I read it when I was 19. I own the byrnes set and the 99 critical shots of pool.
So why did you read those books if all you need is practice? You shouldn’t have skipped the first couple of sections (that’s what lots of young people do I know this because I used to require my students to buy the book and way over ¾ of the people under 30 skipped the 1st part and went right to the “shots” the older folks only did this about ½ the time.) I know you will say “uh uh I read cover to cover” This is also very typical.
Here is the formula:
Superior knowledge + CORRECT practice + superior talent = champion
Inferior knowledge + bad (or no) practice + low talent = social player
Good knowledge + mediocre practice + some talent = a 4
Advanced knowledge + lots of practice + some talent = a 5
Advanced knowledge + practice all the time + above average talent = a 6
I am sure you get the idea; it isn’t about just “hit the ball right” and it doesn’t “work the same way for everyone”
To make any of those shots, one has to ::drumroll::
Spin it any way you wish, but there's still no substitute for table time and you arent going to make the object ball if you dont hit it on the face opposite the pocket.
It is estimated that it takes about 10,000hrs of “practice” for most people to attain competence at a skill (pool would fall into that category) this is you assertion and I say “well no kidding, is there anyone here that doesn’t know that?” Tell you what if you hit the CB low and hard with a good stroke if it’s straight on it will come back toward you. Ok that’s not a news flash it is something everyone knows so there is no reason to mention it again.
No matter how many books a person reads, videos they watch, snake oils they buy, left eye/right eye, shadows, lights, diamonds, etc....they wont be able to utilize any of it without putting in the time necessary to become adept at aiming.
You are good at saying the same thing over and over and over again, tell you what I put it like this “you aren’t going to be really good until you roll that 1,000,000th ball into the pocket” You see this is something that everybody knows so you can stop saying it. BTW I have ascertained that it takes about 600hrs of practice (minimum) to effectively adopt a NEW aiming method.
I may have simplified everything, but I accuse the masses of armchair poolplayers of overly complicating a simple action.
Simplification is actually a good sign (to a point) there is a big difference between simplifying and oversimplifying there is overcomplicating to; there is a balance to this whole thing called life finding it isn’t all that easy.
Yes I miss. When I do, it isnt because I didnt line up the right star with the proper table light over the 3rd eye on my forehead. I miss because I didnt hit the ball in the right spot.
Wow, this is exhausting.
Love,
Mike
I agree this is exhausting, a very much smarter man than I am said something to me once that was very profound and I never forgot it. “when things went wrong, don’t check the result; check your preparation, if your life is bad you probably had bad preparation”. This is a fundamental thing that people forget.
I have seen people with 30+ years of competition experience have the form more of a swashbuckler (or worse) than a pool player. Do you really think that those people are going to be back to back runners ever? Well of course they won’t and some of those people put in practice time and have the “feel and adjust” aiming method also. They just aren’t going to be any good at all ever. Now you’re thinking to yourself “well no ____ Sherlock” but you are doing the same kind of thing you are stating the VERY obvious.
On a final note I think that well over ½ the people in the world can’t see things from any other perspective than their own, I have noticed that the poor & wealthy have this problem in a higher % than do the closer to middle classes. You made a statement:
It will work for everyone.
And that is not true of anything in the absolute sense (other than scientific reality).
