"The fall will probably kill ya anyway,."
Champion/Pro or Shortstop/Amateur/Banger. It's your choice.
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What is the purpose of practicing shots that I would never shoot in a game?Okay. I just uploaded another video.
This is an unedited video, unlike AZB 4.
It begins when I make the first shot.
I take 8 successive shots.
I make 5 of them.
It's a tough shot.
I had to cut it up into 3 videos because of length.
But the ends and beginnings overlap.
So you can see that they make up one continuous video.
Expires in two days.
AZB 1.mp4
AZB 2.mp4
AZB 3.mp4
To put a confident stroke on a thin shot?
Working on stepping into the correct line when shooting at the very edge of a ball?
I don't get it?
Looks like you do.
You're right.
In order to make such shots you are forced to perfect all aspects of your game.
Let me briefly explain by example.
After you decide your position, and the path to it, you are now in a position to
know everything there is about the shot.
Focusing on the first step: making the OB.
What do you have to work with that is given?
The table, of course. The lie of the balls. The pockets.
Where you must contact the OB. Where you must strike the CB.
With this information, you must visualize all points and lines to align
your cue stick and body.
You must figure out all relationships between these to squeeze every
last bit of useful alignment information.
And these are just involved in the first step.
This is where I am at. I am first going to conceptually then methodically
achieve seeing and visualizing the shot.
I will memorize this foundational process until it becomes precise and automatic.
Then I will proceed to the next step in my technique in this same disciplined manner.
Don't be a slouch.
That's some rough stuff!!
I remember that!! Spirograph!!
I did that and still duffed more than half into the rail
I agree with you on all that. She's a tough game.
Repetitive practice is something I will never dispute. In this game, you must have those shots, and confidence on all shots.
You're raising up off the shot.
I'm speculating that you might do this on a frequent basis. Just an estimate.
Who made your cue? It sounds good and looks good. Could you share any pictures of it?
You're raising up off the shot.
I'm speculating that you might do this on a frequent basis. Just an estimate.
Who made your cue? It sounds good and looks good. Could you share any pictures of it?
i would say that you are jumping up during the shot
jai hanuman!!!
I was warned early about the escape artist effect. Yeah you'll perfect many but generally, "Why you always trapped?"
Any method to these clips?
Any method to these clips?
that's just the first step.I did that and still duffed more than half into the rail
I agree with you on all that. She's a tough game.
there are 4 more steps:
the shot line, cue stick center axis, alignment, locking it all down.
but again, everything is right there in front of your eyes.
from the moment you stand before the table to when you release the cue ball.
nothing is hidden from you.
you are in control.
put everything you see where it belongs.
then put it in there, baby.
We all look but we don't all see the same things.
Look harder: look deeper.
You've probably seen that test board with different shaped holes in it:
circle, star, square, etc.
then you are given the different pieces with similar shapes.
the object of the test is to see if you can put the right piece in the right hole
since only one particular piece will fit in each hole.
You've got to find the pieces and the holes and carry on.
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Yes. I recommend taking a video of yourself shooting.
Then compare what you see with videos of the champions and pros.
What are they doing that you are not doing.
Yes. I should be able to lock everything down soon enough.
I just need to pay attention.
And make a little more effort.
Let me point something out. Someone mentioned this a couple of weeks ago.
In that Luat-Dickson one-pocket match, look at Cole's stance. He has his legs at the knees locked straight.
It's like Elon Musk says about the design of Starship: the best part is no part.
Cole eliminates any possibility of movement by doing this.
You can see other champions and pros often shooting with bent knees habitually.
Risky.
Let me mention one other thing. I used to kid about this. I would tell guys that if they wanted to mess with a wannabe, advise them to learn Francisco Bustamante's stroke. But just in the past couple of weeks, I realized what he's doing, although it is extreme, yet it is subtle.
When I knew Cole back in '68-'71, he had a unique shot setup routine. He was like a chicken having just gotten its head chopped off. Cole's arms would be flailing every which way as he's stroking back and forth, and his fingers would be wiggling and tapping on the table top. This is called the classic shot setup where all the different shot alignments are being carried out all at once all at the same time. Most people adjust one alignment at a time. And Cole did this like his arms were rubber. Funny as hell, I thought. The key was Cole's limber arms totally relaxed. After a few second of this spasmodic explosion he would have all his alignments delicately precisely placed. Then he would be in an immovable rock solid stance like a marble statue. Then: Watch Out! I think, without question, this is sort of what Francisco Bustamante is doing. Classic.
I have a basic Schon, I think it is an STL-6, bought in Dec. 2001. 19.5 oz. with 13mm shaft and six point butt. I paid $600. Now they sell for $1400. I tell people I got the six points instead of the four points to make it easier to aim. ha ha.
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Sweet stroke.Okay. I just uploaded to a website that hosts free anonymous temporary videos.
It says it will expire in 2 days. I checked. The link works and the video looks good.
This is just to demonstrate that I can make shots just using my technique, as lame as my proficiency is at it at this time.
I edited out the missed shots.
My plan is to make this shot at least 6 times in a row without missing.
This I think would give some modicum of credibility to my technique, seeing how lame at it I am at the moment.
I am trying to upload another video but am not sure what their rules are.
Here's the url.
In 2 days I can always re-upload it, probably.
these videos automatically delete after 2 days.
when you see the next videos, this issue, along with others, will be resolved.
Like day and night, I expect this to demonstrate the power of my technique to efficiently and rapidly
correct the fundamental flaws most of us have acquired over years of misguided play and practice.
Until then...
vintagecollectibles831
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Lol, these replies are so hilarious.