Break a bone to play better pool?

Old Nine Baller said:
They developed the softer touch they should've had all along but it only came to them because of the pain if they shot hard.
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I'll be offering cheap lessons in the Houston area. I'm going to use one of those shocking dog collars. Hit the balls too hard and I'll zap ya. Shouldn't take to long to break any bad habits.
 
PolarBear said:
I'll be offering cheap lessons in the Houston area. I'm going to use one of those shocking dog collars. Hit the balls too hard and I'll zap ya. Shouldn't take to long to break any bad habits.
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Hell I would pay $500 an hour for professional lessons like that. That's how top pros were taught, with shock collars and bullwhips.








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JoseV said:
I have Taken Shaolin Kempo for 20 years so i have some knowledge in this area. Your Sensi was not killing the nerves in his knuckles he was just burning his flesh i mean he might as well beat his own face in with a steel pole to toughen up his nerves in his face or knock some sense into his own brain.

For him to burn his knuckles tells me that he does not know how to throw a punch when you are learning how to throw a punch in Karate and even in boxing you are shown how to use your whole body to get some power behind that punch. not by pouring charcoal lighter fluid on your knuckles and setting them on fire and punching as fast as you can in front of a broken mirror.

Your Sensi is starting to remind me of the Karate instructor in that movie napoleon dynamite Rex known do was it ?

I have seen many world champion martial artists in my days of competing the likes of Billy Blanks, Michael Jai White ( Played Spawn in the movie Spawn and other movies) Hell the whole cast from the old fox tv show WMAC masters were competing in the same open divisions i was in and i have a few grand championships wins.

For those that don't know a Grand champion for a certain tournaments is when you beat out every other top finisher in there respective black belt division like 18-21 men's light weight and heavy weight division and so on.

What your Sensi did was just nonsense
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Cuemaster98 said:
Yeah...to us it may be retarded...but it's his life and his passion.

Many Men have sacrifice more in their life in the pursuit of their goal and happiness.

I wouldn't be too quick to judge anyone.

Duc.
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Sacrifice? Please... It's stupidity.

BRB, going stab my eyes out, so I can see shots more clearly :rolleyes:
 
What if you poke your weak eye so it forces you to line up the dominant eye all the time ?
Or play with a 40 oz cue ? If you keep wristing that, you'll develop arthritis.
 
Straightpool_99 said:
I am sorry but I think intentionally breaking bones is bonkers, especially if the intention is giving yourself nerve damage. You could be paralyzed, you know!
http://www.handandwristclinic.com/article.asp?article=120

There is a practice among Muay Thai fighters to kick their shins into hard objects. This gives them microfractures, which thickens and hardens the bone. They are not breaking the bone completely, only slightly cracking the surface of it. The principle behind this is scientifically sound. Burning your finger only gives you scars. Scar tissue could make the skin harder and more difficult to tear, but it is a crap shoot. Edit: It appears I was wrong about this. Scar tissue is generally weaker than regular skin. Worst case scenario is that the fingers get useless, like two of Django Reinhards fingers, after he was in a fire. Odds are you won't get his musical talent, though.

I got attacked by a drug crazed maniac while out on the town some years ago. He was flailing wildly and you should have seen the look in his eyes! I felt that I was out of options and threw a combination, which while it did send him to the ground also snapped my middle finger on my right hand. It was a long 5 weeks, and a painful recovery, during which I could not play pool. Afterwards my touch did not get better, in fact it felt like I was playing with a thick glove on for some time. I don't recommend it.
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I once read about an old school pro boxing trainer that had his guys punch down into buckets of sand for hours on end, creating micro-fractures in the hands that would heal, making the bones harder and less resistant to future breaks. Don't know if it really worked, but I can't see any parallel that would work for anything in pool...

If you want your wrist broke, just start firing air barrels in the wrong place. Then report back on how well it improves your game! :wink:
 
The man is no fool...if anything he's truly dedicated and very passionate about his profession (much like Earl Strickland). He would punch a thousand time each day into concrete walls to harden his hands specifically the knuckle. You can tell he's a fighter by looking at the calluses on his knuckle. He's definitely one guy you don't want to mess with. He can punch 9 times in one second and can break 6 baseball bats in a demonstration that I've attended.

A lot fighters have callused knuckles from extensive training...not a new idea:
http://martialarts.stackexchange.co...ect-my-fist-to-change-over-time-from-punching

Duc.


Pete said:
If that's true, your instructor is a fool.
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Options

I suppose there are some seemingly crazy things out there.

If given the option of:

1) Break wrist to improve stroke
2) Keep poor stroke, get sex change, women's tour

I'm opting for the wrist every time.
 
I guess the idea that Shaolin kids harden their skulls through head flips and Shaolin monks harden their hand by punching into sands are also nonsense. I saw a documentary where one of the Shaolin monk...drag a heavy bolder to strengthen his groin...so that when anyone kick him there...he protected. Now that might be useful not just in Kung fu but definitely have other area of application :).

As far as pool go...the only idea that I've seem that might have some merit is doing laser treatment on your eyes so that you don't need to wear glasses.
20/20 vision or better is very crucial in pool.....some of the best players in pool seem to be bless with very good eye sight!!!

So maybe eating more carrots can help :O)

Duc.


JoseV said:
What your Sensi did was just nonsense
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Cuemaster98 said:
The man is no fool...if anything he's truly dedicated and very passionate about his profession (much like Earl Strickland). He would punch a thousand time each day into concrete walls to harden his hands specifically the knuckle. You can tell he's a fighter by looking at the calluses on his knuckle. He's definitely one guy you don't want to mess with. He can punch 9 times in one second and can break 6 baseball bats in a demonstration that I've attended.

A lot fighters have callused knuckles from extensive training...not a new idea:
http://martialarts.stackexchange.co...ect-my-fist-to-change-over-time-from-punching

Duc.
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He's a fool Duc. He's going to regret it when he gets older and when arthritis will be killing him every morning . Toughening your hands that way is a fallacy.
I boxed in college. The biggest lesson you learn when boxing is to protect your hands . To protect your hands, you had to wrap them properly. So many have career sprains b/c they did not know how to wrap their hands properly. When I see someone now wrapping their hands the wrong way at my local Golds' Gym, I ask them if I can show them how to wrap their hands properly.
Pro boxers make a living with their hands so they take care of them. The exact opposite of karate fanatics who somehow think they need to abuse their hands . The boxers who can afford it, get their hands wrap like it's fight night. They use gauze and trainer's tape which have to be cut off and thrown after that session. The ones who can't afford that, use reusable wraps.
Breaking your hand will not make you lose that wrist action. You have to make a conscious decision to lose it if you really want to lose it.

The pic is of a world champion and his trainer.
 

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JoeyInCali said:
He's a fool Duc. He's going to regret it when he gets older and when arthritis will be killing him every morning . Toughening your hands that way is a fallacy.
I boxed in college. The biggest lesson you learn when boxing is to protect your hands . To protect your hands, you had to wrap them properly. So many have career sprains b/c they did not know how to wrap their hands properly. When I see someone now wrapping their hands the wrong way at my local Golds' Gym, I ask them if I can show them how to wrap their hands properly.
Pro boxers make a living with their hands so they take care of them. The exact opposite of karate fanatics who somehow think they need to abuse their hands . The boxers who can afford it, get their hands wrap like it's fight night. They use gauze and trainer's tape which have to be cut off and thrown after that session. The ones who can't afford that, use reusable wraps.
Breaking your hand will not make you lose that wrist action. You have to make a conscious decision to lose it if you really want to lose it.

The pic is of a world champion and his trainer.
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Looks like Ruslan Provodikov, if it is, he's a beast:) I agree, many of boxers who have hurt there hands are
to afraid to throw bombs cause of the fear of reinjuring them.
 
Cuemaster98 said:
I guess the idea that Shaolin kids harden their skulls through head flips and Shaolin monks harden their hand by punching into sands are also nonsense. I saw a documentary where one of the Shaolin monk...drag a heavy bolder to strengthen his groin...so that when anyone kick him there...he protected. Now that might be useful not just in Kung fu but definitely have other area of application :).

As far as pool go...the only idea that I've seem that might have some merit is doing laser treatment on your eyes so that you don't need to wear glasses.
20/20 vision or better is very crucial in pool.....some of the best players in pool seem to be bless with very good eye sight!!!

So maybe eating more carrots can help :O)

Duc.
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Yes its nonsense, foolish and mystical BS. The first time I met Shaolin Grandmaster Sin Thé I asked for an autograph, he couldnt grip a pen.
Chuck
 
I wanted to last longer in the sack, which is why I used this reasoning to burn the nerves on my ... umm, nevermind.
 
hmm .. I put a wire into my left eye back in college during the 60's. My pool game did improve as did my gun shooting. Didn't effect bowling or ping pong. baseball fell off the map as did the draft.
 
A lot of the best pool players seem short so there is always the foot amputation option.
 
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