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Huge stroke improvement! Adjusted my grip to be a tad firmer with all fingers in contact on ball hit, slowed the backstroke down some, and increased the back pause! Wow, I fell into sick stroke! Ran 80 balls like butter and got a kick. Then a 52 just goofing around with insane stroke shots in there and a 30 unfinished. Not too shabby, but still my focus is not quite good enough for 3 digits. I keep fading out.
I suspect it's from being overweight. I'm going on a very harsh diet, to...
I suspect it's from being overweight. I'm going on a very harsh diet, to...
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Well the results are in, and they are not good!
Spent 2.5 hours at the pool hall. Broke 50 only once. I'm disgusted. I recon at this point I'm as far away from running 200 as I am from running 100 meters in under 10 seconds! But I also think I can fix it, I just need more time.
Problem: My stroke has suffered more than I feared. My draw is weak and I can't stroke the breakshots with confidence, because I jerk the forward swing. TERRIBLE. I also think I'm not playing...
Spent 2.5 hours at the pool hall. Broke 50 only once. I'm disgusted. I recon at this point I'm as far away from running 200 as I am from running 100 meters in under 10 seconds! But I also think I can fix it, I just need more time.
Problem: My stroke has suffered more than I feared. My draw is weak and I can't stroke the breakshots with confidence, because I jerk the forward swing. TERRIBLE. I also think I'm not playing...
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Well, the first day didn't go as planned. Couldn't even get started properly before I was interrupted by a phone call and had to leave. The short warm-up session showed me something important, though. I missed a couple of shots by throwing them out of the pocket. Otherwise my stroke seemed to not have suffered too much from my lay-off. Touch was decent, draw lacked a bit of power, otherwise ok.
In order to run 200, all such English-misses must be avoided. For my first REAL training...
In order to run 200, all such English-misses must be avoided. For my first REAL training...
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A few months ago I announced on the forum that I was quitting pool. Well, I'm an addict and I had no chance. I must accept what I cannot change. I've bought back my cue and I'm ready to start anew.
Status: Haven't touched cue in about 6 months, and my game was on the downslide way before that. No idea where it is at this moment. Physically, I'm middle-aged, flabby and not in good shape. Neither of those facts are acceptable.
Goal of day one: Run 50 balls. Modest, but...
Status: Haven't touched cue in about 6 months, and my game was on the downslide way before that. No idea where it is at this moment. Physically, I'm middle-aged, flabby and not in good shape. Neither of those facts are acceptable.
Goal of day one: Run 50 balls. Modest, but...
