Practice practice practice

With the thought of a single being the fourth spoke for the Wheel. Lefty laid in the double for a 11-5 in the record uh ledger. The Rolling Wheel would be getting them in order, starting with the single.🤷
 
Well the Mosconi went quick. Lefty earned first swing due to one handed victory.
L 4-1-3
R 2-2-3
Oh just missed it by that much. Almost forgot the race was to 8. 🤷 Right is confident but Lefty is smirking.
Ronnie to 6 for pride
 
Lefty 0-0-0-4
Right 1-2-2-1.
On to the Chase. Lefty choice is uh Mosconi.
Off we go.
Ali Carter demolition man. Surge to 6-2 lead.
 
Monday 2-6-23
My therapist prescription including variety.
60's music for the dance therapy.
The cow trail is making the slow roll on the paper training uh simple. So uh...fine for one handed but for the Mosconi, the rules committee allowed for shooters choice for Alien placements on foot and head strings. Competition committee decided to turn the Alien, making keep the object ball on the paper the challenge. Watching the snooker two rail shots that nestle to the red makes me think. I would love to improve my speed control to the level put on display by the top players. My best Mosconi effort(so far). Scored as a triple 2 for on the paper and 1 for proximity.
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Right prevail 9-7 going to 8 with the triple on the last. Now for Ronnie going to 6, moved each alien one diamond towards the rail. Making it longer to get closer to snooker condition s.😉
 
With the victory in Mosconi Right earned the opening shot. Which produced this. Well must have hit the limit for pictures. BUT it was object ball still in the hole and touching ball. Gotta be as rare as the Unicorn. Don't know what to name it.?????
 
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Thats gotta be worth the 6 points that the race is to. Well Lefty does get a chance to match it.😁 Well no joy for Lefty Right takes 1 to the Chase.
 
Strategy is topic o the day.
In the gambling thread I said:
Some of my best lessons were free.
In the late '80s, at the 211 in Seattle. I would play Portland Slim last pocket 8 ball for $5. He might have been in his 80s. He would always jump out 4 or 5 games. Then as he tired I could roll it back to zero and pay the table time. Ah the knowledge he had. Told me of racking for Mosconi when Willie was so drunk he had to grab the rails to navigate around the table.
Anyway, the strategy I learned just watching what he did (oh so we'll). Staying in control of the game.
Watching the speed control put on display with the snooker......leads my to piddling on the paper.
 
Wednesday 2-8-23 just to remind me:
Slim got the work out he wanted and we both came out Ahead.🤷
Cold finger morning. Snooker league on the monitor and fitness program in front of the heater.
League Snooker provides good look at technique and style. While the milkhouse heater gets me doing the squats to warm the fingers.🤷😁
Oh yeah Lefty took the one handed 10-7.
On to the Mosconi to 8.
 
2-9-23:
Oh the footwork. I had Beauty coaching me on paying attention to the foot placement. Beauty is my Jack Russell/Boston Terrorist companion.
Lefty has dominated through the Mosconi this morning. Typical pattern for my therapy session.
The On the Paper challenge provides strategy practice as well. With alternate shot and points available for compound result. The Touching ball with the object ball still in it's 👽hole, being The Grand Poopaw.(and accomplish Ed again by Lefty)
The opening strategy is to lag the object ball to the rail for a proximity point, with the cue ball settling into one of the 3 👽 holes for a 4 bagger.
 
I found a good one this morning. This conversation gives the credits to the voice I am accustomed to hearing in the snooker comments.
His relating of the Big come from behind victory sure struck a similar experience I had.😁
In Chico in the '90s. Was down 7-0 going to 9 playing 9 ball on the 9' goldcrown. The look on my opponent's face when he got a shot at 7-6🤷. He did win it 9-7. The next meeting at the same event went 8-8 and same good result for me. I did have to execute a shot on the final 9 ball that I can't make 1 in 10 in practice.
 
We'd 2-15-23
Just turned on the Welsh Open Snooker to catch Judd faltering in the early going but prevailed over a young player. The comments are interesting. While they point out the 85% mental half of the game, it's not so easy to find a solution. Other than "quit doing that" . My solution is to remove my focus from the negative as the subconscious doesn't parse the Quit part. Absolute focus on the process and imagine the positive results.🤷
 
Interesting where Steve points out that at the top level, you can twitch and still make it. Or something close to that.😉 Gives credential to my theory of execution to perfection on each step allows for slight imperfect occasions to still succeed.
 
Saturday 2-18-23
The cold start Puppy on the Paper drill has evolved to Alien placements being adjustable. Or random within the distance parameters.
The Alien multi tool comes in sets of 3. The Father the Son and the Whole E Ghost.Well the ghost came by the hole in the middle honestly, As a break pad.🤷 Plenty more paper there, good for another 100,000.😉
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Had to create a trophy for Lefty.
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from the Son platform Lefty got the leaning Pizza award.😉 6 points as they are touching and in a hole. Finished the One handed race to 10 at 14-5. Now on to the Mosconi to 8.😁
 
Evolution 2-20-23
Drafting got together with engineering and production to produce a new(and improving) liter of puppy pads or is it Alien puppy pads?😉
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Sets of three since it's a whole E number for me.
The pool glasses have evolved as well.
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My insurance allowed me to get a pair without the bifocals. My kick stand has morfed into a permanent lift. Since the single focus is distance I just look under them to chalk the cue. Before with the bifocals I was looking over the lenses at the distant balls. This is So much better.😁
 
Floating aliens or wandering puppies? The spread of any spare pads around the table and award bonus points for touching and or stopping on. Making for a fun challenge and of course banter between the Left and Right. Am I Right?😉
 
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