I'm pretty new to the sport but I love it to death and I want to learn everything there is to learn. I've just recently finished my first bar league at a Fast Eddie's pool hall where I live in San Antonio and enjoyed the hell out of it. Up until that point I had only played my "mentor" who moves away, and having lots of opponents really broadened my scope. After league, a member of the first place team took me over and said I had a lot of promise for someone whose only been playing since the beginning of the year, and he'd like to help.
He said the first thing I needed to fix was my form. He did the thing where he put the chalk behind the cue and wanted me to push to the rail and back into the chalk. I hit a little bit off but tapped the chalk. Then he replaced int he same spot and hit dead on the chalk pushing it to the back rail 3 times in a row.
I don't know if this is good practice but I'm not one to argue cus he's pretty damn good. But I see that what he said was right and I do need work, but starting from the basics. Learning from winning and losing isn't good enough for me, I want to know it all.
So in closing... Does anyone know any truly good tutorials, books, websites... or bit of good knowledge I can absorb? I've seen lots of stuff out there but you have to pay for some, which i don't mind, i just want to pay for the right stuff
I ask you all because so far you all seem very helpful and knowledgable.
In the meantime I'll keep my head in the game and my game on the table.
thanks,
Stew
He said the first thing I needed to fix was my form. He did the thing where he put the chalk behind the cue and wanted me to push to the rail and back into the chalk. I hit a little bit off but tapped the chalk. Then he replaced int he same spot and hit dead on the chalk pushing it to the back rail 3 times in a row.
I don't know if this is good practice but I'm not one to argue cus he's pretty damn good. But I see that what he said was right and I do need work, but starting from the basics. Learning from winning and losing isn't good enough for me, I want to know it all.
So in closing... Does anyone know any truly good tutorials, books, websites... or bit of good knowledge I can absorb? I've seen lots of stuff out there but you have to pay for some, which i don't mind, i just want to pay for the right stuff
I ask you all because so far you all seem very helpful and knowledgable.In the meantime I'll keep my head in the game and my game on the table.
thanks,
Stew
