What do you do when you feel like you HAVE to take a low percentage shot?
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very true. but if you blow the safety and sell out, not only do they laugh longer, it stings alot more when you had the chance to win and you tried to duck cuz you are unsure of running out. i believe in safes. cant win without them. im just saying when given the choice between tough safe and tough shot im firing at that mofo.
I'm not sure how to answer this because the question posed in the thread title is a little different than the one posed in your OP. But, to respond to the title question:
I would commit to the shot 110%. Look at the layout, determine the cut, speed and tip placement required for position, then go through my preshot routine: get down, take dead aim, stroke with confidence and focus, and stay down on the shot.
This of course assumes there IS no viable safety since if there were then I wouldn't feel as though I HAVE to take a low percentage shot.
If there is a viable safety, then it's like any other decision that has alternatives. Weigh the choices and go with it. Again with total commitment.
I would commit to the shot 110%. Look at the layout, determine the cut, speed and tip placement required for position, then go through my preshot routine: get down, take dead aim, stroke with confidence and focus, and stay down on the shot.
This of course assumes there IS no viable safety since if there were then I wouldn't feel as though I HAVE to take a low percentage shot.
If there is a viable safety, then it's like any other decision that has alternatives. Weigh the choices and go with it. Again with total commitment.
Cameron's got a good point, I'm definitely That Guy who always wants to run out. I sort of lose interest if I don't. I still try to win but I don't enjoy it as much.
I've seen a lot of sellouts on safeties... enough to know that I'd rather take a flyer at a tough shot if A. The leave is fairly high percentage, and I should be out or B. there's a clear 2-way going on where I leave the other guy crap if I miss.
A very bad habit that some people find hard to break... taking a flyer when you have no chance of getting on the next ball and no hope of getting out. Another very bad habit is cinching the really tough shot and not paying attention to leave. It's useless to focus really hard on making a tough shot when then having nothing to show for it. If the shot's already a 15% shot for you, go ahead and spin that cue ball and try for a good leave. If that drops your make percentage to 10%, so be it. You're already in trouble, make the best of it.
Everyone's luck runs out sometime, don't force yourself to do crap like back-to-back razor thin cuts or full table banks, the percentages catch up and you're gonna miss. Only do the flyer when success = probably winning the game.
I've seen a lot of sellouts on safeties... enough to know that I'd rather take a flyer at a tough shot if A. The leave is fairly high percentage, and I should be out or B. there's a clear 2-way going on where I leave the other guy crap if I miss.
A very bad habit that some people find hard to break... taking a flyer when you have no chance of getting on the next ball and no hope of getting out. Another very bad habit is cinching the really tough shot and not paying attention to leave. It's useless to focus really hard on making a tough shot when then having nothing to show for it. If the shot's already a 15% shot for you, go ahead and spin that cue ball and try for a good leave. If that drops your make percentage to 10%, so be it. You're already in trouble, make the best of it.
Everyone's luck runs out sometime, don't force yourself to do crap like back-to-back razor thin cuts or full table banks, the percentages catch up and you're gonna miss. Only do the flyer when success = probably winning the game.
Buddy Hall had a VHS on 9 Ball safties, it was one of the BEST DVD i ever say on Safe Shots. Not sure of the name of the DVD, but it was by Buddy "the rifleman" Hall.
There must be something to be a TD, as Jay Halfert was imported from LA Last Year to the Valley to run a big money tournament in Phoenix, wonder why the promoter felt it was necessary to bring in an expert for that event?
holy crap did coocoo just make sense
it was bound to happen after 38000000 posts lmao
holy crap did coocoo just make sense
You must be counting PoolSleuth's posts, also....
(Not that there's anything wrong with that....)
I say the hell with position and fire the ball in, and hope i get some kinda shape on the next shot.
Like diliberto said, dont lose on a phony safety. I rather go down firing than go down ducking.
Im at my best when my backs against a wall anyways.
Like diliberto said, dont lose on a phony safety. I rather go down firing than go down ducking.
Im at my best when my backs against a wall anyways.
You must be counting PoolSleuth's posts, also....
(Not that there's anything wrong with that....)
i count them til my eyes cross, then i have to divide by 2 and continue on
Low percentage shots are just what they say they are. Situations usually dictate how I approach them. If making one, guarantees me a great chance to win the game, I may take the risk. If making a low percentage shot, leads to another tough shot, I can't shoot the first one, that's suicide. There's a lot of ways to win in this game and a lot of ways to lose. The consistent winners usually play the best percentage shots. They have a way of wearing down your opponent.
holy crap did coocoo just make sense
Must be more to running a big money tournament than the average person can see.
When something can be said that is official, I will make a post.:wink:
you missed what i said. oh well i knew making sense wouldnt last
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You just have to play the percentages correctly.
If you're in a position where you have both a very low percentage shot and a very low percentage safety, always shoot.
If the safety is a higher percentage shot than the offensive shot, play safe and vice versa.
If there's no reward for making a low percentage shot, play safe. Paraphrasing Danny Diliberto, don't shoot a shot when there are only 2 possible outcomes: 1. you can't win from it. 2. you can lose from it.
Good post, sounds like Danny D. really knows what he's talking about...He and Billy Incardona have been a large part of the foundation of my pool "wisdom"....