I'll wait for Amazon to pick you up.My secrets cost a helluva lot more than $30.00!!
Shoot a Million Balls? Give me a break.
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I want an invite!!
You could have permanent lodging in the guest house! The house would be sitting on acres.
Hu
Momma said to bed me down w the horses.
Not a good idea. My filly grew up to be a real hussy. She kicked or bit at the least provocation. The man that rode her father to a third in the world said sell the bitch after working with her six months. She was a fantastic athlete but she was also like sitting on a keg of dynamite. I sat on the ground under her to work on a hoof two days after back surgery. She also threw me high enough while I was breaking her that I could have wrote a letter and sent it air mail while I was up there!
She never did get over being a bit cold backed. My wife was riding barrels on her in a big rodeo. For the grand entry they had a loud band cut loose right over the entrance gate. My wife scored a ninety-five in the grand entry when that band fired up unexpectedly!
Hu
Talking about cheating the pocket, Monday Night I left myself straight in on a object ball in a corner pocket,
had to cheat the pocket a little to have the cue ball follow the object ball and come off those two rails and
back out to center table. Brain said no and hit the object ball center pocket and the cue just followed the
object ball straight into the same pocket. Dang, was going to be so pretty, lol <--- on me.
had to cheat the pocket a little to have the cue ball follow the object ball and come off those two rails and
back out to center table. Brain said no and hit the object ball center pocket and the cue just followed the
object ball straight into the same pocket. Dang, was going to be so pretty, lol <--- on me.
you aim for the part of the pocket that gives you the best % chance of getting position and furthering your chance of winning the game.
just like you play position for the place on the table that gives you the best chance of winning the game not the best chance of making the next shot.
another for instance might be on a shot you are not sure of the possible throw so you aim a little more toward another part of the pocket.
another, say you are 50 50 to make a shot you must shoot. you may elect to aim for a side of the pocket that gives you a smaller chance of making the ball but a much greater chance of leaving him safe or safer.
if you dont think about, or account for these things your progression will never happen beyond ball pocketing.
just like you play position for the place on the table that gives you the best chance of winning the game not the best chance of making the next shot.
another for instance might be on a shot you are not sure of the possible throw so you aim a little more toward another part of the pocket.
another, say you are 50 50 to make a shot you must shoot. you may elect to aim for a side of the pocket that gives you a smaller chance of making the ball but a much greater chance of leaving him safe or safer.
if you dont think about, or account for these things your progression will never happen beyond ball pocketing.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
One of my guilty pleasures is when people whine about me getting lucky or slopping the 9 in. Really they just don't see or recognize caroms/billiards and such, I ain't gonna be the one to tell em!
dquarasr
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Too bad that TAP league requires calling pocket on the 9.One of my guilty pleasures is when people whine about me getting lucky or slopping the 9 in. Really they just don't see or recognize caroms/billiards and such, I ain't gonna be the one to tell em!
I'm 6'1", not really super tall but I didn't like a 58" cue either, always hanging on to the back of the cue, I went with a 30" shaft and a 3" rear extension that I leave on all the time except when I run into a "wall shot" at a bar, it's one of the reasons you need to find the best cue for YOU, one size does not fit all.
A "one-size-fits-all" cue is not best for everyone.
I think a cue should be "tailored" to each person's height, wingspan, and feel for when the cue feels "balanced" while they are down in their shooting stance.
For me, the feel of "balanced" in my shooting stance is when I am holding the cue about 3" below the actual balance point of the cue.
I also feel most comfortable using a bridge that is no longer than 10-12".
So, if I am using my normal bridge in my normal, most-comfortable stance and holding the cue at the best balance point for me, not every cue will fill that criteria.
If the cue is too heavy, I will have to hold the cue further back to have the right balance which will make me have too long of a bridge.
Same thing goes if the cue is too long.
The same principles could apply in reverse where a cue may not be the right choice for you.
Everyone tries to "adapt" to the cue rather than find the optimum cue that actually "fits" them.
Briefs or boxers? Different game.
Your post covers things nicely. Considering things while I practiced I decided the importance of the two portions of the shot, making the ball and getting shape. I decided that 20% focus on the object ball was enough to make it most shots leaving 80% focus available to make the next ball and the rest of the run. Maybe I am just working towards making my opponent break out a cluster but I also want to arrange things where the cue ball is in an awkward position after they break out the cluster.
Playing further ahead in the rack and a level or two above the other player makes the outcome almost preordained. Of course it doesn't take one pocket players long to figure this out. The stack is the ultimate cluster!
Oh well that would be when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
Somebody accidentally broke my stick and didn't understand why it was a big deal. He offered to replace it but I had to explain to him that you couldn't just go out and buy another. Top billiard and snooker players have been known to quit when they lost their cue. One, maybe Steve Davis, had his cue disappear on a train. He hunted a cue for two years then found one that belonged to a friend playing in a local pub that was right. A twenty pound stick or less but it was "right". He said he would never go through another search like that. Lose another cue and he was quitting!
Hu
Tommy Kennedy is another good example. He not only shoots for center of pocket but minimizes everything that can be minimized to eliminate error prone degrees of freedom.
It is laughable how some "knowledgeable" pool experts trash talk Hopkins and Kennedy because of their style of play when these two champions are 2-time U.S. Open 9-Ball winners among several other titles.
Even the great Cole Dickson banked long thin cut shots off the rail on their way to the pocket because that was necessary if you wanted to make the ball. But his position was so tight unless there was good reason, he shot center pocket.
It is laughable how some "knowledgeable" pool experts trash talk Hopkins and Kennedy because of their style of play when these two champions are 2-time U.S. Open 9-Ball winners among several other titles.
Even the great Cole Dickson banked long thin cut shots off the rail on their way to the pocket because that was necessary if you wanted to make the ball. But his position was so tight unless there was good reason, he shot center pocket.
Lotta people ( me didn't for sure) don't even realize there is slack to do that.
Big issue and the reason people may avoid the rail is the OB hanging at the slow roll it's often shot. The cut should be shot with enough oomph for the OB to bounce off the facing or spin it picked up on the way in will just kill it.