Just curious, what DVD?
playing with inside is difficult
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Just curious, what DVD?
Old Nine Baller
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You do realize, don't you, that this site has so-called "top players" that advocate using English on straight-in shots. They like to confuse everything here and this thread is no different.
Nobody is going to "get on the table and grow some balls" because most of them aren't gambling anyway, they are just railbugs.
ONB
Johns Banking video
.this is the worse mistake you can make, and also considered "dogging it".
Finding your "vision center" is one thing, however, the most difficult factor (in any game/sport) is to hit the ball exactly in the center, with no spin or deflection.
Pool's the same because if you just hit the ball minutely off it will deflect in the opposite direction...because the very best players realize this (either consciously or unconsciously) they will intentionally hit the cue ball to one side or the other (except when slow rolling a shot or on shots straight in).
That way they know for sure which way the ball will deflect and if they hit it off center a bit more it will deflect a hair more, but most importantly if they hit it off the other way it will just not deflect at all.....the worse thing you can do is to try to hit the center every time and slightly hit it off one way or the other.
Without favoring a side you will not know why you are missing (and often leads to "fixing" the wrong thing).....and when you do you will often undercut shots...this is the worse mistake you can make, and also considered "dogging it".
Notice, when a champion player misses they almost always over-cut the shot...this is no accident, when I miss a shot I will always know it was from something tangible, not that I "may have" hit the wrong side of center and "accidently" veered the ball the wrong way.
This knowledge is very important when you're having trouble getting in slumps and not knowing why, or playing well at the beginning of matches, then having issues closing your opponent out.....this may be because you're having trouble knowing why you miss and therefore no "referential index" of how to fix it......quickly, before you lose that match or money. 'The Game is the Teacher'
Finding your "vision center" is one thing, however, the most difficult factor (in any game/sport) is to hit the ball exactly in the center, with no spin or deflection.
Pool's the same because if you just hit the ball minutely off it will deflect in the opposite direction...because the very best players realize this (either consciously or unconsciously) they will intentionally hit the cue ball to one side or the other (except when slow rolling a shot or on shots straight in).
That way they know for sure which way the ball will deflect and if they hit it off center a bit more it will deflect a hair more, but most importantly if they hit it off the other way it will just not deflect at all.....the worse thing you can do is to try to hit the center every time and slightly hit it off one way or the other.
Without favoring a side you will not know why you are missing (and often leads to "fixing" the wrong thing).....and when you do you will often undercut shots...this is the worse mistake you can make, and also considered "dogging it".
Notice, when a champion player misses they almost always over-cut the shot...this is no accident, when I miss a shot I will always know it was from something tangible, not that I "may have" hit the wrong side of center and "accidently" veered the ball the wrong way.
This knowledge is very important when you're having trouble getting in slumps and not knowing why, or playing well at the beginning of matches, then having issues closing your opponent out.....this may be because you're having trouble knowing why you miss and therefore no "referential index" of how to fix it......quickly, before you lose that match or money. 'The Game is the Teacher'
TheThaiger
Banned
Hurray! Finally some TOI nonsense.
The Road Less Traveled from "Nonsense" to Higher Sense.
TOI may be the key that opens up the door for you - from "nonsense" to "higher sense".
There is a "Higher Sense" that can be developed through pool. This sense is outside of the normal "hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, feeling," and would be considered more intuitive....when someone understands how to train this "intuitive sense" what used to be just a "super creative thought or idea," becomes a normal, processing part of the mind.
'The Game is the Teacher'
TOI may be the key that opens up the door for you - from "nonsense" to "higher sense".
There is a "Higher Sense" that can be developed through pool. This sense is outside of the normal "hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, feeling," and would be considered more intuitive....when someone understands how to train this "intuitive sense" what used to be just a "super creative thought or idea," becomes a normal, processing part of the mind.
'The Game is the Teacher'
Yikes. Woe's the day when CJ views the movie "Inception" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He sees THAT movie, and we'll witness a tear in the space-time continuum.
It'll be roughly analogous to that old joke, "if a falling cat always lands on its feet, and buttered bread always lands butter-side down, what would happen if you strapped buttered bread buttered-side-up on the back of a cat and dropped this combination out a window?"
-Sean
It'll be roughly analogous to that old joke, "if a falling cat always lands on its feet, and buttered bread always lands butter-side down, what would happen if you strapped buttered bread buttered-side-up on the back of a cat and dropped this combination out a window?"
-Sean
Making the shot is not always the only part of the equation
There's no "top notch" player that advocates using "english" on straight in shots unless they're trying to alter the path of the cue ball for shape.
Making the shot is not always the only part of the equation, sometimes you have to "cheat the pocket" to get position.....this requires, not spin, controlled deflection.
For the "sake of science," try shooting a straight in shot cuing the ball slightly to the right and see what happens......this feedback will tell you a lot if you decipher the message. 'The Game is the Teacher'
There's no "top notch" player that advocates using "english" on straight in shots unless they're trying to alter the path of the cue ball for shape.
Making the shot is not always the only part of the equation, sometimes you have to "cheat the pocket" to get position.....this requires, not spin, controlled deflection.
For the "sake of science," try shooting a straight in shot cuing the ball slightly to the right and see what happens......this feedback will tell you a lot if you decipher the message. 'The Game is the Teacher'
Sean
This would need to be answered by a true physics expert...AKA Dr, Dave!!! Just kidding!!!
Wedge
Yikes. Woe's the day when CJ views the movie "Inception" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He sees THAT movie, and we'll witness a tear in the space-time continuum.
It'll be roughly analogous to that old joke, "if a falling cat always lands on its feet, and buttered bread always lands butter-side down, what would happen if you strapped buttered bread buttered-side-up on the back of a cat and dropped this combination out a window?"
-Sean
This would need to be answered by a true physics expert...AKA Dr, Dave!!! Just kidding!!!
Wedge
That's easy.This would need to be answered by a true physics expert...AKA Dr, Dave!!! Just kidding!!!
Wedge
The cat would land on its feet (like they always do),
and then it would bite and/or shake the strap off (because cats hate that sort of thing),
and then it would lick the butter off the bread (because it is so tasty).
Can't you give me anything harder than that? :grin-square:
Catch you later,
Dave
Just let me know when you "think" you're ready.
I bet I can write exactly what you're thinking on a post, and you can have 5 minutes to prepare your thoughts. Just let me know when you "think" you're ready.
I bet I can write exactly what you're thinking on a post, and you can have 5 minutes to prepare your thoughts. Just let me know when you "think" you're ready.
This would need to be answered by a true physics expert...AKA Dr, Dave!!! Just kidding!!!
Wedge
not quite the most logical answer
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Let's see ^^^^^--------is probably the most likely actual occurence although, not the most logical.
You are assuming the premises are not true based on your personal experience and knowledge of relevant physical principles; however, if accepting the premises are true is a prerequisite for the question, you end up with antigravity....
:grin-square::thumbup:
just poking at you.... :grin-square:
Jaden
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Let's see ^^^^^--------is probably the most likely actual occurence although, not the most logical.
You are assuming the premises are not true based on your personal experience and knowledge of relevant physical principles; however, if accepting the premises are true is a prerequisite for the question, you end up with antigravity....
:grin-square::thumbup:just poking at you.... :grin-square:
Jaden
With that superior un-American stroke of yours, it should be a walk in the park.
............
maybe even better
Jaden,
I was thinking with the cat and the toast both trying to spin we might get not only antigravity but perpetual motion. We may have solved the worldwide energy crisis right here on AZB! Imagine bank after bank of cats with toast on their backs spinning at high RPM powering generators . . . Would take a little finessing to match up right hand spin cats with right hand spin toast and vice-versa but in the immortal words of Gene Wilder, "IT COULD WORK!"
Hu
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Let's see ^^^^^--------is probably the most likely actual occurence although, not the most logical.
You are assuming the premises are not true based on your personal experience and knowledge of relevant physical principles; however, if accepting the premises are true is a prerequisite for the question, you end up with antigravity....
just poking at you.... :grin-square:
Jaden
Jaden,
I was thinking with the cat and the toast both trying to spin we might get not only antigravity but perpetual motion. We may have solved the worldwide energy crisis right here on AZB! Imagine bank after bank of cats with toast on their backs spinning at high RPM powering generators . . . Would take a little finessing to match up right hand spin cats with right hand spin toast and vice-versa but in the immortal words of Gene Wilder, "IT COULD WORK!"
Hu
Soooo, the cat is toast?
The cat is toast, the toast is ok though.
wait just a cotton pickin' minute there...
If the cat is toast, then shouldn't the toast be cat?????
Jaden
If the cat is toast, then shouldn't the toast be cat?????
Jaden