2012 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

stevekur1 said:
I ran 74 today on 5-13-12 Happy Mothers Day !!

I had ran 2 racks plus 10 and missed.

So I decided to leave the table as is so I can finish out to the break shot that I had nicely manufactured and I got real nice on the breakshot and continued going from there. My run ended when I missed a breakshot at 74 that was in tight to the rack. I think the rack shared me because I really had to spin the ball a lot to make it. Ended up jawing it....ugh !

Felt real good though, I am very pleased !!

-Steve
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Wow! Congrats Steve! I agree; I sometimes do this as well -- if I miss during a run, *sometimes* I won't automatically gather the balls to create a new rack and break ball. Sometimes, I'll just continue from there -- it helps to restore "getting back in the zone," rather than "resetting" and beginning with a new rack and new break ball. And, it helps to emulate the conditions in a match; for as we all know, it's rare that you get to the table "on a break ball" situation. ;)

Great run!
-Sean
 
sfleinen said:
Wow! Congrats Steve! I agree; I sometimes do this as well -- if I miss during a run, *sometimes* I won't automatically gather the balls to create a new rack and break ball. Sometimes, I'll just continue from there -- it helps to restore "getting back in the zone," rather than "resetting" and beginning with a new rack and new break ball. And, it helps to emulate the conditions in a match; for as we all know, it's rare that you get to the table "on a break ball" situation. ;)

Great run!
-Sean
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Thanks Sean and yes I agree on that...

I don't like thinking about the what-ifs but if I hadn't missed at that point I would of been at 112.

Shoulda coulda woulda !!! Lol now I wished I had charged my video camera that I had brought with me but didn't have the power cord to plug in. Lol and on video that would take some special effects work to make it a Sasha !!!

Steve
 
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stevekur1 said:
I ran 74 today on 5-13-12 Happy Mothers Day !!

I had ran 2 racks plus 10 and missed.

So I decided to leave the table as is so I can finish out to the break shot that I had nicely manufactured and I got real nice on the breakshot and continued going from there. My run ended when I missed a breakshot at 74 that was in tight to the rack. I think the rack shared me because I really had to spin the ball a lot to make it. Ended up jawing it....ugh !

Felt real good though, I am very pleased !!

-Steve
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Nice work, Steve. Couple of strong innings. Too bad no video.
 
dmgwalsh said:
Nice work, Steve. Couple of strong innings. Too bad no video.
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thank you dennis !!! yes i was bummed too when i went to power up the camera :frown:

i feel that things are starting to come around, and i owe alot of it to you with these latest videos you have been posting with Danny D. it really has re-opened my eyes to things. just goes to show you, at any level there is always something that can be learned from any lesson.


Thanks
-Steve
 
I Ran 19 yesterday during a league match... Lost focus for 1 second and missed an easy shot, BOO!!!
 
Not so long ago, over a 10 day span, I tried to run a hundred on tape. I was on my Diamond Pro with semi-worn out cloth.
I was unable to capture a hundred but I did run 2 84s and an 82.
So, I will turn in my 84 from 2-8-12.
Haven't tried much 14.1 since then but I may resume my efforts soon.
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Ran 20 and out on Monday. this is the first time i would've played two break balls. Ran 7, left myself a thin cut (on purpose) broke up the rack and made all the balls. I would've played my second brake ball but i finished the game.
 
stan shuffett said:
Not so long ago, over a 10 day span, I tried to run a hundred on tape. I was on my Diamond Pro with semi-worn out cloth.
I was unable to capture a hundred but I did run 2 84s and an 82.
So, I will turn in my 84 from 2-8-12.
Haven't tried much 14.1 since then but I may resume my efforts soon.
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Great numbers Stan- i would choose several 80 s in such a short time instead of a 100 in half a year :-)
Just shows what a great player you are!

lg from overseas,
Ingo
 
Thanks, Ingo.
Yes, I know what you mean about the consistency of solid runs. It's been too long since my last hundred and just wanted to get one on tape. My camera proved to be more of a distraction than I cared for but I came away with 8 or so runs on tape that I can review for learning purposes.
Stan shuffett
 
stan shuffett said:
Not so long ago, over a 10 day span, I tried to run a hundred on tape. I was on my Diamond Pro with semi-worn out cloth.
I was unable to capture a hundred but I did run 2 84s and an 82.
So, I will turn in my 84 from 2-8-12.
Haven't tried much 14.1 since then but I may resume my efforts soon.
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that's awesome Stan, nice shooting !!!

would love to see the footage, do you have plans on posting them up for viewing ?

Steve
 
Thx, Steve! My intentions were to post a 100 but I came up short and I got tired of playing cat and mouse with my camera.
I do have my runs on film. What's the easiest route in getting a run online. My runs are on digital video cassette.
Stan Shuffett
 
stan shuffett said:
Thx, Steve! My intentions were to post a 100 but I came up short and I got tired of playing cat and mouse with my camera.
I do have my runs on film. What's the easiest route in getting a run online. My runs are on digital video cassette.
Stan Shuffett
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Hey Stan,

Do you know how to get the footage off the camera and onto the computer and turned into a video file ?

From there it's pretty easy. Goto VIMEO.com create an account (it's free) and upload away. When it's done all you have to do is copy the link from the Vimeo page and post the link up here so we can all check it out !!!

Thanks
Steve
 
Steve,
Not sure about getting
camera footage to computer.
I think I need a special cable and will check into that.....
Will do my best to post links for a few runs.
Stan Shuffett
 
I just came across this thread, nice one!

I made a 75 and out in January, which was my second highest run of all time. I was happy, since running out with a high run feels even better than a "regular" one :)

It's such a beautiful game.

Keep it up, guys!

Patrick
 
Ran 25 in a game today.

My opponent opened the stack trying for a not-as-dead-as-he-thought combination and I took it from there.
 
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