idea for practice!

Jimbojim

Jimbojim

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My instructor sometimes makes me practice a few racks of 9-ball with pocket change. I put a dime where the cueball is(although I leave some room for the CB to "travel" to the OB), I put a nickel when the OB is(same pattern) and some chalk marks at the exact position when I want to CB to stop to have the good angle for the next shot. He would make me do the shot as many times as it takes to let the CB stop at the desired spot or acceptable distance.

maybe you guys can try that if you didn't already:)

Colin, does that sound like a good practice?
 
but I have to admit...setting up the balls each time when you play by yourself is a pain in the butt:D
 
Yeah, this is a real good way to pratice. It makes you work to get your shot in, as well a setting the CB for the next shot. All this with the good strenght too. I also practice like that sometimes... quite often, should i say.
 
Why not just put a small peice of paper, say the size of a quarter to mark your desired cue ball position? Keep you from having to clean up those chalk marks! :D
 
Years ago Tom Simpson wrote an article in Inside Pool where he recommended getting some paper bb gun targets and placing them around the table where you want the cue to stop. It really humbled me the first times I tried this method of practice. You can play practically any game and shoot for the literal bullseye on the table. Hope this helps. I think the issue was from October of 2000? I remember it had a picture of Bustamante on the cover.
 
Jimbojim said:
My instructor sometimes makes me practice a few racks of 9-ball with pocket change. I put a dime where the cueball is(although I leave some room for the CB to "travel" to the OB), I put a nickel when the OB is(same pattern) and some chalk marks at the exact position when I want to CB to stop to have the good angle for the next shot. He would make me do the shot as many times as it takes to let the CB stop at the desired spot or acceptable distance.

maybe you guys can try that if you didn't already:)

Colin, does that sound like a good practice?
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Hi Jimbo,
Just saw your question to me.

I agree that this is a good way to practice. I have to push myself to replay shots that I miss or mess up shape on. I should do it more I think.

Thing is, when we mess up our shot plan, then we have detected a flaw, and I think the best way to improve our games is to continually reduce flaws.

So each time a flaw is spotted, there is an opportunity to work on it, analyze it, recognize it, reduce or eradicate it or find a better way to execute the shot.

It's so important when we compete that we select shots that we are confident in producing the result we plan for. The practice method recommended to you is a good way to not only increase your options in the long term, but to get a better idea of the percentage likelihood of achieving the aimed at result on the shot, and so enable a player to make a more sensible shot selection...the one with the greatest Expected Value (EV).

Colin
 
TX Poolnut said:
Years ago Tom Simpson wrote an article in Inside Pool where he recommended getting some paper bb gun targets and placing them around the table where you want the cue to stop. It really humbled me the first times I tried this method of practice. You can play practically any game and shoot for the literal bullseye on the table. Hope this helps. I think the issue was from October of 2000? I remember it had a picture of Bustamante on the cover.
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yeah, they sell a product called target pool that comes with silk like peice of material with a bullseye on it for and a book with some practice shots to set up and stuff.
 
NineBallNut said:
yeah, they sell a product called target pool that comes with silk like peice of material with a bullseye on it for and a book with some practice shots to set up and stuff.
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Target pool isn't published anymore, there may be a couple of copies still floating around.

Also to mark ball positions, try using reinforcement rings for notebook paper. You know, the little doughnuts that you fix your notebook paper with?

DougT
 
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