Only on league night.....

NolesFan83

NolesFan83

Wannabe pool player
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So I normally try to avoid the poolroom on league night. I'd rather stick pens in my eye then to watch the guys play here. Anyway, there is this girl that comes and and just chats it up. She likes pool and if she practices a little more she wouldn't be all that bad. But the problem is her "pool player " boyfriend. She walks in and I ask her to hit a few balls. Naturally she says sure and I break'em up. I drop 4 and run out. She was like, "damn, how do you break like that?" So I said I'd show her. For me its simple. On the rail, second diamond, little bit of bottom center ball to center ball 3/4 speed. She tries if and well the results weren't what she was expecting. So I tweaked a few things. She stands so far away from the table and has such a long.bridge, she loses alot of her power on the break. Tweak 1. Stand closer to the table. Didn't change how she stood just stand closer. Tweak 2. Moved her bridge had to the rail, and moved her back hand forward on the cue. That's all. So she breaks and it was a little better. Awkward naturally. Second time a bit better, and so on. In all of 10 mins I have her making atleast 1 ball on the break and a nice little hop and stop in the center of the table. She's feeling good, I'm like damn she caught on quick. Then it goes down hill.
Here come.the leaguers to.mess it up. Someone tells her, oh I do this, that's what you should do. Then another and another. Then comes king shit Mr. "Pool player" boyfriend. He says oh do it this way. I break like archer kicking my leg up and everything! I chuckle a little bit, and politely say" but he knows how to break " apparently he didn't like that. He's all like let me try. So standing about a ft too far from the table he grabs my break cue, chalks up and breaks. The other leaguers are in the back like.yeah he's.gonna show him. He breaks, using top(smh ) makes 2, and has zero shot on the one ball. Horrible break I say. He'slike what are you talking about? I say" what do you mean, what am I talking about? How are gonna make the one?" He replies and this isn't a lie," doesn't matter, I made 2 balls." WTF????!!!!! Seriously? Who says that? Anyway, after they all step outside she comes up to me and says " thank-you for showing me a few things. I know you know what your talking about. " I had to laugh and just agree. Should I have expected anything else coming from a guy who's good cue is a Walmart graphite cue? Still shaking my head.
 
Out of curiosity (and I aggree, go close the deal), how do you stop the cue ball from getting kicked around the table most of the time! I break the same way you do and 90% of the time make the wing ball in the corner. For the most part, I keep the cue ball within a foot of my contact point on the 1 on the initial break contact. But the cue ball almost always seems to get kicked all around the table after that and a lot of the time, keeps me from getting a decent 1st shot after the break. I wonder if I'm hitting too hard? I'm sure I could still make the wing ball without hitting them as hard as I do.

And again, she see's that your better at one thing. Sew the seed about you being better in "lots" of other ways too.

R,

Greg
 
Good question. I usually use a little left and pop the cb to the rail. Its kinda touchy though as you could scratch. I guess I hit them at the right speed where it normally stays out of the way from getting hit. My issue is a ball rolling up on the cue ball afterwards. Freaking hate that!
 
Me too....

I guess I'll take a couple of break practice sessions and take about 25-50% off of my break and see if that helps.

R,

Greg
 
I was once told by an old pro and very successful road player, that its not how hard you it the ball, its how well you hit the ball. I used to slam the rack as hard as I could, sure I'd make balls but with no cue ball control. Then he told me that and I've never looked back. Now I really don't hit them all that hard. Maybe around 19mph if you want to use that as a gauge.
 
I think its my area. Both places that hold large amounts of leagues are just horrible on those night. Again the whole pen to eye thing sounds better. I'd hope there is players who have come thru the apa, meaning from a 2 to a whatever is the highest and have some kind of understanding about the game. Not just the point and shoot part.
 
you sometimes you just can't avoid assholes. Sometimes you just have to man up and put up a little dough and play the guy, and if he ducks you just put him out there so everyone can see he's ducking you. But always get your message across clearly and say i suggest this or this pro SUGGESTED this because the moment we say to someone "well this pro SAID" especially when a pro tell us something we take make as if it should be written in stone. the game of pool had been around, and i've seen many type of players. but in my opinion the one who practices alone, and maybe take a lesson from better players (better if they play professionally) are usually the ones that really excel. The moment you start nip picking every single thing about your fundamentals, the more stuff your going to have in your head, and than you can't concentrate. than you miss the shot or the shape or both, your going to get frustrated after a few times, and than your going to lose. thats how that tune sounds. to the original guy that started the thread, just remember this if you get joy out of helping keep helping, and if you got nothing to prove than let the action come to you, since you have nothing to prove and they do, than thats going to hinder them the whole match. Here in miami here we lots of jedi mind tricks.
 
Next time you see her, chat her up and casually say, maybe sometime we could get together and you can help me practice my stroke.
 
NolesFan83 said:
She says "hello all!" :D
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Nothing says "hello" quite like nice cleavage. Ever notice the girls that have a face that would haunt a house, all have nice cleavage? The flat chested ones have all the brains and the ones with giant noses will put anything in their mouth. Keep an eye on your Kamui chalk.
 
For some reason I can see you quoting this song in your near future,
"Won't you give me three steps,
Gimme three steps mister,
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps
Gimme three steps mister,
And you'll never see me no more." ........ ;)
 
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I think its my area. Both places that hold large amounts of leagues are just horrible on those night. Again the whole pen to eye thing sounds better. I'd hope there is players who have come thru the apa, meaning from a 2 to a whatever is the highest and have some kind of understanding about the game. Not just the point and shoot part.
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That reminds me, a league player, of a "real" pool player playing next to our table the other night. What an idiot!

He was watching us drink beer and I knew he wanted to learn how he could drink beer, too. I had to show him that he could go to the bar, pull out some money, and spend it, right there on something!! He tried it the first time, but of course, being an idiot "real" player, he screwed up and only ordered water and believe it or not, he forgot to tip the bartender!

So, I put on my patience mask and slowly led the poor soul to better "real" pool playing. I said, no, pull out your wallet---from your pocket, dude!---, grab a $5 bill (I always use a fin for my first purchase and had to help this "real" player adjust his thumb to grab the bill just right), look the bartender in the eye and say, "May I please have a bottle of beer?" Once the bartender picked himself up off of the floor after fainting from hearing such a strange request from a "real" pool player, he brought him the beer.

You know what this moron did? He said, "That's not free water!" and pushed the beer away! sigh. So, I showed him how to drink from a bottle.

Then some other "real" player from another table (can you believe these idiots play on a 9 foot table that takes up so much more room than necessary?) came over and asked if he could get some beer, too. I had to walk him through the buying process, too.

They're lucky to have us league players there or they'd still be drinking free water and wasting their time, "helping" us league players enjoy ourselves.

Jeff Livingston
 
chefjeff said:
That reminds me, a league player, of a "real" pool player playing next to our table the other night. What an idiot!

He was watching us drink beer and I knew he wanted to learn how he could drink beer, too. I had to show him that he could go to the bar, pull out some money, and spend it, right there on something!! He tried it the first time, but of course, being an idiot "real" player, he screwed up and only ordered water and believe it or not, he forgot to tip the bartender!

So, I put on my patience mask and slowly led the poor soul to better "real" pool playing. I said, no, pull out your wallet---from your pocket, dude!---, grab a $5 bill (I always use a fin for my first purchase and had to help this "real" player adjust his thumb to grab the bill just right), look the bartender in the eye and say, "May I please have a bottle of beer?" Once the bartender picked himself up off of the floor after fainting from hearing such a strange request from a "real" pool player, he brought him the beer.

You know what this moron did? He said, "That's not free water!" and pushed the beer away! sigh. So, I showed him how to drink from a bottle.

Then some other "real" player from another table (can you believe these idiots play on a 9 foot table that takes up so much more room than necessary?) came over and asked if he could get some beer, too. I had to walk him through the buying process, too.

They're lucky to have us league players there or they'd still be drinking free water and wasting their time, "helping" us league players enjoy ourselves.

Jeff Livingston
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Destined to be Post Of The Week. Maybe "Month" :thumbup:
 
chefjeff said:
That reminds me, a league player, of a "real" pool player playing next to our table the other night. What an idiot!

He was watching us drink beer and I knew he wanted to learn how he could drink beer, too. I had to show him that he could go to the bar, pull out some money, and spend it, right there on something!! He tried it the first time, but of course, being an idiot "real" player, he screwed up and only ordered water and believe it or not, he forgot to tip the bartender!

So, I put on my patience mask and slowly led the poor soul to better "real" pool playing. I said, no, pull out your wallet---from your pocket, dude!---, grab a $5 bill (I always use a fin for my first purchase and had to help this "real" player adjust his thumb to grab the bill just right), look the bartender in the eye and say, "May I please have a bottle of beer?" Once the bartender picked himself up off of the floor after fainting from hearing such a strange request from a "real" pool player, he brought him the beer.

You know what this moron did? He said, "That's not free water!" and pushed the beer away! sigh. So, I showed him how to drink from a bottle.

Then some other "real" player from another table (can you believe these idiots play on a 9 foot table that takes up so much more room than necessary?) came over and asked if he could get some beer, too. I had to walk him through the buying process, too.

They're lucky to have us league players there or they'd still be drinking free water and wasting their time, "helping" us league players enjoy ourselves.

Jeff Livingston
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That is pretty funny, and they probably bet more then 5 dollars at a time
 
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