Between 5 and 6 million.
How many balls have you pocketed?
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tomatoshooter
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That's not that fast for a simple drill where you are just executing but there is no decision making. Something like the Mighty X. A while back, it took me 40 minutes to make 100 shots and that includes missing quite a few. I've gotten better.
That's something I've been thinking about. I think it's good to keep the arm moving to develop a smooth stroke but you can also be building the habit of neglecting your pre shot routine as well as becoming so accustomed to shooting fast that waiting for an opponent can throw you off your game. We want to get more out of our practice time but we must ask ourselves if the right more to improve our game.
I wasted so much time not actually practicing. I thought I was practicing. Without precise goals outlined before the session, trying to get the most out of each rep, including every step of the psr, staying disciplined. It's all just banging balls and building piss poor habits. I still do those things ..just stopped calling it practice. There's no hope.
Freddy Fuzzmore
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The only time I ever think about how many balls I put in was the time I made six balls on a break. I really crunched um that time.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Heck, a couple days ago I made 4 balls on the break in 9B. All balls were laid out nicely. I missed the first ball in sequence by a half an inch.
I have no idea how many balls I've pocketed but it's not enough!
Did some cyphering back when people were talking about HAMB. I was more than a little obsessed for over a decade and almost lived on a pool table if not at work. After careful cyphering and adding in a SWAG, I have pocketed 2,xxx,xxx and five-eighth balls. Split one but I argued successfully that the bigger part of the ball went in the pocket intended! Another SWAG, I probably played over sixty percent of my games on bar tables, resulting in less wasted motion and easier shots.
When you are running balls efficiently it really doesn't take long. From what I have read Willie Mosconi pocketed a ball an average of every fifteen seconds during his record run. That includes time lost to racking every fourteen balls. Willie didn't seem to shoot terribly fast but he spent little time in planning and very little moving around the table. Willie played a close tight game with little wasted motion.
Hu
When you are running balls efficiently it really doesn't take long. From what I have read Willie Mosconi pocketed a ball an average of every fifteen seconds during his record run. That includes time lost to racking every fourteen balls. Willie didn't seem to shoot terribly fast but he spent little time in planning and very little moving around the table. Willie played a close tight game with little wasted motion.
Hu
Yes, Willie's autobiography says the 526 took 2 hours and 10 minutes, which is slightly under 15 seconds per ball.
Shaw said his 714 took 2 hours and 39 minutes, which would be an average of 13.4 seconds per ball! The rack Bob mentioned in post #13 would be about 8.6 seconds per ball!
How many shots have you missed? What is your percentage of shots made? How many times have you miscued? How many straight-in’s have you made?Missed? I think a comprehensive study of your game is just as meaningful as how many balls have you made?
Guy Manges
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75 years... WOW... Lots... Guy , One thing is after 75 years, Past Tense, lots of people will tell you how to do it... This is Pool...
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Guy Manges
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Do left handed shoot faster than right handed, I think so... No question mark... Guy
Guy Manges
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I think in the last 20 years I've watched a million pool games... Guy, Don't ask me why I posted this here...
MajorMiscue
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If you're a decent player, you've made more balls than you've missed.
For players who work on their game and strive to improve, there comes a point in time when the percentage of successful shots surpasses the percentage of missed shots.
For casual/recreational players that don't work on their game, they'll seldom reach that point. They will likely continue to miss more shots than they make. As a result, their game will never improve much beyond whatever skill level they happen to reach.
But for players that continue to work and improve, they'll eventually end up hitting more successful shots than unsuccessful shots over the long run.
In other words, a beginner might start out missing 9 shots out of 10. Then eventually he'll be missing 7 out of 10. Then it'll be 5 out of 10 (50%). Then the ratio flips and he starts making more shots than he's missing. He'll find himself missing 4 out of 10, then missing only 2 or 3 out of 10, and then eventually 1 out of 10 (90%), and so on...
Consistency brings more makes than misses. Eventually the total of all your successful shots will exceed the total of all the missed shots you've ever had, unless you're a real slow starter/learner.
Raiderdude
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Close to 50% of the ones I shoot at!! Sadly,,, Rarely more than 2 in a row. Can I get the name of the aiming system thread?? Lol!!