Tried this in the main area, but I thought this might be a more appropriate place to post this.
I was at my regular spot today shooting by myself after work. My buddy flaked on me (gah! pet peeve
). Anyhow, I really didn't feel like doing any specific drills today. Work had me tired and any thinking of that type would have wrecked me. So I just kinda rolled all the balls out onto the table and let the cue ball sit somewhere. From there, I began to shoot. No particular order, not just stripes and not just solids, just pure shot making and position play. The one thing I did throw in was resisting the urge to take a completely straight in shot or a ball just sitting in a pocket waiting to be grazed for the score. I'd take those when there was no other choices left on the table.
But I digress. I did this over and over for a good 3 1/2 hrs. My stroke was fantastic tonight. MUCH fewer errors than usual. I had my focus face on and blinders on my eyes so I kinda didn't realize it, but I looked around and about 5-10 people at a time were keeping their eye on me. Lol. It was kinda nice, being that I am breaking into a higher level of play and busting out of my current plateau. Though, I'm sure someone could've walked up and humbled me at any given moment so I shot the pride to the floor and let it cruise as a slight confidence just so that I could keep playing well. If you don't think you'll make it, chances are, you're right. :thumbup: So after about 2 1/2 hours of this um... exercise... I began to feel a bit messy. The problem I realized, once I decided to focus into my body and step back from the table for a minute, was my back. My lower back specifically. The soreness was getting me to be a bit unsettled and start missing shots I was making all night.
My stance differs from time to time depending on where I'm shooting from. I tend to stand square if I'm shooting from the rail (lagging or frozen), and I tend to use the 3pt stance if the cue ball is more inward. I hover really low over my cue, my chin at anywhere between on the cue to 1-3.5 inches over it depending on how close/far the object ball is from the cue ball.
Question is... Is this a normal thing for people? Is it just sort of a muscle building process and pretty soon I'll have a beastly looking back? Or am I asking for slouch when I'm older? If it's the latter, let me know asap. I'd like to fix it before I end up like Quazimoto. Thanks!
I was at my regular spot today shooting by myself after work. My buddy flaked on me (gah! pet peeve
). Anyhow, I really didn't feel like doing any specific drills today. Work had me tired and any thinking of that type would have wrecked me. So I just kinda rolled all the balls out onto the table and let the cue ball sit somewhere. From there, I began to shoot. No particular order, not just stripes and not just solids, just pure shot making and position play. The one thing I did throw in was resisting the urge to take a completely straight in shot or a ball just sitting in a pocket waiting to be grazed for the score. I'd take those when there was no other choices left on the table.But I digress. I did this over and over for a good 3 1/2 hrs. My stroke was fantastic tonight. MUCH fewer errors than usual. I had my focus face on and blinders on my eyes so I kinda didn't realize it, but I looked around and about 5-10 people at a time were keeping their eye on me. Lol. It was kinda nice, being that I am breaking into a higher level of play and busting out of my current plateau. Though, I'm sure someone could've walked up and humbled me at any given moment so I shot the pride to the floor and let it cruise as a slight confidence just so that I could keep playing well. If you don't think you'll make it, chances are, you're right. :thumbup: So after about 2 1/2 hours of this um... exercise... I began to feel a bit messy. The problem I realized, once I decided to focus into my body and step back from the table for a minute, was my back. My lower back specifically. The soreness was getting me to be a bit unsettled and start missing shots I was making all night.
My stance differs from time to time depending on where I'm shooting from. I tend to stand square if I'm shooting from the rail (lagging or frozen), and I tend to use the 3pt stance if the cue ball is more inward. I hover really low over my cue, my chin at anywhere between on the cue to 1-3.5 inches over it depending on how close/far the object ball is from the cue ball.
Question is... Is this a normal thing for people? Is it just sort of a muscle building process and pretty soon I'll have a beastly looking back? Or am I asking for slouch when I'm older? If it's the latter, let me know asap. I'd like to fix it before I end up like Quazimoto. Thanks!
