in an earlier post, I think Dennis should have pushed for an ultra tough table with 4 inch pockets or even smaller, like the one at Hard Times in Bellflower. It neutralizes the break to an extent and rewards the straighter shooter (I think Dennis shoots a bit straighter than Shane). I think he is an underdog otherwise due to Shane's tremendous break.
Although when the tight pocket Diamond (Fatboy Rails) was used in some of the TAR matches Shane put up a 7 pack at one point in one of those matches.
No, in case you didn't watch the ACTUAL match Shane played BADLY and Chua played GREAT.
Shane didn't play well, he played horrible. He did have a few good games to somewhat stay in the match but the fact is he didn't capitalize early on and Chua played almost flawlessly. Chua missed one ten ball, so did Shane. Chua played bad position a few times, Shane played bad position more often. Chua played safeties where he glued the cueball to the blocking ball. Shane could not get out of them. Chua ran out almost every rack that he had the opportunity to run out, Shane did not.
All that said it was ONE SET.
I played a guy two days ago races to fifteen and in the first set he played flawless for a ten game stretch. He beat me 15:7. We have played three sets and I have won 15:14, lost 15:7 and won 15:8 at this point we are about even the way I see it with me one set in front.
Play a guy long races for a couple days and all the rolls will even out, all the strengths and weaknesses will come out and then you will see who the better player is.
That's what this race to 160 will determine between Shane and Dennis. It's a no excuses match where each player has plenty of time to stretch out and play their best pool.
Though close shane shoots straighter than Dennis and shane breaks better. There is is not argument shane is a more complete player but with that said he can still loose. That's why they play the game. Dennis is a bulldog and Shane is a warrior. I predict Shane by 20 games
Good idea but not good in real world.
I've been practicing breaking almost 2 weeks now. Hours almost every day. If one does not give little time for hand recover that practice gonna end soon. It is actually quite athletic thing to practice. Breaking I mean.
I play alot and my hand still get like spaghetti every time I put hours to break.
Wow, Dennis was favorite in the biggest bar table tourney, White Diamonds but finished top 8 losing to Billy Thorpe and Josh Roberts
Other 2 favorites , Kevin Cheng (winners side) and Roberto Gomez (losers side) fght out the final with Kevin snapping it off again , repeating his win last year.
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Other 2 favorites , Kevin Cheng (winners side) and Roberto Gomez (losers side) fght out the final with Kevin snapping it off again , repeating his win last year.
http://1drv.ms/1WSyPXT
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I know that he still ran packages on the Diamond, but the Hard Times table is even tougher- maybe even below 4 inch pockets. Dennis shoots great on that table. Not saying Shane wouldn't have a chance, but I think he'd be the underdog on that table.
Diamond corner pockets are more forgiving b/c it has more down angle .
There's a table with 3 7/8" corners there at HT.