Pool Player Tics

Black-Balled said:
Isnt the air stroke a prep item? How do they differ from other practice strokes?
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I don't normally airstroke, but when I do, I am rehearsing my speed. I only do it when position requires very accurate speed. Such as crossing the position zone instead of rolling with it or a long 4-railer.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
I posted this a few days ago in another thread:

My warmup strokes accomplish very specific things:

- confirm my stroke is straight and in line with my sight (stance)
- confirm my stance/stroke/sight is in line with the shot (aim)
- help to fully visualize the shot (including stroke)
- rehearse the stroke needed for the shot (as similar as practical
- ensure I'm hitting the exact spot on the cue ball I need to execute the shot and/or position I'm trying to get
Different strokes...

pj
chgo
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Pretty good list Patrick, hope you don't mind if I add one more. Folks "talk" about pre-shot routine by chalking, or something else. But in reality, the above is your pre-shot routine, chalking your cue is just that, chalking your cue.

Concentrating on your mechanics and not the outcome of the shot is crucial. If your mechanics are rock solid, the outcome is pre-ordained. If your mechanics are not, the outcome is also pre-ordained but will not be "blessed" :)
 
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Patrick Johnson said:
I posted this a few days ago in another thread:

My warmup strokes accomplish very specific things:

- confirm my stroke is straight and in line with my sight (stance)
- confirm my stance/stroke/sight is in line with the shot (aim)
- help to fully visualize the shot (including stroke)
- rehearse the stroke needed for the shot (as similar as practical)
- ensure I'm hitting the exact spot on the cue ball I need to execute the shot and/or position I'm trying to get
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Different strokes...

pj
chgo
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ChicagoRJ said:
Pretty good list Patrick, hope you don't mind if I add one more [in red].
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Not at all - in fact I appreciate the reminder that I need to do that more consciously. Thanks!

pj
chgo
 
Black-Balled said:
Just walk by the offending cubes and smack them onto the floor. The more dramatic, the better.

Extra flair for doing it with a butt. Extra extra flair if the butt is attached to your legs.
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I like your style BB. I'll give it a whirl next time :)
 
ChrisinNC said:
I can't agree with not having some amount of cueing action once over the ball as part of your pre-shot routine, just to keep tension from buiding up in your arms/wrists/hands.

Same reason athletes in other sports do similar stuff to help trigger their actual shot/stroke/swing - waggle for golfers. dribbling the ball a few times before a free throw for basketball players, bouncing the ball a few times before serving for tennis players, repetitive routines baseball batters have in the batters box just before a pitch, etc.
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I can understand that - it's the excessive sawing back and forth that I think is more tic than anything. And by excessive, I mean more than one or two.
 
We also ( in our local room) have a player who makes a duck face every time as he cuts his eyes up and down to sight in.... pretty funny since somebody called him a selfie, and he HOTLY denied doing it.��
 
Some one else already mentioned this and it's exactly what the guy I play almost everyday does. If there are two pieces of chalk on the table, say at different ends, when he's done shooting they will be together, funny little tic.

You can also put me down for doing the air stroke thing, not every shot but when I feel I need to get loose for a tougher shot..
 
When my pocket gets too full of currency, I keep switching it to the other pocket. Back and forth, back and forth.

It really gets bad when I get home and have to empty BOTH pockets. It's horrible.



Jeff Livingston
 
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