Hey everyone. I just started recording my straight pool practice tonight. I never recorded myself playing straight pool. Rather than the usual way of practicing straight pool, I don't like stopping to re-rack after missing a shot. Instead, I like to throw the missed ball in a pocket, or take a scratch in the kitchen and continue running balls according to plan. So I will be recording 100-ball stretches and posting them on YouTube with the misses included. I'll be keeping track of the racks and misses on the score counter. Tonight, my best effort was 100 balls with 12 misses and a high run of 27. I posted it on YouTube if anyone cares to watch. When I beat that effort I'll post another video.
Feel free to comment here or on YouTube if you see I'm doing something right or wrong. My goal is always to improve and to eventually be able to run 100. As I explained in this thread:http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=461549
my table is pretty tough for straight pool with 4-1/8" pockets and wobbly slate, so I don't know if I'll ever get to 100 on this table, but it's still a goal to better my position play and patterns and reduce the number of missed shots.
Here's the YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/rj2gqfLNKJo
Edit: 11-21-17 added another video of 105 balls with 15 misses, but I think it was better played:
https://youtu.be/s1rQ9LgtzCA
Feel free to comment here or on YouTube if you see I'm doing something right or wrong. My goal is always to improve and to eventually be able to run 100. As I explained in this thread:http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=461549
my table is pretty tough for straight pool with 4-1/8" pockets and wobbly slate, so I don't know if I'll ever get to 100 on this table, but it's still a goal to better my position play and patterns and reduce the number of missed shots.
Here's the YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/rj2gqfLNKJo
Edit: 11-21-17 added another video of 105 balls with 15 misses, but I think it was better played:
https://youtu.be/s1rQ9LgtzCA
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