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This should answer any questions.
This should answer any questions.
Chalk every shot?
- Thread starter Bill Yerd
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Chalking is part of my pre shot routine now...not just on difficult shots because now I try to treat EVERY shot as difficult. Too many times I've missed an "easy" shot while patting myself on the back for making a "difficult" one. I'm trying to eliminate that by chalking and thinking about every shot before I get into my stance.
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You mean a mentally retarded person?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation
Absolutely
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Many people chalk every shot as part of their pre-shot ritual except that I always chalk my break cue before breaking. Other than that, I don't really have any rituals, so I look at my tip periodically to see if I need chalk and put it on when I need it. Sometimes, I get in a rythm and I don't think about chalk. So to answer the OP question, if it's not part of your pre-shot ritual, you probably don't need to chalk every shot. Just check your tip every few shots and chalk when you need to.
What I don't get is why people who dislike threads like this bother to take the time to read them and post things conveying their dislike. Some of us, myself included, like Bill's threads.
The more a player chalks before a shot picking it up chalking and doing it again is the sign of how unsure or nervous he is about the shot.Learn what shots make him nervous and if needed play safes that leave him that shot.
Study your opponent it's an important part of the game. Learn his strong and weak points.
For example if he is an excellent banker don't play safe where he may have a bank.
Study your opponent it's an important part of the game. Learn his strong and weak points.
For example if he is an excellent banker don't play safe where he may have a bank.
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Dad used to tell me, "There is no accounting for taste.":grin:
You guys have it all bass-ackwards anyway. I never chalk my cue, I cue my chalk.
Then of course is the matter of when to cue the chalk, which you also have screwed up. You only do it before one shot, the break, or your first shot whichever applies. After that you cue the chalk after every shot, including the break. If you sink the winning ball and have the next break then you cue the chalk with your break cue.
See how simple it is?
How can you expect to play pool when you don't have the basics down?
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I agree with you, when a novice or anyone is asking for help, we should try to help them if we can. I don't any of us were BORN 'world champoin pool players'.
You're a good guide 'TONTO'. You probably helped the OP more than anyone.
I'm a quite a bit fast playing guy, but not so fast like Tony Drago :grin:. Even if kamui chalk is on my pocket or the table, my hand just always grab and start to chalking at my tip after each shot. It's the "Moment of Thinking" for me and that's my habbit. 
It all depends sometimes I chalk every shot sometimes every 4-5 shots... You will know if you should have chalked if you end up miscueing. With that being said by then it would have been to late.
Dnt worry im sure you will figure it out.
Dnt worry im sure you will figure it out.
I chalk every shot..
Well I chalk every shot, but that don't mean I make every shot.
Though I'd rather chalk, and miss, then not chalk, and miss ,that way I can better zero in on what my error was..:wink:
Well I chalk every shot, but that don't mean I make every shot.
Though I'd rather chalk, and miss, then not chalk, and miss ,that way I can better zero in on what my error was..:wink:
Good
1. It takes about the same amount of time to look at a tip and see if it needs to be chalked as it does to chalk it.
2. It is guaranteed that it takes twice as long to look at a tip to see if it needs chalk and then chalk it.
3. When I see the person that does this it is a good sign that he is a fish.
That your game suffers as a result is more of a probability than a possibility. You should watch the video that I posted.
Warning OP; this may attract sharks.
He may just be “starting from 0” of his pre-shot-routine. This is only a possibility not a “for sure” thing.
Yes learn what he makes and what he misses; to assume this is always what makes him nervous may backfire on you in how you read it, it might be that this is him “bearing down”. So yes look at what he makes and misses but to try to “read his read” and his attitude is a recipe for disaster.
my hand just always grab and start to chalking at my tip after each shot. It's the "Moment of Thinking" for me and that's my habbit.
My suggestion is that you make it a BEFORE habit. There are so many people that do this Robert Byrne thought enough to put this is his Standard book of Poll & Billiards. “Don’t get in the habit of grabbing the chalk after you shoot you will annoy people because that is just the time that your opponent is reaching for it”.
I was playing with a guy for small change one time that said I was sharking by chalking my cue while it was his shot when faced with a difficult shot. So I said that was fine we will make it a foul for me if I chalk my cue during your inning and we will make it a foul for you if you grab the chalk when you miss. During the race he fouled about half a dozen times and I beat the pants off him.
Chalk after each shot. Not only do you reduce the chances of a miscue but you also give yourself a minute to look at the layout of the table. On top of that most places leave chalk on the table so it doesn't cost you anything.