Got a little out of line, but made a great shot to get back in line. Count is 74 with an easy shot to put me in position to take out rest of rack. Ball rattled in pocket and stayed up.....ARGHHH!!! It's always the easy ones that get me..lack of concentration or something! Oh well I hit the 70's again and trying to stay positive!
Don't know if I'll ever run a hundred!
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it is what makes 14.1 the most challenging of all games- the need to gain repeatable focus on EVERY single shot - many times with the need to follow that shot with SPOT position. Sort of makes nine ball feel like a joke game- just having to focus on nine or less shots with area position in most cases. Runs in the hundreds require a special pool mindset, many just don't have that internal wiring - but it sure is fun and challenging to try and get there isn't it- the greatest of all games IMO. Stay with it and you may just get to 100!
Two pieces of advice that sometimes really help to increase runs for those striving for 100- never count the balls when you are playing alone, just make note of the balls on the table when your first run begins and from there just make a mental note of the number of racks as they are cleared, secondly, as your practice, try to find some key for you in your approach to each shot that helps you build a rhythm that best allows you to FOCUS on each individual shot at hand i.e. the pre shot routine ( sighting the shot,decision on speed, english, and stroke to be used) along with your approach into the shooting stance and the front bridge/back hand grip and final warm up stroke technique - ALL should follow a pattern for you that best allows a repeatable focus on the final stroke execution. Moving all of those shooting components to the subconscious is best achieved by adding some form of rhythm to this process.
Two pieces of advice that sometimes really help to increase runs for those striving for 100- never count the balls when you are playing alone, just make note of the balls on the table when your first run begins and from there just make a mental note of the number of racks as they are cleared, secondly, as your practice, try to find some key for you in your approach to each shot that helps you build a rhythm that best allows you to FOCUS on each individual shot at hand i.e. the pre shot routine ( sighting the shot,decision on speed, english, and stroke to be used) along with your approach into the shooting stance and the front bridge/back hand grip and final warm up stroke technique - ALL should follow a pattern for you that best allows a repeatable focus on the final stroke execution. Moving all of those shooting components to the subconscious is best achieved by adding some form of rhythm to this process.
Good stuff this is!!
i know your pain
i stranded at 96, multiple 70s and 80s but never made those frustrating 100......
You guys are all way better than me, I can't get past 1 rack ever
But I only play for a few hrs a month for fun so it's all good ,
Love the game and challenge
But I only play for a few hrs a month for fun so it's all good ,
Love the game and challenge
A sculptor sees the image in the stone before he starts carving.
You have to be aware of the hundred before you hit the first ball.
...keep looking...you get what you're looking for.
I feel your pain. My high breaks at snooker were in the 30s, then hit the 40s with a lot of consistency in the 30s. Then skyrocketed to the 60s with the 40s as go to. Then 84 and then this is too bloody difficult - 8 ball and rotation games are far more fun if you haven't got bags of time and/or bags of talent. Played a little straight pool but not much to give me any experience. 74 and working on it is a dream for most players though. And it is almost always an easy shot that ends a high run in any game - it is not easy to focus for that long.
My first break and run at 8 ball in competition is my proudest moment - nothing special now but how I felt then is enough for me and my pool life.
My first break and run at 8 ball in competition is my proudest moment - nothing special now but how I felt then is enough for me and my pool life.
Growing up as a kid playing straight pool in the early 70s, my goal has always been to run 100. I had a run of 4 racks (56) at round 17-18 years old. I played very little straight pool for the next 20+ years, mainly 9-ball. After opening my poolroom at 41 years old, I started practicing some straight pool again, with a goal of running 100. In my late 40s, on a table with 4-3/4" corner pockets, I had a 7 rack run (98 balls) with a perfect in to the side of the rack break shot. Executed it perfectly bringing the CB back towards the middle of the table, and an OB kicked it in to the side pocket for scratch, ending my run.
I continued my attempts for a few more weeks, not coming anywhere close, then frustrated, gave up on the goal and returned to practicing/playing 9-ball. A few years ago, I started trying again, with hopes to run the 100 before I reached by 60th birthday. Trying to achieve it on our tightest table with 4-1/4" corner pockets, in 2015 I ran as many as 83, 77, a 70, and numerous runs in the 60s. Then, at age 59, I had shoulder replacement surgery and had to stop playing for about 6 months. Since getting back at it again for the past year, I cant seem to even get to a run of 50 balls anymore, although I feel like I'm seeing the balls well and playing well.
I'll be 61 in January, and for now I've given up on it. My shoulder only allows me to play 2-3 times a week, for 2-3 hours at a time, which makes it tough. I feel with that limited practice time, I need to use that time playing and practicing 9-ball. I know if I attempt it on our 4-3/4" corner pocket tables I'll have a much better chance of getting to 100, but it won't mean the same to me to do it on those tables. My mindset is if I'm going to do it, it's gonna be on our 4-1/4" pocket table. I realize I'm running out of time, but have not completely given up on it yet. I can attest for me, it is largely a mental component.
Having that goal for most of my lifetime, anytime I get a run near 50, the pressure just seems to mount and I end up making a careless error.
I've run 100 or more a few times and IMO the thing you need to do when you miss is to stop and set that shot up and shoot it until you *understand* exactly why you missed it.
Too often we brush the misses off and attribute them to a lack of concentration. But in my experience the misses tell you something about flaws in your game and you just need to pay attention and listen.
You need a wide repertoire of shots to run 100 -- it's a test of what you know and don't know, what you can truly do and what you think you can do. You build that repertoire one shot at a time and the misses are a good place to start. Don't give up.
Lou Figueroa
You ran a 100! Maybe playing marbles.
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I play One Pocket. My goal is to keep running 8. Maybe one day I'll become a bead counter.
The run nearly ended after the first shot. Pool is such a crazy game.
Great run and really liked your advice on your previous post.
Thanks....good advice!
I know that a different table would help, but I'm determined to do it on this one..9 foot GC IV with tight pockets from a Steve Mizerak senior tournament..I'm in my 60's too, and probably crazy for trying...just want to get away from short racks for awhile
You play with balls.
Ray Martin is approaching his mid 80s and can still snap off a 100+ ball run. I realize he's one of the greatest straight pool players ever and we can' even begin to compare ourselves to him, but it's encouraging to think we may have a little more time left to try to achieve our goal, whether or not realistically we have any chance at all - we can always hope!
What kind of cue are you using? Just from the sound your cue makes it seems like a cue that I would like.