Pro pool without a shot clock

Sergio Rivas even walks around the table like a sloth. Souto was twitching when he was waiting for his turn.
SSP said:
I can accept the cueball being kicked into the pocket breaking a cluster, or something like that but it's carelessness that caused that miss, it means I didn't follow my whole shot routine, shame on me.
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Gotta keep conscious thoughts out of it. Practice until the point you perform. Automatic. Overthinking causes as many misses as underthinking. Can be undecided on how to hit the cueball and that's all it takes to miss.
 
SBC said:
Sergio Rivas even walks around the table like a sloth. Souto was twitching when he was waiting for his turn.

Gotta keep conscious thoughts out of it. Practice until the point you perform. Automatic. Overthinking causes as many misses as underthinking. Can be undecided on how to hit the cueball and that's all it takes to miss.
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My stroke is not automatic yet, part of my whole shot routine is to do all of my thinking BEFORE I get down to take the shot, by thinking "this shot is easy" I guess I subconsciously had already moved on to the next shot, oops.....
 
SSP said:
My stroke is not automatic yet, part of my whole shot routine is to do all of my thinking BEFORE I get down to take the shot, by thinking "this shot is easy" I guess I subconsciously had already moved on to the next shot, oops.....
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Yeah or something in delivering the cue through the ball was off. Just add it to the list of things you want to work on if you are looking to improve.

I play more on feel. Really a believer in trying to get in stroke and stay there by not overthinking. I would play for long stretches gambling....I'd look to conserve mental energy. If you have put in the work in practice, matching up or tournaments are the time to put it to use.
 
SBC said:
Sergio Rivas even walks around the table like a sloth. Souto was twitching when he was waiting for his turn.
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there are a few of them that can convert to a faster speed with the shot clock (like ralf) but most of these slow players are winning their matches on the side tables, where they can take all the time they want. i wonder if shot clock on all tables would weed out these players
 
skogstokig said:
there are a few of them that can convert to a faster speed with the shot clock (like ralf) but most of these slow players are winning their matches on the side tables, where they can take all the time they want. i wonder if shot clock on all tables would weed out these players
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It would, and like I said earlier, unmanned shot clocks can't be too far away in the future, or that complicated to create.
 
lfigueroa said:
My point was about how long you recommended per shot.

Way too long IMO.

Lou Figueroa
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I think it depends on the game too, if you are playing 8 ball I don't think it's too long, I don't think most players would max out those times anyway, if you can't make up your mind and shot in 40 seconds .......
 
Took Styer & Meglino approximately 8 minutes to play that final rack. 5 of those minutes were spent in the first 3 shots. I would give them a pass considering where they were in the match & what was on the line.

If that pace of play becomes the norm then that's another story.
 
straightline said:
Ever played with backgammon cubes?
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Big thing for a while in the late 90s here in St Louis, playing with the doubling cube.

Big Jake introduced it and scared the bejesus out of everybody, not only because of how high the bet could get but also because you had to wonder if you’d ever get paid.

Lou Figueroa
 
Fore Rail said:
How did you ever get a game dictating all the terms of a match Maha?
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because almost all gamblers like that way of playing. and if they want games they have to accommodate their opponents.
even when they are are on the losing side. and when playing they get to do what ever they want as long as they keep it moving.
ive always stayed in action as i was fun to play with and had plenty of money to win if you could, and kept the games moving.
 
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