Nice shooting Joey! You pretty much got out every time the opportunity presented itself
JoeyA at Space City Open
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Thanks, but the truth must be told.
The pockets weren't large, they were LEVIATHAN.
JoeyA
The pockets weren't large, they were LEVIATHAN.
JoeyA
Nice shooting Joey! You pretty much got out every time the opportunity presented itself
Good shootin, 9ball is fun to watch, when its really good players, and dreadful when they aren't so good
It's not so bad. You just have to find a way to separate the wheat from the chaff. 
JoeyA
JoeyA
Good Shooting Joey....
I see most things have been covered in depth here.... REALLY in depth :grin-square:
Watching oneself on video can be brutal!
My first reaction was... have you watched the video, and are you happy with how
you see your break.... that's already been answered.
My second thought was... do you play spot position, or area position? I don't mean this in an offensive way.... hopefully you don't take it as such. I know you are skilled enough to play either, just wondering.
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I see most things have been covered in depth here.... REALLY in depth :grin-square:
Watching oneself on video can be brutal!
My first reaction was... have you watched the video, and are you happy with how
you see your break.... that's already been answered.
My second thought was... do you play spot position, or area position? I don't mean this in an offensive way.... hopefully you don't take it as such. I know you are skilled enough to play either, just wondering.
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The one thing that jumped out at me was.....you have the shortest back swing that I have ever seen ( for a good player
). You're almost pushing the cue ball. Rare back and let er rip,Joey A. Just tryin to help ya buddy John B.
). You're almost pushing the cue ball. Rare back and let er rip,Joey A. Just tryin to help ya buddy John B.
ummm, i only saw one.
NICE TO MEETCHA, HONEY!
PS - if you'd cock your ass slightly further out, it'd drop your hips, so you could get down further, on your shot....
I tried this AND YOU ARE RIGHT! I don't know what came over me or why I would shoot those back cuts like that.
JoeyA
I just watched the entire video… you did the same thing (took back cut angle instead of the across/up and down angle) again at 35:03, except on the short rail…. it forced you to get out of line on the 7.. you made a GREAT recovery three rail shot to get on the 8 (really sweet shot).. but.. you never should have had to take that shot, if you had stayed high side with the tangent line angle you would have made the rack much easier. I think playing the center table side instead of the back cut is really helpful when the ball is on the short rail side because it gives you the option to come straight up and down or use the two rail out.
You play really strong friend!
John,
You bring up a great point. I intentionally shortened my backswing because I NEVER play on 8 foot MONSTER pockets like the one at this event. It seemed to work ok for me in this event. Afterwards, I told one of my buddies that I felt like an Alan Hopkins reincarnate.
Thank you for the advice. Well noted. Back to letting it rip. :smile:
You bring up a great point. I intentionally shortened my backswing because I NEVER play on 8 foot MONSTER pockets like the one at this event. It seemed to work ok for me in this event. Afterwards, I told one of my buddies that I felt like an Alan Hopkins reincarnate.
Thank you for the advice. Well noted. Back to letting it rip. :smile:
The one thing that jumped out at me was.....you have the shortest back swing that I have ever seen ( for a good player
Thanks to your earlier advice, I went to the table a couple of days ago and set up similar back cut shots (which I thought I was pretty good at) and then I took cue ball in hand and set up the same shot but used the rail to bounce off and get shape and I was FAR MORE EFFECTIVE with using the rail.
At the 35:03, I just got on the wrong side of the 7 ball. I didn't mean to do that.
JoeyA
At the 35:03, I just got on the wrong side of the 7 ball. I didn't mean to do that.
JoeyA
Joey I could not help but notice....you played good
I also noticed that your opponent seemed to have a bit of a attitude, not sure if he was ready to get his a$$ handed to him.
Yeah, he was getting a little steamed. I kept getting lucky on him and he was having bad luck for himself. It happens like that sometime. :smile:
Did I say that the pockets were big as the GRAND CANYON?
JoeyA
Good player
I wish I was a "good player" but I'm just a struggling amateur. It is what it is but I'm having fun.
Tonight my son and I went down to a very little tournament in Chalmette, LA about 15 minutes from the French Quarter and we took 1st and 3rd place. Hehehehehe. GOOD TIMES WITH MY SON!
JoeyA
The one thing that jumped out at me was.....you have the shortest back swing that I have ever seen ( for a good player
I wish I was a "good player" but I'm just a struggling amateur. It is what it is but I'm having fun.
Tonight my son and I went down to a very little tournament in Chalmette, LA about 15 minutes from the French Quarter and we took 1st and 3rd place. Hehehehehe. GOOD TIMES WITH MY SON!
JoeyA
I must have back cutitis.
Are you also talking about 3:32 when I shot the 1 ball in the side with cue in hand and took the back cut on the 2 ball?
JoeyA
Are you also
talking about 3:32 when I shot the 1 ball in the side with cue in hand and took the back cut on the 2 ball?JoeyA
On smaller tables like this I play to not snooker myself. 
When I play one pocket, I play precision shape and try to stay on the correct side of each object ball so that I can continue my run.
I really need help on my break. I break like crap. You would think I could do better than that. I've watched some of the break videos by some of the great players but watching what they do and doing what they do is not all that easy, especially if you don't have someone correcting you in a manner that is comprehensible to the point that you can correct it. Not sure if that makes sense or not.
Thanks,
JoeyA
When I play one pocket, I play precision shape and try to stay on the correct side of each object ball so that I can continue my run.
I really need help on my break. I break like crap. You would think I could do better than that. I've watched some of the break videos by some of the great players but watching what they do and doing what they do is not all that easy, especially if you don't have someone correcting you in a manner that is comprehensible to the point that you can correct it. Not sure if that makes sense or not.
Thanks,
JoeyA