Ain't No Thang But A Chicken Wang - Vid

They're only 4 1/4" and cant really hit hard into the pocket or itll bounce out.. But I practice on Allison Fishers old 9' shimmed practice table at a local pool hall anyway. I only play on my home table occasionally it's just the only place I have the camera set up to video.

I play at the pool hall on Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday and occasionally Saturday. The off days I shoot at home. I prefer 9' tables over my 8' any day, but any table is better than no table!~ :).
 
cubc said:
I met with an instructor and he said my stroke was straight even though I shot all weird, but as long as my stroke was straight thats all that mattered.

If any other instructors or the famed RandyG could give any input on that then that would be cool :D
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At the request of "Pooltchr" and yourself I did watch the video. I will comment on the video in a second.

I have had thousands of students with "the wing". Moving our cue forward in a straight line to our target is our goal. Included in that goal is less body/muscle movement. While a "wing" may not be text book, if a player would clean up their three pre-shot routine(s), a "wing" might never be my first concern.

What did I see in the video???? Better yet, what did I NOT see.
No Cadence, No Tempo, No Rhythm. Nothing to keep the Mental & Physical rhythms of the Mind and Body working together.

You need to find Steve and put together your STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (S.O.P).

I ask just one question:

"have you ever shot a shot when you wern't ready"??????

Hope any of this will help all of us?.....SPF=randyg
 
can I see an example video of someone who has this cadence or rhythm so I can understand exactly what you mean visually? I have a stroke pattern and rhythm that defines when I'm ready to shoot a shot and it's when I do a quick double stroke before the final stroke. it's like 2 little quick ones then a final one. It's there on virtually every shot.. I think I seen a couple it wasnt there on.

To give an honest answer to your question... yes I have shot a shot when I wasnt ready but not lately. I've been getting in the habit in the last 3 months or so to stand up, chalk again, air stroke w/e, then reset and do it again until it feels right.
 
I'm not pointing this out to be difficult, but I'd like to see you A) not use the Sardo and B) give yourself a different rack every so often. You can run the balls off quite nicely, but it almost looked like patterns. You almost always made the wing ball every break (which is why they changed the spot when racking with the Sardo), and you're always placing certain balls in the same spot. 7 and 8 are always behind the 9, the wing balls are always the 2 and 3, 3 and 4 or the 2 and 4. When you did move the 2, it looks like you put it at the very back of the rack, assuring that it would go downtable with the 1. I'd like to see a few runs where the 2 is in the row right behind the 9.

Nice runs. I have a buddy that has your same mechanics. He just doesn't pull it off quite as well as you.
 
cubc said:
can I see an example video of someone who has this cadence or rhythm so I can understand exactly what you mean visually? I have a stroke pattern and rhythm that defines when I'm ready to shoot a shot and it's when I do a quick double stroke before the final stroke. it's like 2 little quick ones then a final one.

It's there on virtually every shot.. I think I seen a couple it wasnt there on.


To give an honest answer to your question... yes I have shot a shot when I wasnt ready but not lately. I've been getting in the habit in the last 3 months or so to stand up, chalk again, air stroke w/e, then reset and do it again until it feels right.
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Find Steve, allow him to help....SPF=randyg
 
randyg said:
I ask just one question:

"have you ever shot a shot when you wern't ready"??????
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The following quote is something to live by:

"Complete every stroke of the cue to perfection, regardless of how simple or difficult the shot may be. Make no distinction between the difficult or less difficult shots but apply yourself completely to each opportunity to strike a pool ball."

-- Mark Wilson
 
mosconiac said:
The following quote is something to live by:

"Complete every stroke of the cue to perfection, regardless of how simple or difficult the shot may be. Make no distinction between the difficult or less difficult shots but apply yourself completely to each opportunity to strike a pool ball."

-- Mark Wilson
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Great Quote
Great Human
Great Instructor
 
this dude is atlest an A player. He is very very good. I wouldnt hesitate to call him a low pro. I know he solicited it and its very wise to get advice. But honestly he should probably be giving it instead of recieving it.
 
Thanks, but I believe you can learn from everyone regardless of their skill level. I learned something from Hal last night more valuable than anything else I've learned in this game.

It's pretty amazing how in so many games little tidbits of information keep coming back to help on many shots and still remembering when you learned them :)
 
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