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Positively Ralf

Positively Ralf

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1. spend time practicing at the table? Do you practice at a pool room or your own private game room at home?

2. spend time watching instructional videos/tournament videos of pro players?
 
1) At home on home table, a Gold Crown IV. Probably about 20 hours a week.

2) I watch a lot of Accu Stats videos. Probably 5-6 hours a week.

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1. At home 21 hours/wk, at pool hall playing 9 ball 5 hours/ wk.
2. YouTube videos 10 - 12 hours/wk
 
Over 20 hours a week At home on my 7 ft diamond smart table. And my 5x10 snooker table. And pool hall once a week to just play
And I play league on Mondays. Also.
 
Positively Ralf said:
1. spend time practicing at the table? Do you practice at a pool room or your own private game room at home?

2. spend time watching instructional videos/tournament videos of pro players?
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Home table exclusively. About 10 hours a week playing. Don't watch videos except youtube.
 
I don't practice at all. At my age it is no longer necessary. It is enough just to get to play.
I suspect the same holds true for many of us. :)
 
So sad

I have a beautiful 9 foot gold crown that is close to Diamond specs, over the past 5 years I'd do 20 hours of practice a week and maybe 3 hours of videos and 5 hours of action..... now maybe 1 hour a week practice, 10 minutes of video and no action.
Need motivation
 
I no longer practice to improve.......I practice when my game struggles, then and only then.

After playing pool for more than 55 years, I am not going to get better at this point in life.

I simply want to preserve any talent I have as "Father Time" steals all of our skills gradually....Ugh.

It'll be a layoff of 18 weeks when I resume pool again so it looks like practice surely is in my future.
 
I have my own billiard table (carom) at home, Gabriels, in my avatar

I spend atleast an HR on week days and up to 8 hrs a day on weekends playing both straight rail and 3c

I also watch balkline and freegame matches a few days of the week
 
in my teens and twenties I practiced or played 60 hours a week. Now in my sixties and practice 15 hours a week if my back will take it, just about worn out :frown:
 
1. 4-6 hours once a week, less than 20 percent of that time is actual practice, the remainder is match play.

2. Maybe an hour or more per day.

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I have a beautiful 9 foot gold crown that is close to Diamond specs, over the past 5 years I'd do 20 hours of practice a week and maybe 3 hours of videos and 5 hours of action..... now maybe 1 hour a week practice, 10 minutes of video and no action.
Need motivation
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Having no action equals no motivation.

I'm on break til fall...enjoy the weather and see what's left in September. It's tough when you make the action.

I play 4 hrs a week home...still hit them good, but not like when I practiced and played 30 hrs a week...that's automatic.
 
1. No table at home.
2. Play only in poolrooms. Practice maybe 6 hours a week mainly the ghost. No drills.
Another 10 hours matching up for fun or a wager. Depends who walks through the door
of the poolroom.
 
I play pool each weekday for 5 hours and each weekend day for 3 hours totaling 31 hours per week.

The unfortunate part of all this play is that there's very little time spent with practice drills or pattern play; it's all just game after game of 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Bank Pool, Saratoga, 1-Hole or 1-15.

I watch YouTube videos usually each night for an hour or so.
 
Hours

1. About 10 hours per week at Home on 9 ft. Blue label Diamond.I try to hit balls every day.
2. Watch YouTube matches of Pros's and live streams on weekends.
 
1. Last year I logged 354 hours on the table. My new year's resolution was to bump that up. I'm averaging 8-10 hours a week, but this last month was tough....work, kids, wife, life always seem to get in the way of obsessive hobbies. :grin:

2. Watch 2-6 hours of pool content, from dvds to YouTube. Two weekends ago, I spent more than 8 hours on and off binge watching POV challenge match between Dennis hatch and Carlo Biado and Lee Brett vs Daniel Busch from 2014.

http://www.povpool.com/pov-action-series-2-announced/

Jay helfert commentating and an extremely difficult 3.75" pocket table made it a riveting production.

'POV 2' • Dennis HATCH vs Carlo BIADO • 10 BALL:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfToIMJBTemJcClYivcdwz2cCogoeKN-f
 
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I practice at a Hall around 20 hours a week.
I watch videos around an hour a week if that and spend around 5 hours a week reading or talking about strategy and technique with people better than I am.
 
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