InsertCleverNameHere
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When I was younger all I ever tried to do was hit them as hard as I can with my bridge hand on the bed, out in the open.
With age I've lost some MPH on my hardest attempts but still hit them harder probably than anyone around my area. It's maybe the one thing I have real talent for with a cue in my hand.
I can remember many many times especially when I was younger that I would often get 10 or more balls inside the headstring and nothing would fall. It drove me crazy. And everyone would comment how insane it was that I struggled making balls on the break. If I were keeping track somehow there's a good chance my percentage was like 25-35% most sessions. I could never get my mind around how I could hit them as hard as I did and square too but just had no success.
I would change positions after a few dry ones in a row 2-3 ball widths at a time. Sometimes I'd try to add spin on purpose....
But I'm pretty hard headed and frankly it never occurred to me that maybe, just maybe, I could get better results hitting them softer. Maybe if I hit them 65-70% of my max that more balls could fall?
So after essentially 30 damn years and countless racks of 8 ball and 10 ball I decided to give it a real try and throttle back. Whaddayaknow I'm making a ball a lot more often now and generally if I make 1 I make 2 or more.
I feel so stupid lol
With age I've lost some MPH on my hardest attempts but still hit them harder probably than anyone around my area. It's maybe the one thing I have real talent for with a cue in my hand.
I can remember many many times especially when I was younger that I would often get 10 or more balls inside the headstring and nothing would fall. It drove me crazy. And everyone would comment how insane it was that I struggled making balls on the break. If I were keeping track somehow there's a good chance my percentage was like 25-35% most sessions. I could never get my mind around how I could hit them as hard as I did and square too but just had no success.
I would change positions after a few dry ones in a row 2-3 ball widths at a time. Sometimes I'd try to add spin on purpose....
But I'm pretty hard headed and frankly it never occurred to me that maybe, just maybe, I could get better results hitting them softer. Maybe if I hit them 65-70% of my max that more balls could fall?
So after essentially 30 damn years and countless racks of 8 ball and 10 ball I decided to give it a real try and throttle back. Whaddayaknow I'm making a ball a lot more often now and generally if I make 1 I make 2 or more.
I feel so stupid lol
