I've tried everything to try get out of the current slump I've been in, without any success. Last night, I committed to stick to using only center ball for my entire 3+ hour practice session. High and low is fine, but I must stay on the center of the cue ball - absolutely no left or right spin allowed.
In my thinking, the advantage of this is all I need to think about now is a straight back and straight through stroke and trusting my years of experience to know how to correctly aim and pocket all various angle shots. I no longer have to clutter my mind thinking about how to adjust my aim for deflection, swerve, throw, speed and all the factors that must be considered and applied accurately, anytime you are using any amount of left or right spin on the cue ball.
So far so good, as I had a nice session, and seemed to feel more confident in my shotmaking. I realize it will be tough to do this in a match situation, when shots come up where spin is absolutely needed to get the cue ball where you want it to go. My thinking is in trying to leave the angles I need that will allow me to get the necessary positioning without having to use spin.
Yes, of course I plan to go back to using spin again eventually, but for now I'm just trying to regain confidence back in my shotmaking. Does this make any sense and has this worked for any of you who are trying to get yourself out of a slump?
In my thinking, the advantage of this is all I need to think about now is a straight back and straight through stroke and trusting my years of experience to know how to correctly aim and pocket all various angle shots. I no longer have to clutter my mind thinking about how to adjust my aim for deflection, swerve, throw, speed and all the factors that must be considered and applied accurately, anytime you are using any amount of left or right spin on the cue ball.
So far so good, as I had a nice session, and seemed to feel more confident in my shotmaking. I realize it will be tough to do this in a match situation, when shots come up where spin is absolutely needed to get the cue ball where you want it to go. My thinking is in trying to leave the angles I need that will allow me to get the necessary positioning without having to use spin.
Yes, of course I plan to go back to using spin again eventually, but for now I'm just trying to regain confidence back in my shotmaking. Does this make any sense and has this worked for any of you who are trying to get yourself out of a slump?
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