Hope i dont make this too long.
I am an apa 6 in 9 ball...5 in 8 ball. Last session was bad in 9 ball but this session is terrible. Downright embarrassing. 2 wins ...8 losses. Some losses are blowouts to 5's and even a couple 4's. My shooting is ok...breaks are what is costing me.
Take a couole weeks ago in tri cuos for example. I win the toss and break dry. My opponet who is a 6 also runs 7 balls and i pocket the 8 and 9. Next rack i break and a ball pushes the cue ball into a side pocket. My opponent runs 6 balls. I run out. Next rack i break and make a ball but am hooked. He runs the table and then has a break and run. I lost 17-3. Friggin embarrassing
Last friday i was down 26-9 to another 6. I manage to make a semblance of a comeback losing 46-39...in effect i scored 30 to his 20 in a losing effort. That tells me i can shoot on par with opponents the same skill level..
So i practiced nothing but my break until the pool room closed ...after watching a few videos on you tube.
So last night i face another 6 . i won 15-5....breaking every rack but one and having pretty good success with my break.. So i leave and co to another venue 10 minutes away to play on my other team...long story how that came about.
Well i play the last match and they throw a 3. The match was just plumb embarrassing. I lost 16-4. Break was not working....you just cannot get a skill level 3 or lower to provide a decent rack. If that was not bad enough she slopped 2 thirds of her points in by hitting every hard shot at warp speed...if the object ball did not fall something else did.. And when she missed...of course i was locked up tighter than fort knox. Her team mates were laughing and she was damn near jumping up and down at the end of each slop shot. I just stood leaning against the wall.shaking my head. I was glad when she put me out of my misery. Of course i had to have a team mate rag me saying its funny how you beat 7 and 8 's and then have a 3 put the smack down on you. Glad i didnt rib our 8 after he lost to a 2 last week.
After contemplating all day i am going to get a magic rack and insist every low level player use it when playing me.
Going to keep working on my 9 ball break. Cant complain at all about 8 ball. I am 9 and 2 . of course there is always room for improvement there also.
I am an apa 6 in 9 ball...5 in 8 ball. Last session was bad in 9 ball but this session is terrible. Downright embarrassing. 2 wins ...8 losses. Some losses are blowouts to 5's and even a couple 4's. My shooting is ok...breaks are what is costing me.
Take a couole weeks ago in tri cuos for example. I win the toss and break dry. My opponet who is a 6 also runs 7 balls and i pocket the 8 and 9. Next rack i break and a ball pushes the cue ball into a side pocket. My opponent runs 6 balls. I run out. Next rack i break and make a ball but am hooked. He runs the table and then has a break and run. I lost 17-3. Friggin embarrassing
Last friday i was down 26-9 to another 6. I manage to make a semblance of a comeback losing 46-39...in effect i scored 30 to his 20 in a losing effort. That tells me i can shoot on par with opponents the same skill level..
So i practiced nothing but my break until the pool room closed ...after watching a few videos on you tube.
So last night i face another 6 . i won 15-5....breaking every rack but one and having pretty good success with my break.. So i leave and co to another venue 10 minutes away to play on my other team...long story how that came about.
Well i play the last match and they throw a 3. The match was just plumb embarrassing. I lost 16-4. Break was not working....you just cannot get a skill level 3 or lower to provide a decent rack. If that was not bad enough she slopped 2 thirds of her points in by hitting every hard shot at warp speed...if the object ball did not fall something else did.. And when she missed...of course i was locked up tighter than fort knox. Her team mates were laughing and she was damn near jumping up and down at the end of each slop shot. I just stood leaning against the wall.shaking my head. I was glad when she put me out of my misery. Of course i had to have a team mate rag me saying its funny how you beat 7 and 8 's and then have a 3 put the smack down on you. Glad i didnt rib our 8 after he lost to a 2 last week.
After contemplating all day i am going to get a magic rack and insist every low level player use it when playing me.
Going to keep working on my 9 ball break. Cant complain at all about 8 ball. I am 9 and 2 . of course there is always room for improvement there also.