You shoot very well. I personally don't think you need to slow down all that much, I believe that is your pace of play and trying to alter that might hurt more than help. As your runs get longer (and they will) you will automatically slow down. My pace of play is much faster in the first two racks than the last two (maybe thats why the run ends, lol). I have nothing negative to say about your play, you just need more practice time to fine tune your patterns.
You played the correct pattern in that last rack, you just got a bad roll off of that secondary breakshot.
If John coached you thru a run you would run a hundred. I've seen him do it with people that shoot as straight as you do.
Keep practicing and post that 50 ball run that will come next week.
Bill
Thumbs high Marop
To play the *correct* sequences is the key for succesful (and good!) straight-pool. Even players who are not so horrible good shotmakers can run nice higher runs because they re just choosing the balls with the highest percentage to make-and of course solving the problems at the right moment.
At the moment i ve had a *nostalgical fit* and watched some old straight-ppl videos-and after that some of the *newer generation*. I would name 3-4 ppl here which are common in one thing- J. Rempe, M. Sigel, Schmidt and Hohmann: if you re watching these 4 guys and paying really attention, you re able to see that they all going to choose the easiest way and the shot with the highest percentage-and all are going to solve their problem-balls as soon as possible.
The right sequence is the key for succesful pool!
lg
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