I’m determined to work hard this year to try to improve my 14.1 offensive game. I’ve decided to log all of my sessions so that I can look back and analyze my stats, to see if I’ve improved and to be able to more accurately pinpoint areas that I need to improve. My practice sessions are generally 4 times a week, all dedicated to 14.1.
I just thought I’d share this for any others who may wish to undertake something similar. You are also welcome to comment or offer opinions on any other categories of stats I might consider adding. To clarify, my opening breaks always consist of various opening break shots – the standard in to the side of the pack break with object ball going in the corner pocket, both sides, various angles of difficulty, behind the pack break shots, both sides, various angles of difficulty, and side pocket break shots, both sides, various angles of difficulty, with the cue ball going in to the top of the rack.
My sessions will consist of 10 inning sets, and I try to get in either two or three sets per session, with the goal of trying to get in 10 separate 10 inning sets - 100 total innings per week.
After each inning comes to an end with either a miss or a scratch, the balls are re-racked for another break, but before starting, I record the total balls run for the previous inning and also whether the run ended as a result of an obvious error/mistake on my part, or just a bad roll / bad luck. I know that’s one of the stats that is certainly a bit subjective, but I try to be as totally honest as I can and I tend to err on the side of being hard on myself in that judgement. At the end of each 10 inning set, I total up 6 different categories of stats as follows -
1) average balls per run
2) percentage of runs ending due to a clear avoidable error
3) percentage of opening break shots executed successfully
4) percentage of innings I’ve successfully run 14+ balls
5) high run average for my 2 best innings out of the 10 innings
6) my overall high run for the 10 innings
Then, at the end of the week or whenever I have completed a total of ten 10 inning sets - 100 total innings, I average the above stats for my last 100 innings, with the exception of stat / category 5 in which I average my 20 best high runs of the 100 innings, and stat / category 6, in which I single out my single highest high run for the 100 innings.
I’ll post back after doing this for a few months to report if my hard work has resulted in any noticeable improvement in my stats.
I just thought I’d share this for any others who may wish to undertake something similar. You are also welcome to comment or offer opinions on any other categories of stats I might consider adding. To clarify, my opening breaks always consist of various opening break shots – the standard in to the side of the pack break with object ball going in the corner pocket, both sides, various angles of difficulty, behind the pack break shots, both sides, various angles of difficulty, and side pocket break shots, both sides, various angles of difficulty, with the cue ball going in to the top of the rack.
My sessions will consist of 10 inning sets, and I try to get in either two or three sets per session, with the goal of trying to get in 10 separate 10 inning sets - 100 total innings per week.
After each inning comes to an end with either a miss or a scratch, the balls are re-racked for another break, but before starting, I record the total balls run for the previous inning and also whether the run ended as a result of an obvious error/mistake on my part, or just a bad roll / bad luck. I know that’s one of the stats that is certainly a bit subjective, but I try to be as totally honest as I can and I tend to err on the side of being hard on myself in that judgement. At the end of each 10 inning set, I total up 6 different categories of stats as follows -
1) average balls per run
2) percentage of runs ending due to a clear avoidable error
3) percentage of opening break shots executed successfully
4) percentage of innings I’ve successfully run 14+ balls
5) high run average for my 2 best innings out of the 10 innings
6) my overall high run for the 10 innings
Then, at the end of the week or whenever I have completed a total of ten 10 inning sets - 100 total innings, I average the above stats for my last 100 innings, with the exception of stat / category 5 in which I average my 20 best high runs of the 100 innings, and stat / category 6, in which I single out my single highest high run for the 100 innings.
I’ll post back after doing this for a few months to report if my hard work has resulted in any noticeable improvement in my stats.
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