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How's everyone doing? I had joined this forum a while back, but never did any posting. I decided to take a few videos of me shooting the ghost at my house (4x8), I can usually beat the ghost on my table. I have one more video that is loading now. If you are sensitive to bad language do not watch the first video, a song is playing that is full of it. Any criticism is welcome. ;)

http://www.heavy.com/video/10090
http://www.heavy.com/video/10125
 
Good shooting on those 3 videos. You might want to work on keeping your cue a little more level.

I do see that you are in need of Cue Ball control, on the Break Shot.

Good Luck to you, keep beating that ol' Ghost...
 
Welcome to the board! Don't know if I want your stroke, but I want your arms. Geez!

Lol...good post :)
 
I watched the second video, Nothing wrong, at least your running out. Now practice that break so you dont need ball in hand after the break, then go find some competition.


SPINDOKTOR
 
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I agree you have a weak break. Try more power and put some leg into it. Try leaving the cue in the middle of the table after the break. Looks like your putting draw on the break. Don't depending on what side you break from put top inside spin on the ball.
 
Got ta get down a solid break. U seem a little wild, really try to stay down, a few shots you jumped up like a ski jumper hehe :D I would suggest to get your right arm straight as possible, it seems to be bent in and that becomes a big deal IMO down the road. Still, good job on finish those racks off. How long you been at it?
 
First off, I want to say thanks for all of the suggestions. I will make sure that I pay attention to keeping my cue level. The reason my arm is bent in some of the shots is because of the lack of room for me to stretch out, I am 6'2 and I like to spread wide if I have the room. Should I be hitting center ball on the break instead of a little draw? I have been shooting for 4 years now, and realize there is so much that I still have to learn. So thanks again for all of the comments.
 
I am not good enough to give advice. So I will just say that those racks looked pretty good to me. I rarely run 2 racks in one night. I do get pretty good CB control on the break with a center ball hit though.
 
SPINDOKTOR said:
I watched the second video, Nothing wrong, at least your running out. Now practice that break so you dont need ball in hand after the break, then go find some competition.


SPINDOKTOR
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Competition is one thing I am not lacking. My dad and I shoot quite a bit at the house, and have races to 50. It usually takes us between 10-14 days to complete a race. We have had our table a little over four years and have already completed 87 races to 50 games, I have only beaten him 6 races. He had a table for many years before I came along.
 
TCo4482 said:
How's everyone doing? I had joined this forum a while back, but never did any posting. I decided to take a few videos of me shooting the ghost at my house (4x8), I can usually beat the ghost on my table. I have one more video that is loading now. If you are sensitive to bad language do not watch the first video, a song is playing that is full of it. Any criticism is welcome. ;)

http://www.heavy.com/video/10090
http://www.heavy.com/video/10125
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Nice shooting.

In addition to the things other posters have already mentioned, I would recommend scaling up the difficulty by either using tougher equipment or playing a tougher game. I spent my first years playing on 8' tables with large pockets, and I know how easy it is to get lulled into a false sense of "shooterhood". It certainly appears that you're ready for something a little more challenging than that game on that table. Ideally, I think you would want to switch to tougher equipment, but if that is not an option, then I would recommend switching to 10 or 12 ball. Adding some more traffic to the table will force you to become a little more precise with your cueball. One option I like is to play the 15 ball ghost and count the number of innings it takes to get out. The other big thing I would recommend working on is the break; it is so essential to playing great 9-ball, but most amateurs neglect it badly. You may want to play the 9-ball ghost without the free break for a while to try to strengthen your break. By strengthening I mean cueball control and ball-pocketing, not power.

Good luck!

Aaron
 
^^^^^^^^^ Thanks for the advice. Those all sound like good ideas and I will implement them the next time I shoot. The tougher equipment is not really an option for the house, there is not enough room for an oversized 8or a 9 footer. We are about to get the table re-felted with Simonis, is there a way to add something into the pockets that will not affect the ball, but bring them in a little bit? The place I shoot 99% of the time has nothing but oversized 8s and 9s, and I would love to get one of those. I am getting married in a little over a year and my number one requirement in a house is that I have enough room for a table, hopefully a 9'. Thanks again guys for all of the comments!
 
TCo4482 said:
Competition is one thing I am not lacking. My dad and I shoot quite a bit at the house, and have races to 50. It usually takes us between 10-14 days to complete a race. We have had our table a little over four years and have already completed 87 races to 50 games, I have only beaten him 6 races. He had a table for many years before I came along.
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Aprently you misunderstood. Although playing your dad is cool, I doubt the stakes are high, so thats sparring, more or less. in any case with a solid break Im sure you could likely win more games against your dad. So I suggest working on the break. Or since in the video I watched you made a ball on the break, try to get out where the cue ball is rather than taking ball in hand. Much more satisfying.. it is to me anyhow..


GL!

SPINDOKTOR
 
TCo4482 said:
We are about to get the table re-felted with Simonis, is there a way to add something into the pockets that will not affect the ball, but bring them in a little bit?
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You might want to ask your table mechanic about adding extra shims to the pockets. I am not a table mechanic, so I can't speak in specifics about the process, but he/she may have some good news for you in that regard. With the pockets snugged up a bit and a few more obstacles on the table, the precision required to run racks will be such that your game should continue to improve at a good pace, rather than stalling out and kind of stagnating as happens for a lot of folks.

You're going with Simonis 860, right?

Happy shooting,

Aaron
 
Neil said:
First, Welcome!

You asked for criticism, so here it is. I watched all 3 videos, but on the first video I stopped framed a lot. I recommend you do the same. On the break you have way too long of a bridge. Too difficult to control. Use center or 1/2 tip above center and hit the one square on the nose. On the 1 ball your cue is not level and you have no follow-thru. 2nd shot- you approach the line of aim from the side ( might have to do to the room size), cue not level, and you jump up. 3rd shot- slide into line of aim, causing crooked follow-thru, body moves before cueball even hits the 3. 4th shot- not too shabby. 5th- 9th- improper approach to the shot, NO warmup strokes, jumping up. Other- elbow tends to drop, I didn't prefer your pattern on the 5 to the 6 to the 7, but it did work.
Overall, very good shotmaking, you obviously like to play fast and loose- not always a bad thing, but it will cost you games in the long run. Your mechanics really need work. They will get you thru in the tough and tired times. Work some on your position and pattern play. Play some 14.1- that will really help in that area. Hope this helped some.
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That is exactly what I was asking for. I caught some crap from my friends for video taping myself, but what you put into context was worth a couple of earfuls. I do play very fast and don't follow a proper pre-shot routine, which is something I am working on (although it didn't show in the videos). I'm very glad I joined this forum, I've gotten more good ideas from this thread, as well as others, than I've received in a while.
 
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