There's just no way this is true for many players. I understand that you can stay "in stroke" for the most part if you're playing all the time, but I think there are maintenance shots that you just have to practice because they don't come up in competition enough to keep them fresh. Jacked up, frozen to the rail, long straight draw and follow shots, those are just 3 shots that I have to practice to keep them in line.
What drills are best to get that smooth stroke like Buddy Hall , or Chris Melling?
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if you play all the time and cant do long draw or follow you got different issues because those 3 i see come up regularly
The Old Jaybird
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I used to play with myself all the time, my pool game didn't improve much.
Oh, never mind.
There have also been many down the years who say that a stroke should be developed on looser pockets and adapted to tighter pockets.
I only recommend trying to fix a broken stroke on tight pockets if you have visual feedback or on site coaching otherwise you will end up choking your stroke even more!
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
If you shot as bad as I do you would play all of the above in almost every rack!
If you're playing the extreme versions of all those shots while you're playing, you must really be playing a lot.
it doesnt matter at all what you do. just get your stroke to go straight on all shots. smooth, pokey, jerky, all the same as long as its straight.
***your body controls the stroke. your mind controls the speed.***
and few have a straight stroke as it wrongly changes for them, based on the shots and pressure.
and its the easiest thing to practice and do. and you dont even have to be at a pool table.
***your body controls the stroke. your mind controls the speed.***
and few have a straight stroke as it wrongly changes for them, based on the shots and pressure.
and its the easiest thing to practice and do. and you dont even have to be at a pool table.
I love practice. I'm unbeatable and every shot finds a hole.
Put a regular set of balls on a snooker table. You'll get tuned up fast.
Good for buddy hall… I bet he has more natural ability then most everyone on here combined. Just about all the best players in the world do drills now so they can’t hurt
Coming late to the question, I haven't read all the responses. My favorite stroke drill was to lay a long neck beer bottle on its side and stroke through the hole to touch the bottom without touching the bottle with the sides of the shaft as it passed in and out of the mouth.
I did always try to balance my practice with competition. The competition showed me where I was but didn't allow a chance to improve through experiments or repetitive exercises. I also tried to balance my play between matches that were easy and playing better players. The first financed the play with the second.
I did always try to balance my practice with competition. The competition showed me where I was but didn't allow a chance to improve through experiments or repetitive exercises. I also tried to balance my play between matches that were easy and playing better players. The first financed the play with the second.
Except rail shots and anything similar that requires speed and/or lots of spin.
That was the quintessential drill until it got discussed here.Coming late to the question, I haven't read all the responses. My favorite stroke drill was to lay a long neck beer bottle on its side and stroke through the hole to touch the bottom without touching the bottle with the sides of the shaft as it passed in and out of the mouth.
I did always try to balance my practice with competition. The competition showed me where I was but didn't allow a chance to improve through experiments or repetitive exercises. I also tried to balance my play between matches that were easy and playing better players. The first financed the play with the second.
And probably all the top players of way back
Mosconi
Segal
Reyes
Varner
How many did drills
Or just played
They all did something in practice and not just play games..
do you think great golfers become great just by showing up and playing a round? Absolutely not. They spent countless hours on the driving range and putting greens. Hitting the same shots over and over again for hours until they could hit every shot at will when needed. Tiger famously hit 1000 balls a day. He said it was the only way to make everything you can feel 2nd nature.
Basketball players are shooting shots over and over again.
QBs are learning to throw the ball in every scenario they can and doing it over and over again for hours.
Unless you’re an idiot savant the only way to get better is to put in the work and just showing up for league night will only get you so far. Somehow to you old heads in pool to get good you just have to gamble and play.. working on shots and skills is unnecessary unlike any other sport or game being played lol it’s silly