If there are players on this forum that suffer from the same issue(s) I do. Lack of real table time. Then listen up. What I mean by table time is real opponents. I hate practice it's boring and redundant at times. So instead of the typical repetitious drills over and over I like the Ghost type drills that require you to beat the imaginary person or yourself for that matter.
One drill/game I am sure all us have heard of is the 10ball one where you rack the balls break and count how many balls you make before you miss. Then add up 10 racks and the total is compared to a chart that puts you in a different ranked category. That is a fun one but I decided to up the anti. I haven't picked a name for it yet but for now "Consecutive 10 Ball Rotation" will work.
The rules go as follows:
The goal is to get a perfect score of 8 points.
You start out racking 3 ball (rotation, ball in hand after break) If you run them you do 4 ball and so on and so forth
Each round is 1 point, a failed rack or ran rack a point.
If you were to do a perfect 8 points you would have never missed till you ran a rack of 10 ball. (3ball, 4ball, 5ball, 6ball...etc, etc.)
When you miss you go back 1 ball down, miss again go down again. Remember every turn is a point. You only can go back as far as the 3 balls again. So in theroy you could end up with 50 points if you are that determined to keep shooting and missing.
This is a rough draft I thought of last night with about 5 Coronas aiding in my decision.
Let me know what you think. It would be cool to get people to try this and see how many AZer's can knock out 8 points right away. And it would also be cool to see peolple post videos of them trying it too.
TJ
One drill/game I am sure all us have heard of is the 10ball one where you rack the balls break and count how many balls you make before you miss. Then add up 10 racks and the total is compared to a chart that puts you in a different ranked category. That is a fun one but I decided to up the anti. I haven't picked a name for it yet but for now "Consecutive 10 Ball Rotation" will work.
The rules go as follows:
The goal is to get a perfect score of 8 points.
You start out racking 3 ball (rotation, ball in hand after break) If you run them you do 4 ball and so on and so forth
Each round is 1 point, a failed rack or ran rack a point.
If you were to do a perfect 8 points you would have never missed till you ran a rack of 10 ball. (3ball, 4ball, 5ball, 6ball...etc, etc.)
When you miss you go back 1 ball down, miss again go down again. Remember every turn is a point. You only can go back as far as the 3 balls again. So in theroy you could end up with 50 points if you are that determined to keep shooting and missing.
This is a rough draft I thought of last night with about 5 Coronas aiding in my decision.
Let me know what you think. It would be cool to get people to try this and see how many AZer's can knock out 8 points right away. And it would also be cool to see peolple post videos of them trying it too.
TJ