Another newbie question. (expectations)
- Thread starter Gio Sr.
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I've seen Joe play at or near his peak and can attest to that. I saw him win The New York State 9 Ball Championship, I forget what year it was, though.
All of George's books are great. Well written, thoughtful. Like good literature.
If you learn George's "whenever possible" rules it will help your game "emensly" (sic).
p.s. I think that means a lot. :grin-square:
I did not know he won the NY state,but I do know he won the PA state in '98.
If you haven't seen this yet you may want to check it out:http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=255326
As mentioned above, I'm starting to put more thought into shot selection. The problem being I have to take harder shots early in the rack to be in good position for the end of the rack, therefore I'm missing a few more of these early shots.
Frustrating, but I believe it will pay off eventually.
I just started doing that the last couple of days. I think watching a bunch of matches on youtube has helped me do that. I see how the guys go about chipping away at the cluster with little break shots. So I have been trying those harder shots and kicking out some balls to make more shots. Up to now the routine was make the loose balls and play safe. I figure I picked up about a 10% increase in just a few days.
So much more to learn though.
Running Balls
Looking through old posts and came across this one. How many balls you run (high run or average/inning) has a lot to do with who you're playing and how well they play. I played 10 games of straight pool to 100 yesterday - 11 hour marathon. The first 5 were against a player of lesser skill than myself and the second 5 were against a player of equal skill. In the first 5 games I had a bunch of runs in the 20's - I'd say 8 or 9 of them. In the second five games I had runs of 32, 37 and 55 and out. Although I should have played worse in the latter part of the day due to fatigue, I actually was able to run more balls because of the stronger competition. Who you play most frequently has a lot to do with how better you will get, and, by extension, how many balls you typically run.
Ron F
Looking through old posts and came across this one. How many balls you run (high run or average/inning) has a lot to do with who you're playing and how well they play. I played 10 games of straight pool to 100 yesterday - 11 hour marathon. The first 5 were against a player of lesser skill than myself and the second 5 were against a player of equal skill. In the first 5 games I had a bunch of runs in the 20's - I'd say 8 or 9 of them. In the second five games I had runs of 32, 37 and 55 and out. Although I should have played worse in the latter part of the day due to fatigue, I actually was able to run more balls because of the stronger competition. Who you play most frequently has a lot to do with how better you will get, and, by extension, how many balls you typically run.
Ron F