61, Miss, 35

14-1StraightMan

14-1StraightMan

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Here is a typical practice session of mine. Always a miss or a scratch to end nice runs. Sometimes, it may be a run of 30, and then a miss and then another 30. It is something that I am working on but it is not easy.

All 8 break shots were normal break balls on the side of the rack.

The 1st & 2nd racks. Easy to follow with no problems. (the 3rd shot of the 1st rack. I push the 9 ball over to set up the break ball)

The 3rd rack. The first half of the rack was hard to open up clusters.
Once the rack got opened after some balls were pocketed. The 2nd half was easy to pattern out but I got too low on the rail with 4 balls to go and
it caused me to go into my key ball when I shot in the 3rd ball, instead of going around the key ball & break ball. Made a really good shot on a hard key ball to set up for a nice break shot.

The 4th rack again was easy, with no problems.

The 5th rack. I had four different combos that were all dead inside of the clusters. I did not want to disturb the clusters until I had too. Started to feel tight and I knew it. I should of took a break but I pressed myself. Ended up taking a shot that was not hard and bobbled it in the corner. There was a another ball that was easier in the other corner but I did not want to use the bridge. Should of took it.
Pushed in the ball that I missed and continued to run the balls. No problem finishing out the rack and setting up for a break shot.

The 6th rack broke out fine. Took a cut shot in the lower right corner and wanted to go up table for a ball on the upper rail but the cue ball caught the point of the side pocket, which sent it out of control. Still upset with myself but had no problems from that point finishing out the rack.

The 7th rack. After the break, made a nice long 2nd shot on a ball in the left lower corner and broke up a two ball cluster in the right lower corner. No problems from there.

8th rack::::: Scratched off the rack after making the break ball. End of Story.
http://vimeo.com/14721506
 
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HI my friend,

this just shows how constantly your abilities are-you can get much positive things from this. you know always that you re able to make runs EACH time you re at the table! that s much stronger than makin one 80 run and then 10 innings *nothing*. and that oyu re able to run always nice high-runs.....this is something nobody have to tell you- you got it, and you know it my friend!

keep shootin like a *young gun* ^^

lg
Ingo
 
Dear Straightpool-Man,

i watched a lot of videos from you. All are showing that you are understanding the way of playing straight pool. So no matter about that mistake in the 8th rack. I - but from outside its easy to say - would have played the ball on the side with the extension (like you), but would have tried to get position on the ball in to the side and broke up with the ball you played and got the tricky position before you played the combination.

Thats all about straight pool is - you made a wrong decition - no problem. the next time you will play a 100 again :-)

keep on shooting!
waiting for more videos!
 
Thanks

Ratta said:
HI my friend,

this just shows how constantly your abilities are-you can get much positive things from this. you know always that you re able to make runs EACH time you re at the table! that s much stronger than makin one 80 run and then 10 innings *nothing*. and that oyu re able to run always nice high-runs.....this is something nobody have to tell you- you got it, and you know it my friend!

keep shootin like a *young gun* ^^

lg
Ingo
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My Thanks to a good friend. I appreicate the tips you had PM me. I am still working on it.

My Thanks to Andreas_Heim also. It is good to see players writing from all over the World.
 
Another nice run(s)

Thanks for posting. You make these runs look so simple. On so many racks you are shooting easy shots and barely moving the cue ball. That is what we all aspire to.
 
Wow, I hear Animals in the backround!!! That's good music to get you in the groove my friend :wink: It's gonna get harder, harder and harder... as you get older! :) Nice runs by the way.
 
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I just watched your 61,35 run Mike....well, i would have chosen a slightly different pattern with 4 balls left in the 2nd rack but that is preference. In the 3rd rack when you shot the 13 i think it was with draw, why not slowroll it and have either the 7 or the stripe at the bottom rail next ? I think that way would have been better as you had a slight problem later with 4 balls left. Result: you had to bump the key shot as you said. lol you made indeed a really nice shot on the key ball there but watch how much you jumped up right there ! also saw that earlier...again jumped up on the 4th breakshot. Maybe you should pay attention to that and stop it as you are usually not doing it too much.

Too bad you hung that 7 ball there but i liked your yelling afterwards lol...sounds like me any other day lol.

At 16:50 i would have shot that ball on the left and come back to the right side rail for the breakshot instead of going your way. That would have been easier for you as a right hander don´t you think ? tough scratch of that last breakshot....too bad it wasn´t a 96....i was sure there was another big run coming right after that 61, you played nice patterns and you were in stroke that day. 20 minutes for 90 balls is really fast man ! I enjoy your runs as always, you make it look rel easy, sometimes too easy lol.

keep it up my friend.

As for myself, i have a tough time running balls on my table due to various reasons right now and as the wall is further away from the table now, my camera is not good enough to make videos in a good quality. So either i stop filming or have to buy a better cam but i am not sure if i will spend that much on it anymore.
 
buffalofloyd said:
Wow, I hear Animals in the backround!!! That's good music to get you in the groove my friend :wink: It's gonna get harder, harder and harder... as you get older! :) Nice runs by the way.
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Hey Floyd,

That's a nice lookin Scruggs you got there !

-steve
 
14-1StraightMan said:
8th rack::::: Scratched off the rack after making the break ball. End of Story.
http://vimeo.com/14721506
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Nice Shootin there Mr. Floyd !!!

I guess you are obeying the lyrics of Mr. Gilmore "Run Like Hell" cause thats what it seems like you are doing for us all lately !


I really loved how you got shape on the breakshot at the 8:00 minute mark....Couldnt have placed it there better by hand ! :eek: LOL


Keep up the great shootin, and great tunes !


Hopefully my room opens back up soon so i can start taking requests on my soundtracks


-Steve
 
Lol....

Mr Hoppe said:
Assuming that you're not going to play safe on yourself, this is actually the only way that a practice run can end . . . :grin:
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Dear Mr. Hoppe
You are almost right. It can end also by the cue ball getting stuck in the rack with no shot at all or by getting out of line on your break ball that you can not break open the rack.
When, I did say a miss. I really meant a stupid miss (a shot that is very makable but needed some more concentration to make).
Practice playing Safe is not a bad idea. I have played safe on myself to end practice runs. When I have ended up having no shot off the break ball or when I have got stuck in the rack.
As my mentor Leroy Kinman always told me:
"A 50 ball run with a Safe at the end. Is a lot stronger, then a 50 ball run with a miss at the end".
You can use any number in that statement instead of 50.
It holds true.
Thanks for commenting.
 
LOL... My Yelling

sascha said:
I just watched your 61,35 run Mike....well, i would have chosen a slightly different pattern with 4 balls left in the 2nd rack but that is preference. In the 3rd rack when you shot the 13 i think it was with draw, why not slowroll it and have either the 7 or the stripe at the bottom rail next ? I think that way would have been better as you had a slight problem later with 4 balls left. Result: you had to bump the key shot as you said. lol you made indeed a really nice shot on the key ball there but watch how much you jumped up right there ! also saw that earlier...again jumped up on the 4th breakshot. Maybe you should pay attention to that and stop it as you are usually not doing it too much.

Too bad you hung that 7 ball there but i liked your yelling afterwards lol...sounds like me any other day lol.

At 16:50 i would have shot that ball on the left and come back to the right side rail for the breakshot instead of going your way. That would have been easier for you as a right hander don´t you think ? tough scratch of that last breakshot....too bad it was´t a 96....i was sure there was another big run coming right after that 61, you played nice patterns and you were in stroke that day. 20 minutes for 90 balls is really fast man ! I enjoy your runs as always, you make it look rel easy, sometimes too easy lol.

keep it up my friend.

As for myself, i have a tough time running balls on my table due to various reasons right now and as the wall is further away from the table now, my camera is not good enough to make videos in a good quality. So either i stop filming or have to buy a better cam but i am not sure if i will spend that much on it anymore.
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LOL.... So, you like my yelling....... (I did say a bad word) Sorry.
I do talk to myself. Maybe, it is because I am the only guy that will listen to me...... LOL.... Must be the Italian in me.
The only shot in the whole run that I did not like was the bumping of the ball when the key ball & break ball were near each other causing me to make that trick shot on the key ball to get position on the break ball. I dislike that shot almost more then the missed shot to end the run. The shot that I took on that bottom rail, all I needed to do was to get the cue ball approx. half an inch off the rail and I could of avoided those balls and went around them. To set up properly, like I was planning to do. The cloth is pretty worn out at the bottom area and there are some tracks forming in the cloth. throwing off the path of some balls. I think it kept the cue ball down low b/c I shot that shot so soft. Those four last balls were all in a tight spot. That bottom stripped ball would not go pass the top one to the right bottom corner.
That jumping up is hard to break. Very hard to break old bad habits. That is something that Ratta had talked to me about.
I just got some new 860 Simonis today that I had ordered a week ago. The next time that I put cloth on the table. I will order that Z9 cloth and give it a try. Taking off the Blue and putting back the Green. I miss it.
I know what you are talking about when you say that you are trying to get use to the table. New cloth is super fast and it takes a while before it settles down.
That camera problem that you talked about. Can you hook up a set up from the ceiling? Or is the ceiling too high?
 
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14-1StraightMan said:
I know what you are talking about when you say that you are trying to get use to the table. New cloth is super fast and it takes a while before it settles down.
That camera problem that you talked about. Can you hook up a set up from the ceiling? Or is the ceiling too high?
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sometimes the cloth is fast sometimes its coming out slow from the cushions but the sliding is the more difficult part now. time will fix that. there is no way to hook a set up from the ceiling. i already tried it by holding the camera closer to the table, same result. maybe its the light in there i don´t know. its just a cheap cam anyway. I will see if i buy another one, first i have to get some good runs again and get confidence back.
 
Hang in there

sascha said:
sometimes the cloth is fast sometimes its coming out slow from the cushions but the sliding is the more difficult part now. time will fix that. there is no way to hook a set up from the ceiling. i already tried it by holding the camera closer to the table, same result. maybe its the light in there i don´t know. its just a cheap cam anyway. I will see if i buy another one, first i have to get some good runs again and get confidence back.
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OK, hang in there and keep practicing. It will come back. You have a great game room, enjoy it.
 
14-1StraightMan said:
OK, hang in there and keep practicing. It will come back. You have a great game room, enjoy it.
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well, did not play too bad today, it should have been a run of 85 but 3 times when i slow rolled a ball it rolled off and hung in the pocket :angry: hope the table gets fixed soon.

I got a brush for the table today, brushed it and man ! what a difference with the grip ! Now the balls are going right, no more sliding ! I enjoyed it right away...no the runs will come back
 
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