Snapshot9 said:I think most are missing the point .... It is not hard for someone to aim
the OB straight into the pocket of choice, keep their eye on that spot,
and go back and try to send the cueball to hit that spot to pocket the
ball.
The hard part is being able to execute it properly. The main problems in doing that stem from an improper stance and stroke, or how many people do you see that can not bridge the cue right or have never learned. Women are especially bad about trying to learn Pool from a boyfriend who might be a level 2-4 at best and they do not know the right way to shoot Pool.
In short, these non-aimers do not have the basic fundimentals necessary in order to shoot Pool properly, yet I see some of them week after week out shooting Pool on dates or just hangin together taking 45-50 minutes to shoot 1 game of 8 ball. I suppose if you are lousy at Pool, it makes for a cheap date.
This is one area that leagues have downplayed that good money matches used to inspire. When 2 good players are tied up in a fairly high money match, it used to draw 20-40 people to watch it. People would get inspired about Pool from watching these 2 good players, and seek later on to learn more about Pool, or ask someone to teach them. They would usually seek out someone that knew what they are doing to teach them. What I see todayis people wanting to learn Pool from someone that is not even close to being qualified to teaching someone about Pool, so they end up learning the wrong way to play Pool. Some of these keep pursuing Pool, join a league, and keep shooting, but they have not learned properly, and get beat often, and either drop out, or gradually through league play start learning the right way to play.
The only problem is that they have learned bad methods of play, and it is much harder to undue bad habits than it is to teach a new beginner the right way to learn Pool.
Rules about Pool etiquette were learn by watching and being quiet over time, like you do not jump on a challenge 9 ball table to play for free when an ongoing game for $10 or $20 a game is going on. Or some young person talking loud or cussing when watching a money match, or several other curteous things about Pool. It is just lovely to hear some loudmouth in the background running their mouth about something stupid when you are involved in a $1,000 set. Yes, you can say something or try to get them out of there, but this sometimes causes confrontations, and confrontations affect a player's emotions, and hence their game.
Many young people nowadays do not have good manners, get their feathers ruffled at the slightest thing, and start trying to prove themselves in non-constructive ways, many times around a match going on, either a money match or a tournament match.
So please, keep your mouth shut until you learn about Pool matches the right way.
If you do not bother to learn the sport the right way, do not complain about your game all the time.
We can not fix what's wrong with your game in 10 minutes if you learned
the wrong way to begin with.
You are not by any means going to be Pro level in 3-4 months, so get that out of your head.
By all means, do not spout off something about Pool that you can not do.
this had nothing to do with the original posters comments.........AT ALL.
thanks
VAP