Do you practice
- Thread starter Popeye31
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For me practice IS playing. I am just as happy playing by myself as competing.
I can play for hours by myself.
I used to, now days I play about 3 months out of the year. Usually 1 or 2 times a week at a tournament. It hurts my game not practicing, but pool is my winter hobby, and a bad back makes playing painful for long periods of time. I really like playing, but not being able to walk the next day keeps me from doing it.
That was the Harry Caray regimen. I used to live in Chicago and noticed your avatar. The seventh inning stretch with Harry half loaded singing Take me out to the Ball Game was the best.
P.S. I hear ya" about the back. I keep going and take Advil.
At 67, I'm only good for c. 100 balls a day; so 6 or 7 games of straight.
I do my best to do this each and every day. If I ever go a week without getting to the table, my game really,really suffers. The cue is no longer a part of me, and it takes several days before it again disappears...if that makes any sense...:smile:
I do my best to do this each and every day. If I ever go a week without getting to the table, my game really,really suffers. The cue is no longer a part of me, and it takes several days before it again disappears...if that makes any sense...:smile:
Yeah, but cubswin lives in OHIO! LOL
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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That was the Harry Caray regimen. I used to live in Chicago and noticed your avatar.
P.S. I hear ya" about the back. I keep going and take Advil.
Yes, I shoot every day. Most practice session last 1 1/2 hours. I have a set of reference shots I execute which have really helped me. I play in league on Wednesday and Thursday and have a fun Saturday get together with a bunch of friends (10am - 6pm). This routine has been exceptionally helpful.
Al
Al
Back when I played full time on the pro tour which was pre children I practiced every day for a minimum of 4 hours. I had a coach who would run me through drills, chart breaks, work on different English etc etc etc. Now there is no real pro tour to speak of, I have two teenagers and I am the manager of a pool room. I'm lucky if I get to hit balls once or twice a week. But I practice as much as I can.... In my humble opinion simply playing with someone is not good practice but it's better than not hitting the balls at all
Yes, between practice and play about 50 hours a week. There is a huge difference between practice and play. I spend an hour & a half on breaking, 2 hours on varying shots and drills followed by a few hours of play M-Thursday, FRIDAY-Sunday it's all play. If you don't put in time actually practicing various aspects of your game I believe your play will not steadily improve.
I try to practice / play everyday. This usually ends up being 4-5 times a week. I practice various drills and shots for about an hour, then I shoot 8 ball against myself for a couple of hours. I've been playing off and on for 20 plus years and still learning....
2 hours at a time
I do??? Didn't realize that, guess I need to tell my wife that I moved.
I live in Indiana actually.
I play maybe 3 to 4 hrs a week if that. The bad thing is that when you walk in my front door my table is the 1st thing you see. My neighbor and close friend is a monster player but he's going thru cancer treatments right now and he's usually the one pushing me to practice . We play very little at the moment. I practice a lot more when there's something to practice for but there's no tournaments and very little reason to try and stay in dead punch. People are different when it comes to motivation and I just don't usually care to play unless there's something riding on it. My friend however just punishes people for picking up the cue whether there's anything on it or not.....
Yes. Every time I play with someone. :smile:
I totally agree. I can't stand it when people say practice is playing. Tiger Woods didn't become the golfer he was by just going out and playing rounds of golf every day, nor does any elite player of any sport. You need focused time practicing and improving each area of the game using repetition in each area to gain a solid muscle memory, feel, and mental understanding of what goes into performing that task. That doesn't improve to an elite level by just randomly shooting shots as they come up on games that you play.
