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Use it or lose it?....How long a period of not playing before your ability to shoot certain shots suffers?

Let's say-approximately 1/2 ball cut shots to the corner, shot from nearly the length of the table, hit with inside english, to spin 3 rails out of the corner for shape at the end you shot from?

This is the first one that goes away for me when I haven't been playing. but even if I am playing a lot-this shot gives me fits.


WHAT SHOT FOR YOU IS THE TOUGHEST IF YOU ARE NOT PLAYING, OR ARE NOT PLAYING WELL?

I have a long list.
 
For the shot you describe, about 4 seconds!

Generally, I feel about 7-10d to drop a ball, for me.

The above w/out concern for tourney tuffness, btw.
 
Use it or lose it...
..the first thing that goes on me is the break.
Doesn't matter what you know if the muscles haven't been used.

6 month lay-off = 12 mph on the break.:angry:
 
I play most every day except when I have to travel for work... which is not too often. But when I do travel, is usually for two or three weeks. I have found that I play better after taking a couple of weeks off. I tend to come back refreshed and pay attention to my stroke mechanics. But I once took almost two months off and my game suffered.

So my experience is that a 2 or 3 week break is good for my game a couple of times per year. However, taking a month or more off causes my game to suffer (especially with speed control).
 
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Your ability is always going to be a set range that never truly diminishes so long as you maintain all of your faculties. That is to say, if you play like a B-level player and your range is between C-level and A-level, no matter how much time you take off from the game, you'll never ever be a D-level player.

Upon your return to the game, even if you're playing break-even with C-level players and occasionally playing B-speed, you're always going to have a more refined game than your C-level opponents and you'll likely kick into B-speed far more often than them.

With that said, it may take weeks or even months to kick into A-speed for a single set. There is no doubt that you always retain knowledge. You're always going to know what the right shots are. However, when you take time off, you lose your feel for the game and that feel is so critical on every shot whether it be shot-making, spin or speed.
 
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