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Next Level Pool- LITERALLY
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Two glasses of rum then.
Funny you mention the “million” ball concept. I have heard that for years, then while watching that 14.1 challenge and saw how many balls SVB, Earl Shaw etc ran it got me thinking. A million isn’t that many.
For sure there’s no doubt a million balls will get a beginner out of the gate and pretty far down the road to becoming a solid player.
But after watching that 14.1 challenge and thinking about many years I’ve played. And not played-like the last 5 or 6. And other players I know here and at various rooms, I’d bet there’s lots and lots of people who passed that million ball marker many times over.
I’m curious what other people think about that. 10,000 balls 100 times isn’t really that many when your playing full time for years and years.
It’s impossible to ever know, but it would be cool to know how many balls we have all hit over the years. I bet the numbers are higher than we might think.
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Fatboy <——-can’t make a ball after a million anyways lol
I have a 3 story house…..
I understand what you are getting at.
Don't know anyone who has the gumption nor the determination to count to a million.
I guess it's just a saying, sort of like what Steven Wright used to say:
"It's a small world but I wouldn't want to paint it."
Haha.
Nobody knows how many balls they shot.
I just think it would be interesting to see that number and then how that number relates to a persons ability.
I’m certain there are players who are super strong with less balls shot than others who have hit more because of the difference in talent etc.
It’s just a hypothetical thing. Balls hit vs skill level
It’s impossible to ever know.
Yup.
Some players are just naturals.
Sure are.
I gave a kid a lesson once. He was 18 just started college on a golf scholarship he told me. His dad had a 10’ snooker table growing up. So he had hit balls, but was clueless.
On a barbox in 2 hours I had him playing like a solid C player from a horrible banger. I never seen anyone ever improve so fast. I’d make a adjustment on his setup and he just do it right in a minute. Then on to the next idea.
We covered in 2 hours(seemed like 30 minutes) what most people need a 3-6 months to get right or longer.
I felt like within a month he could have beat me, not out moved me in 1P. But shoot better than I can.
He was a scratch golfer when he was very young he told me. So the college thing made sense. His ability was nothing like I’d ever seen for someone who didn’t know anything about pool. I often wonder if he chose pool how strong he would have been.
In all honesty in all my years I never saw anyone accomplish what he did in 2 hours. He looked like a player from banger in 2 hours. Zero doubt he would have been a SOLID A player in a year. Maybe sooner.
Sadly never saw him again, but I’ll never forget that. And I seen a million bangers over the years.
The 12-pack which came with my table lasted me 10 years.....
I hate skids! UghProbably know how many balls skidded and cost them a trnmnt.
You forgot the other part of the concept:
Want to get good? Hit a million balls.
Want to get better? Hit a million more....
Very well said!!
Just to be sure, you are discussing the next level down?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
tomatoshooter
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100 shots an hour is a million balls after 10000 hours.
This. If your chalk is more than 1/2" tall when it retires, you're doing it wrong.
Basically the equivalent of this:
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tomatoshooter
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I try to keep the my chalk as flat as possible. I can get a little past halfway before there's not enough to hold easily.