dear diary: a 14.1 journey to nowhere

[qolbrand]

That's ok. Just means you'll continue to run 20-30 balls.

i know!!! it’s a real bummer.

you might have missed the part where i talk about trying to slow down. I go back and forth.

My last practice sesh i was averaging 30 seconds a shot.

i stare and i stare and i measure angles and tangent lines and set my cue on the rail and all that shit and then i miss the hanger.

by the way, 20-30 balls is a GREAT day for me i think i usually run like 6 or 10 probably.

my first assessment was probably the correct one. i’m either too dumb or not patient enough to get good at this

and thats okay

in the meantime, i intend to take the friendly advice from some of the folks in here who care and continue to apply it to my practice, hoping one day something clicks.

but if it doesnt, its just a ball rolly stick game and idgaf

 

[Straightpool_99]

i know!!! it’s a real bummer.

you might have missed the part where i talk about trying to slow down. I go back and forth.

My last practice sesh i was averaging 30 seconds a shot.

I don't really agree with playing the game slowly for the sake of it. The most important thing is finding a nice rhytm.

i stare and i stare and i measure angles and tangent lines and set my cue on the rail and all that shit and then i miss the hanger.

by the way, 20-30 balls is a GREAT day for me i think i usually run like 6 or 10 probably.

Making sure to leave insurance balls, using small, controlled cue ball movements and focusing on end patterns will get you way beyond where you are.

my first assessment was probably the correct one. i’m either too dumb or not patient enough to get good at this

and thats okay

I don't think brains really comes into it much. It's just about a few basic principles, and once you incorporate them, the game becomes instinctive. If you can't play instinctively, you'll never get to the highest level. You'll wear yourself out from overthinking. If you spend a little time thinking about insurance balls and end patterns, you'll spot them without thought soon enough.

in the meantime, i intend to take the friendly advice from some of the folks in here who care and continue to apply it to my practice, hoping one day something clicks.

but if it doesnt, its just a ball rolly stick game and idgaf

I wish you all the best with your 14.1 journey. It's a game which can be enjoyed at any level and which has stood the test of time. There is a drill called the "brainwash drill" but it has various other names, which consists of spreading out all the balls and trying to run them without the cue ball touching a rail. Jim Rempe recommended it. Maybe you'll like it. It helps the patterns stand out, I think.