Are you sure you're not putting some inside spin on it? Or setting it up wrong?
pj
chgo
Low Left vs Left
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pj
chgo
After reading your comments I set it up again. This was the 3rd time. Made sure I had the shot per the diagram and made sure no english. Straight 12:00 high CB. And for the 3rd time - scratch in the side pocket.
No, actually, you are the one who doesn't know what you're talking about. Pay better attention when you practice and your questions will be more meaningful and in the end will help you improve.
Over the years I have mostly agreed with Fran alot too. She probably doesnt realize we have spoken in person before.
And I dont spend enough table time to figure it out? I bet I average 3-4 hours a day at the table. Working on fundamentals, mechanics, drills, shots, speed control, trying to recreate things I have seen on Accu-Stats DVDs, breaking racks, and other things. I guess I dont understand why people tell me I should figure it out myself and that its wrong to post a shot and ask for others thoughts. I thought this was one of the reasons we have AZB Forums.
I dont resist constructive comments. I do resist complete tee-total idiotic stuff and there is quite a bit of that here on AZB.
And I'm not too worried if some on here dont want to help. I can get plenty of help in person face-to-face from hall of fame players, cuemakers, outstanding players, etc, etc. I value their thoughts and comments more than what I read on here.
Just not sure why it seems like so many are against me here on AZB and why my posts always seem to get twisted around. But its been that way for years.
r/DCP
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In response to your PM.........
Tracts or tracks, you typed both. What exactly are you referring to?
Tracts or tracks, you typed both. What exactly are you referring to?
This one setting fits all seems a little limited. There's ball resilience besides the intended angles; not to mention cloth/cushion/environmental conditions (oops mentioned it). Even the exact degree of incidence to the pocket will influence the incidence of the cue ball to the first rail etc. etc...
What exactly is DCP attempting to achieve?
Tracks is the path the cue ball goes
This seems to be an expression from golf that means to look at your divots to determine the accuracy of your swing -- a suggestion from Ben Hogan. How do you translate that to pool?
It's all about putting in the practice time until the desired result is achieved.
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For pool --- Probably by examining the follow through. Freeze the position and see what it looks like in relation to the line of the shot, as well as the angle and length of the follow through. Also the chalk streak left on the table from a draw shot. You won't get as much you would in examining a divot in golf. In golf, you can get a lot of info about your golf swing, such as the angle of the divot --- whether the player swung inside to outside or vice versa, where it began and ended --- whether the player struck the ground first or maybe too late relative to the golf ball position -- could mean where the player's feet were wrong, and how deep it was --- how upright or flat the player's swing plane was --- for starters, or if the player was standing too close or too far from the golf ball. I think there's even more that can be determined.
Also the movement of the cue ball. Did it behave as expected? What performance errors are implied?
pj
chgo
Speaking of the CB behaving as expected......I had this spread today. PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON HERE SO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!
In the diagram I hit the CB high with about a half tip of inside english. The Red Measles (spotted) CB is where I started. I was hoping to go where the gray CB is for position on the 2B. Instead it went where the white CB is and I was snookered by the 4B. I missed where I wanted to go by about a foot.
Even after all of these years I still get fooled. But every now and then on the Accu-Stats DVDs I see the best players in the world getting fooled by the CB as well.
r/DCP
I think the concept of examining the divot is examining what was left behind. Studying the flight path and landing of the golf ball would be the equivalent of studying the cue ball's movement since both of those were the ones that were struck by the player and are in motion.
Good luck with your game
i am done giving advice to you
if you worked on the drills in that book and could do them reasonably well you would improve
seems you are looking for magic bullet/ tip
and then you get snarly with people that try to help
you may have had that book for years but you obviously haven’t worked on what’s in it
