My 14.1 high runs for February
- Thread starter Blackjack
- Start date
Every day I log down my high run for the day. This month I was able to play every day and I thought I would share some of the highs and lows with everybody here. I record these on a spreadsheet every month and I also print out a graph to go with it.
Feb 1 - 46
Feb 2 - 32
Feb 3 - 51
Feb 4 - 24
Feb 5 - 37
Feb 6 - 39
Feb 7 - 42
Feb 8 - 48
Feb 9 - 59
Feb 10 - 84
Feb 11 - 57
Feb 12 - 66
Feb 13 - 33
Feb 14 -141
Feb 15 - 76
Feb 16 - 54
Feb 17 - 72
Feb 18 - 98
Feb 19 - 52
Feb 20 - 53
Feb 21 -109
Feb 22 - 59
Feb 23 - 44
Feb 24 - 62
Feb 25 - 37
Feb 26 - 56
Feb 27 - 44
The way that I play my practice runs:
I start out with 15 balls on the table - and run 14 leaving a break ball - those 14 do not count towards my run. My run starts with the first break ball.
The run ends when I miss or am forced to play safe.
In February I recorded 2 runs over 100 - a 141 and a 109.
My average "HIGH RUN" is 58.33333.
I only recorded my high runs for the day, not every single run.
If you wonder why I don't count the first 14, its because by looking at the numbers I can tell where in the rack I started seeing trouble and where my run ended. There are a few high 50's and quite a few 44 ball runs. These were due to ineffectively spreading the pack on the break shot - OR - missing a secondary break ball. (44 balls is 3 racks [42] + the break ball and ending up with nada) - (58 is basically the same thing - only 14 balls later - lol). There is a nice 72 that I recorded on February 17 - which came to an end by crashing into my break ball late in the rack and knocking it against the rail - yes I was pissed because this was the smoothest run that I had in a long time and it ended due to a silly, careless, position error. The next day I was able to reach 98 and I missed a break ball by an eyelash - mostly because I was thinking about getting to 100. lol.
I have also posted this to show everybody that I don't hit triple digits every day. Somedays I don't even get close. I recorded some very low numbers (one day it was in the low 20's) and remember - these are my high runs for the day. The trick is to learn and correct what you are doing wrong. Most of my runs ended due to carelessness or by losing my cue ball somewhere along the way. There are also a large majority of unrecorded runs that ended due to having a crappy result off the break shot - mostly not getting any secondary break shots or key balls to develop. I have droughts that like that too. I had a stretch at the beginning of the month where I was unable to get over 60.
Next month I will do the same and I will compare my daily numbers with February to see if I improved or got worse. I hope this gives some of you the passion to get out there and play every day. You never know when something will kick in and you will get that next big run. The day before my 141 I was unable to get over 40.
I dig up oldie. sry about that all..
I´ve been digging 14.1 forum to find old threads where i could pick up inspiration.. This seem to be one.
Great idea.
I gonna try do something similar to get more motivation. Maybe I try do 3-4 days per week same consept next month.
That would be great to see. I saw this thread and was very interested to see Blackjack doing something like this now in 2015. As I read the follow up posts I saw one from me! That's when I realized the thread was 8 years old. I wonder if BJ ever continued the data collection into the next month.
In regards to how to start a run when keeping track I have two thoughts. First, I start my runs often by giving myself a less than ideal break shot. Maybe something a little too shallow so that the initial break isn't so great. To me that takes care of the bias in smashing open the first rack.
Secondly, when I start running 100's on command then I'll worry more about how my first rack starts!
I kept track of my high runs for the day for a little while (on & off) - but I think I stopped a few months after this. I might have the results saved on a disk somewhere - but 8 years after the fact - I doubt that any of data would even be useful to me.
I have lost the ability to play the game for long periods of time (Parkinson's Disease), so it is not likely that I would attempt anything like this today.
What I learned from it was that on some days I played better - some days I played worse - and some days I played somewhere in between.
Damn. I feel sorry about your health issue..
I still feel this is great consept. I might try record all my scores. So I then could mark down daily average + high run and after month have 2 measurements: high run average and all run average. If i get lazy I still gotta do at least high run average.
Sorry to hear about your health issue. Hopefully you can keep it under some control. Do you still do player evaluations? Those were always interesting.
Sounds from the bold text that maybe you didn't get a lot out of the exercise?
I wasn't aware of your health problems. I have always enjoyed your posts and analysis.
Hello Blackjack
Yes, I heard about your condition from a friend of mine about a month ago. I really need to give you credit for a major quantum leap in my playing ability. It was mostly the earlier stuff you posted about the mental aspect of the game. Resiliency is the name of one article that I read and it changed my game nearly over night. I really enjoyed reading those articles and I even apply them to my life in generally. Oh yeah, the one about feeding the correct animal was a great one as well. Hang tough brother!
Yes, I heard about your condition from a friend of mine about a month ago. I really need to give you credit for a major quantum leap in my playing ability. It was mostly the earlier stuff you posted about the mental aspect of the game. Resiliency is the name of one article that I read and it changed my game nearly over night. I really enjoyed reading those articles and I even apply them to my life in generally. Oh yeah, the one about feeding the correct animal was a great one as well. Hang tough brother!
Glad you enjoyed the articles! If you ever need help with anything, just let me know!