One size does not fit all.

[lfigueroa]

Lou, now do you understand??

Neil, here is what I understand: duckie is capable of some insightful posts which, seemingly, he prefers not to defend or follow up on. Personally, I don't care for that approach, so in the future I will refrain from commenting on his posts since he does not appear to be interested in dialogue. I also understand that his posts get under some people's skins. To those folks I would recommend that rather than bash, just don't open, view, or respond to what he writes -- since he does not seem to care what anyone else thinks anyway.

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Lou Figueroa

 

[LAlouie]

There have been several threads that have the tone of one size fits all when it comes to pool shooting.

This is not the case. Not every shot will allow you to be in the perfect shooting position that is shown in some thread. For example, the high elbow and the pics of the low stance. That is just one shooting position that will be encountered in shooting pool. Have the CB 1/4 inch from the rail and the shot you need to do requires draw. You got to jack up and shoot downward which can not be done with the low stance.

There are some shots that a require different length of pauses and not the same amount of pause on all shots.

The grip pressure need will vary with what you need to do with the shot and is not the same on every shot.

The idea that instructors teach what is easiest and not what best or the student is the best example of one size fits all.

And so on.

What is missing the real world aspect of shot making. What is normally shown are ideal shooting situation and simple cuts shots as proof something works and is the way to do it.. In the real world, not every shot is gonna be in the ideal shooting situation and it is these situations that separate the players from the wanna be's.

Just remember, one size doesn't fit all when someone implies "this is da bomb."

Instructors teach what they know, not what is easiest. If they were brilliant enough to condense all of pool knowledge to a simple line of code that explains what is easiest, they would be geniuses. They teach only what they know, and THAT is why one size does not fit all. Or more plainly put, instructors don't know everything.