Failing to realize that 'know' and 'do' are only mildly related...mgood reason to be upset, they play enough pool to know better.
Failing to realize that 'know' and 'do' are only mildly related...mgood reason to be upset, they play enough pool to know better.
There's no such thing as magic chalk.The main one I see is people switching up their equipment too often.
New shafts, replace perfectly good tips, magic chalk, gadgets, etc.
And, as has been mentioned before, trying to adjust your alignment when already down one the shot (catch myself doing every so often, but luckily I can usually stop myself)
YES. This was my first mistake many moons ago.Death grip on the butt.
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Thinking when down on the shot. That's why I have bad days. On good days muscle memory takes over. In the zone, Zen, rhythm, actualization, however you describe it - when you believe you can, you succeed.There’s a lot of them. Please try to keep it 1 or 2 so everyone can have a bit of fun here.
Absolutely. I have seen many players who rarely run a rack but they want to break like Shane. It's pointless to break well if you can't run three balls because you don't know about draw or natural follow angles yet. While the standard refrain is to work on your weaknesses, it's maybe more useful to say work where you will get the largest return. Often that's fundamentals and that's a hard sell because there is no obvious immediate reward.
Especially when you both line it up straight each time for the other guy to shoot - just for fun. I make them call a Stalemate after they get done screwing around.I hate bank the 8.
I agree. A big part of winning in 8 ball (and rotation) is recognizing when you can run out and when you need to try and plan out a run to setup a safety play.I am certainly an amateur, but have played for a long time. When I watch mid level amateurs one of the biggest problems I see is that many don't seem to play the layout (8 ball). Instead they often just take the easy balls. Too often you see trouble balls ignored until there is nothing left to shoot. Naturally a miss results and the other player runs out. A less skilled player can often beat a better skilled player (mechanics) if they just bide their time. Good mechanics does not always translate into winning strategies.