Meet My Coaches

[Mensabum]

Piece mill - I'd always heard this as piece meal. Peace meal makes no sense.

Quiet dinner at Garavaldi's.

 

[Mensabum]

I had some music theory and without getting into irrelevant detail, there are many problems where you start solution first. Probably goes for architecture and anything else it fits.

I have gotten a few gems from competent pros in other disciplines that helped improve my game as well.
Being a champion in any game or sport carries with it certain ideas that transfer across the board.

 

[WobblyStroke]

My video camera shows me everything I do wrong.
It's up to me to correct it.

It's up to a real coach (with a trained eye and deep knowledge of faults and their root causes as well as how inter-related components of a stroke are) to teach you how to correct it efficiently so u dont waste hundreds of hours on trial and error to MAYBE arrive at a solution anywhere near as good as a professional can provide you with in a couple of hours.

Then, once you have the guidelines provided to you, you can lean on the 'coaches' in your post. Cookie cutter youtube tutorials are great for table knowledge, understanding of the physics of the game, or even common tactics, but when it comes to YOUR technique and the best way to improve it, you'd do well to get as much out of 50hrs of videos as you would from one hour with a proper instructor.

Best of luck with ur improvement. If you like being a solo tinkerer, by all means toil away. It's a blast. But if you want to improve as quickly as you can, get a coach.

 

[gregcantrall]

start solution first.

Well the Key to winning 8 ball is solution first that Always starts with Making the 8 ball. BACK TRACK with the steps available and map a path . Then evaluate. awhats the odds.hmm.
If it doesn't look good then find a way to leverage more problematic balls to a better spot.
My favorite 8 ball game was playing Rafael Martinez on the bar box in Pendleton Or.
I held him off for a Long time before he put the handcuffs on me.
Edit;
Well of course the punch line is...We still won the 3 man team event. Er uh the guys insisted that I take the trophy. I was The weakest link. And oh yeah the case game right down to the last ball.
The Eagle that looks like a Turkey is an ancient martial arts strategy.

 

[gregcantrall]

Dan Louie is A favorite!!! Got to watch him defeat Parica twice in the last Tahoe event. . Parica had taken everyone's money at the previous uh Texas event. He spoke of a better player in the Philippines and none could believe. Then along came Efren.
I was in Dan's corner when he took Earl to the hill/hill.
I took lots of mental notes I watched him win a race to 7 when down 6-0.

 

[gregcantrall]

Coaching For Dummies,
comes to mind. Er uh lawyers insist I enter a disclaimer ....hmm
Less is More is a favorite lesson that requires a rerun alert.
At a mixed Scotch Doubles bartable event with strong female field, the draw was short one female, so the house donated the cook. I drew the cook and We Won. Oh the distress, uh no disbelief would be the expression S.
I didn't say anything, unless She Asked. Simple She was The Cook and could follow a recipe.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Piece mill - I'd always heard this as piece meal. Peace meal makes no sense.

From Perplexity (‘cause I was curious):

Piecemeal is an adverb or adjective meaning one piece at a time, gradually, or in a fragmented way, such as tackling a project bit by bit.

It derives from Middle English “piece-mele,” where “piece” refers to a fragment or portion, and “-meal” is an old suffix (from Old English “-mǣlum”) indicating measure or quantity, seen in words like “inchmeal” (by inches).

This term evolved from 14th-century usage, often contrasting with sudden or complete actions, and appears in literature like Shakespeare’s works.

pj
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[Siz]

...It derives from Middle English “piece-mele,” where “piece” refers to a fragment or portion, and “-meal” is an old suffix (from Old English “-mǣlum”) indicating measure or quantity, seen in words like “inchmeal” (by inches).

This term evolved from 14th-century usage, often contrasting with sudden or complete actions, and appears in literature like Shakespeare’s works.

I have long been puzzled and disappointed by the lack of Middle- & Old-English references in AZB forums. Thank you, Patrick, for going some way to correcting this glaring omission.

And long may this continue.

 

[gregcantrall]

Okay well Coaches in the title warrants a tribute to My Coaches. Sports coaches Grandma was my favorite life coach.
My first little league baseball coach was blown off of 2 ships in ww2. He pitched equally well with either hand at a semi pro level. The military bases had quite a league with friendly bets between base comanders. Oops just remembered the truck driver that entered the army right out of high school. He didn't get a military uniform for 6 months as he was Huge and strong.
So thank you to Ray Ellis as he got me started catching at 8. GOOD COACHING. He also helped me gain a congressional appointment to USAFA in '69.
Next came Coach McHargue who could still be with us. His Mike Ditka Greenbay style of coaching took a football team that hadn't won a game in 2 and a half years to....uh 31 or 2 straight wins. Half way through his first season all but a skeleton crew had quit the team. THEY WON the last 6 to start the undefeated streak. Offense positions were first string in the voting with the players giving the coach their votes. I was playing center the year the first loss came to end the streak. I got All League at center weighing uh 155 at 5'10". Well we went both ways as we were a small school. We went 10 and 2 and Coach McHargue was uh not happy to say the least the practice after each defeat.
Well this has gone long winded but Mr Herb deserves a nod as My baseball finishing Coach. He taught How To Be A Hitter.
Be a hitter and they will find a place for you on the field. My brag accomplishment as a hitter was hitting the Wheel in competition. A 4 for 4 game with a single,double,triple and home run.
The Key is hit the pea in the middle of the ball.
It works for me well in pool.