Can you afford to miss when things ain't perfect?

ShootingArts

ShootingArts

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I read the threads, gots to have the perfect stance, gots to have the perfect stroke, gots to have the perfect eyeball, gots to have that perfect eyeball in the perfect place, on and on. With everything perfect them balls jes' gots to fall!

The catch is that those tough shots when your body is out of position, your stroke is contorted, and your head is nowhere close to where it usually is are the ones that make or break a performance. A lot of C players can pocket balls consistently when everything is perfect. The ability to see the shot and deliver the tip to the cue ball when things are far from perfect is the difference between winning or losing many a match.

Knowing how to pocket balls when everything is perfect is a great baseline. Once you can do that then you are ready to start learning how to play pool.

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
I read the threads, gots to have the perfect stance, gots to have the perfect stroke, gots to have the perfect eyeball, gots to have that perfect eyeball in the perfect place, on and on. With everything perfect them balls jes' gots to fall!

The catch is that those tough shots when your body is out of position, your stroke is contorted, and your head is nowhere close to where it usually is are the ones that make or break a performance. A lot of C players can pocket balls consistently when everything is perfect. The ability to see the shot and deliver the tip to the cue ball when things are far from perfect is the difference between winning or losing many a match.

Knowing how to pocket balls when everything is perfect is a great baseline. Once you can do that then you are ready to start learning how to play pool.

Hu
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When I stand on one foot with my body twisted like a pretzel over the table and shoot a masse from behind my back and over a ball and kick a ball in, I'm doing in "perfectly"!

Aloha.
 
Rexactly my point!

HawaiianEye said:
When I stand on one foot with my body twisted like a pretzel over the table and shoot a masse from behind my back and over a ball and kick a ball in, I'm doing in "perfectly"!

Aloha.
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That's rexactly my point! Of course you do get style points too if you throw in a pirouette while getting into position.

Thanks!

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
I read the threads, gots to have the perfect stance, gots to have the perfect stroke, gots to have the perfect eyeball, gots to have that perfect eyeball in the perfect place, on and on. With everything perfect them balls jes' gots to fall!

The catch is that those tough shots when your body is out of position, your stroke is contorted, and your head is nowhere close to where it usually is are the ones that make or break a performance. A lot of C players can pocket balls consistently when everything is perfect. The ability to see the shot and deliver the tip to the cue ball when things are far from perfect is the difference between winning or losing many a match.

Knowing how to pocket balls when everything is perfect is a great baseline. Once you can do that then you are ready to start learning how to play pool.

Hu
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That's when good funcamentals and a good stroke really take over. The muscle memory, consistent grip pressure, smooth acceleration etc. really become important.
 
At Magoos, in Tulsa, we have a few tournaments weekly. It really don't matter what game you are playing... IF YOU MISS, You LOSE...
 
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ceebee said:
At Magoos, in Tulsa, we have a few tournaments weekly. It really don't matter what game you are playing... IF YOU MISS, You LOOSE...
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I like to play a variation of this game playing 9-ball.

You have to call your shot and your next shot before you shoot the first shot.

For example: If you are shooting at the one you have to call the ball and pocket and pick the pocket you are going to shoot the two ball (or next consective ball) in. You CAN'T shoot it in another pocket if you mess up your position even if it is straight in another pocket. You must go for the original pocket or play a safe. If you make the ball in another pocket or foul, the incoming player has ball in hand.

You leard to "control" your cue ball playing this way or you wind up shoot a hell of a lot of safes.

Aloha.
 
HawaiianEye said:
I like to play a variation of this game playing 9-ball.

You have to call your shot and your next shot before you shoot the first shot.

For example: If you are shooting at the one you have to call the ball and pocket and pick the pocket you are going to shoot the two ball (or next consective ball) in. You CAN'T shoot it in another pocket if you mess up your position even if it is straight in another pocket. You must go for the original pocket or play a safe. If you make the ball in another pocket or foul, the incoming player has ball in hand.

You leard to "control" your cue ball playing this way or you wind up shoot a hell of a lot of safes.

Aloha.
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I love this.
 
ShootingArts said:
I read the threads, gots to have the perfect stance, gots to have the perfect stroke, gots to have the perfect eyeball, gots to have that perfect eyeball in the perfect place, on and on. With everything perfect them balls jes' gots to fall!

The catch is that those tough shots when your body is out of position, your stroke is contorted, and your head is nowhere close to where it usually is are the ones that make or break a performance. A lot of C players can pocket balls consistently when everything is perfect. The ability to see the shot and deliver the tip to the cue ball when things are far from perfect is the difference between winning or losing many a match.

Knowing how to pocket balls when everything is perfect is a great baseline. Once you can do that then you are ready to start learning how to play pool.

Hu
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I really like this. There is a lot of truth here. I don't think this makes any sense until you reach a certain level of play though.
 
ShootingArts said:
I read the threads, gots to have the perfect stance, gots to have the perfect stroke, gots to have the perfect eyeball, gots to have that perfect eyeball in the perfect place, on and on. With everything perfect them balls jes' gots to fall!

The catch is that those tough shots when your body is out of position, your stroke is contorted, and your head is nowhere close to where it usually is are the ones that make or break a performance. A lot of C players can pocket balls consistently when everything is perfect. The ability to see the shot and deliver the tip to the cue ball when things are far from perfect is the difference between winning or losing many a match.

Knowing how to pocket balls when everything is perfect is a great baseline. Once you can do that then you are ready to start learning how to play pool.

Hu
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This is an issue that came up for me not too long ago.

Some folks misinterpreted it as conservative play. But, as I was recently describing to interested parties, what actually happened was that I just was not stroking the ball well on the the day of that particular match. Sometimes it happens when you are an amateur player.

And so, I "played within the stroke I had." It's what you do when you are a seasoned player but perhaps not a pro. You come to grips with how you're hitting them on a particular day, situation, table, and use what you got. You don't over-extend. You know what you can do and what you cannot and you play smart. Not unlike playing poor cards -- you can still win if, as in the immortal words of the title character of the movie of the same name, you realize, "Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

Lou Figueroa
 
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