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Older players... what do you do?
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Kind of like a kick stand. Could be the next great invention after the Opti-Grab from my favorite movie The Jerk.
Hand em a foam hand exercise ball, squeeze it while driving.
Which Pinoy taught you this Jay?
I first saw Lassiter making fists and spreading his fingers a couple of times before taking his cue out of the case. He would be standing by his chair watching his opponent warm up.
I have one to this day on my office desk.Hand em a foam hand exercise ball, squeeze it while driving.
Agreed!!!
Badpenguin
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Funny thing, I rarely see any of the GOATS from before the 60's/70's getting down on the cue, they are practically standing almost straight up while shooting. Didn't seem to slow them down much.
Sometimes I wish I was 150 pounds, just for a day, so I could rub my chin on the cue like Allison fisher, just for one day.
‘but that won’t happen, so I do the best I can. still being muscle bound at at 66, 260 pounds, is not the best frame for shoot pool. I’m probably 12-18 inches away from having my chin on the cue, and that’s as good as it gets. But after playing for 5 years now daily, I have made it work.
‘but that won’t happen, so I do the best I can. still being muscle bound at at 66, 260 pounds, is not the best frame for shoot pool. I’m probably 12-18 inches away from having my chin on the cue, and that’s as good as it gets. But after playing for 5 years now daily, I have made it work.
Rusty in Montana
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I'm 6'2" and have never really been one to get down low on my pool cue , then after having my neck fused twice bending it isn't much of an option it's not going to happen it flat out hurts !
After playing a couple racks with Frank McGown and he showed me a combination of a stance he called of a American / European stance that I continue to use .
Along with the hand stretches I roll my shoulders clockwise then counter clockwise , then stretch each arm as if I was going to scratch the middle of my back doing this nice and slowly seems to help a great deal .
As for arthritis I use a green or red resistance band for my wrist and trigger fingers .
No I'm not complaining one darn bit I made a promise to myself that I'll never sit in a rocking chair and wonder what if ha ha so yes I've earned every ache and pain .
My eye Dr suggested no line trifocals , he's a sick sadistic bugger ha ha after just over a year I'm starting to get used to them , the good part is they sit high enough for me to look to the far end of the pool table and not see the top of the frame .
After playing a couple racks with Frank McGown and he showed me a combination of a stance he called of a American / European stance that I continue to use .
Along with the hand stretches I roll my shoulders clockwise then counter clockwise , then stretch each arm as if I was going to scratch the middle of my back doing this nice and slowly seems to help a great deal .
As for arthritis I use a green or red resistance band for my wrist and trigger fingers .
No I'm not complaining one darn bit I made a promise to myself that I'll never sit in a rocking chair and wonder what if ha ha so yes I've earned every ache and pain .
My eye Dr suggested no line trifocals , he's a sick sadistic bugger ha ha after just over a year I'm starting to get used to them , the good part is they sit high enough for me to look to the far end of the pool table and not see the top of the frame .
George the Greek
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I used to walk alot and have my arm swinging as if stroking the cue and would close my fist, keep the arm straight and just move the forearm to the elbow at various speeds as if I'm hitting the CB. Somebody asked me how I stay in stroke and I said I walk alot lol. I then showed him by walking up to a wall, stopping where I knew I could lean over and rest my head on the wall lightly and kept my arm swinging. I said there's my stance/stroke in a nutshell.
Nice adaptation. Creative.I got glasses without a bifocal and added a half inch filler of hot melt glue over a skeleton of plastic from a milk carton.View attachment 742689the skeleton loops around the frame at the top and can be rotated up and out of the way. Just enough flex and friction to keep it in place between the pads of the glasses. Works good for me.
Unfortunately, the guys at my local hall would eat that for dinner if I came in with something like that on my head. Might as well be a sombrero or Derby cap. Lol. Nothing against yours, just totally out of character for me and I'd pay the price there.
That's my dad. Lol.
Sweetest stroke I ever saw. Line up, pump and a half for aim and pull trigger. Lol. Like a machine. Same over and over. Wish I would've known what I was seeing back then.
I just recall the smooth motion and tall stance.
Thanks 4 that. Good memories.
I understand.
It fits my M O or desired image. Rodeo Clowns are my favorite athletes and The Jerk is my favorite movie. Go Figure. Gotta admire those rodeo clowns. 1%ers all.I understand.
Rusty in Montana
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True the cowboy protection folks are truly as tough as the back wall of a shooting gallery and I've got nothing but respect for them !
I switched to the Mediterranean diet when my combined cholesterol hit 220. Along with taking statin meds in two years my combined cholesterol was 110. At that point the cut my statin med in half per day.
There is a great website called Oldways it’s a company from Boston one of my doctor’s recommended. They also have a very active Facebook page.
Stay away from fast food chains that food is not healthy…
In 2019 I started playing again after over 15 years.
Went to a pool hall and basically hurt myself.
Sold table and moved homes 16 years before this, daughter felt sorry for me and got a table at their house. 2 years ago I got my own table again.
I tell people pool is my yoga .
I refuse to live vicariously through others.
Yesterday I went undefeated with break & outs & 1 /2 inning games.
Pool is a game like NO other
Still learning and still love the game
Went to a pool hall and basically hurt myself.
Sold table and moved homes 16 years before this, daughter felt sorry for me and got a table at their house. 2 years ago I got my own table again.
I tell people pool is my yoga .
I refuse to live vicariously through others.
Yesterday I went undefeated with break & outs & 1 /2 inning games.
Pool is a game like NO other
Still learning and still love the game
Gotta be careful training BJJ as an older gentleman, though. I have a chronic shoulder injury from BJJ that actually makes playing pool much harder. But I think I can see what you mean about that sort of thing for the mental side of pool.
Now yoga, that I fully endorse for pool and just life in general. It took me a bit to desensitize myself to the goofy new agey hippie energy of it, but damn does it feel good on your joints, muscles, and brain. If you can get past that part, I absolutely recommend it to anybody.
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most of the older players shoot more upright. for one of two reasons.
one, is that is the way they always played and did fine with it
two, getting down so low gave them severe back problems when they got older.
you get to pick one of the two ways, your choice.
one, is that is the way they always played and did fine with it
two, getting down so low gave them severe back problems when they got older.
you get to pick one of the two ways, your choice.