Practice practice practice

gregcantrall said:
Stephen Hendry lesson 1. Should take at least 3 weeks with 1 week for each of the Big 3. Platinum for sure.
Falls right in perfect alignment with my goals towards perfect performance. I would point out a mechanical issue "Club" pool players fall in is the Loop Bridge. It impares the sighting down the cue. Long barrel for the long shots. A player that needs the loop is weak in the Basics.🤷
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Open is so much better once you get used to it. I'm still glad I know the loop in cases of having to bridge strangely on some shots.
 
boogieman said:
Open is so much better once you get used to it. I'm still glad I know the loop in cases of having to bridge strangely on some shots.
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Yes on occasion it's better. The loop bridge with the right hand was the biggest challenge I encountered when I started training Lefty.😉🤷
 
gregcantrall said:
The phenolic tip with no chalk is gettin’good to me. I started using it on my shot making drill. After how ever many weeks it has been, I took it to my snooker drill. Made a full clearance last night and am stoked.
What I have improved:
Accurate striking of the cue ball.
Shot choice and planning.
Cue ball placement and cinching the right side.
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Stephen Hendry extolling center ball, I see as validation for my method s.🤷
Center ball is the starting point. Adjustment up and down is done once the platform is set. If I determine that the shot will require side.... it's best if I rise and set the platform again.
Seeing Stephen's demonstration off the bottom rail and back to his tip with the white rebound coming straight to the tip again. Was incredible, Heck he impressed himself.😁
 
Ships Log: Cold, so I stand at the heater and warm fingers. Just happens to be posting position for journal as well. Allow for Yoga as well 🤷
Still chuffed at Hendry validation of my method. Well it works for me😉. Definitely not the only path. Just the one I have chosen.
Different coaches resonate from different positions. World Class football coach was helpless as baseball coach(small budget). Anyway I so look forward to further YouTube presentation by Stephen. Could be as good as the words of Yogi.🤷
 
Didn't take long for the fingers to call for the heater. (Did a wet saw in the winter with similar method 😉)Lefty opens with 4 Right E near miss so after one inning 4-0.
 
Oh boy! Inning 2 Lefty takes it to 10 no 11 as one was a double. Shit oh dear. Right E definitely calls for a warm up. As the race is to 10 with equal offence.🤪
 
Pool Gawds have a Sense of humor: I tracked in something. Not sure if it's mud or 💩. Just two spots. Soooo as long as I Pay Attention to the foot placement. Practice practice practice 🤷
 
Cold weather mode:
Job built fitness tool, from discarded metal bed frame, turned on it's back with #12 rebar scrap for weight. Tow it by harness of rope and level the erosion created by the storms. Multitasking 😉 After maximum laps.....
Funny part is: S S D S D S S S S..,..the box score on Lefty's open er.🤷 A 10. I guess the fitness program is working.
The U K Championship on the tell E..... I find inspiration.
 
Faith: Righting the ship.
I saw Dan Louie win in the bar box 9 ball finals, twice after going down 6-0 racing to 7.

Watching (sickly) Robertson go down 4-0. So much to learn playing Yogi and observation of comments as well as visual s.
 
At 4-1 Perry needs to keep him away from the table. Looks like his nose is producing plenty of fluids. Make it a Mercy kill Joe 😉
 
Oh the camera work!👍 Showing Joe's cue bounce or heart beat at interval as he sits . 5-1 now.
 
Tough Love: Would be my headline for Ronnie vs Zhou. 6-love but a great lesson.
May have forgotten to mention the $20 switch to DAZN. Well worth it for all the lessons available, just observation.! 🤪
I did get a good look at Ronnie's form. Even got a great close up of his eye pattern as he shoots.
The bonus is watching a Master work his art.
Well I guess I will check the other table now.
 
Forgetaboutit: The aim starts with the object ball But once I am down on the shot, it's of no interest. The path of the tip through the ball is my focus. The wait taught by Barry Stark is me waiting for the ring finger. Keep it Under your hat....🤫 Is a telling practice for me.
 
Almost forgot.... The Snooker lessons are , uh I mean the UK Championship, are telling as well.
Four Ton Lisowski is looking So Strong. Amazing how much his form resembles Ronnie. Playing lefty, he will shoot with the right.🤷
If he meets Ding in the finals, it could be a barn burner.
The match between Ronnie and Ding should have Ding brimming with confidence. He Will need it.
 
Oh the Nerves: I remember thinking, "If my hands stop shaking I will be fine." Then the self replies, "they aren't going to stop until you Make A Ball!!"
I did work on my nervous game 😉
Watching Ding this morning in the early running I noticed a hitch in his getalong. Comments soon followed. He was pulling the cue to full back then dropping an inch to pause. The comments went to a resemblance to the Yips, which Stephen Hendry wryly mention being familiar with the Yips and yes there is a similarity.
My assessment is it's a practiced technique to put a damper or restrictor plate on the heightened adrinalin. No hitch on the power shot. Working on the finesse shot.👍
 
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