Practice practice practice

Multi tasking, well physical therapy requires keeping the body in the warming sun. The moving sun requires moving uh rules. ;).
Right's claim is that Lefty moved on him and used the rule changes to allow another Victory. 🤷 It's all within the rules.
The stretch and flex is the point of the exercise. That doesn't preclude keeping score.
The ExerGeni is my stretch move. The ExerGeni was a friction based fitness device that replicate a total lift. Doing the move with the cue for resistance, works for me. Doing the lift slow until the kids turn the music on.
 
Challenge O the Day: The Mighty Midget formation. Remembering the night we played a Scotch Doubles ring game. My partner was the Midget. No really. We had fun and broke even. 🤷 On the rail was perfect. Out in the field was more of a challenge.
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Gotta love it when I surprise myself.
The one handed one rail to the 3. Two hands 2 rails to the 8. Then 3 rails (with 3 points of contact with cue) to the 7.
A fun workout.
 
Flavor of the day. Aggressive Attitude Achiever. Hold my beer and watch this. 🤷
The final target that requires at least 3 rails. Half the Fun is finding the shot. Then comes the execution.
The video reverses and makes my Left look like a right handed shot. It's not.
So the short attempt in the video leads me down the path of folly looking for the 4 railer off the back rail. Well it's there but the 3 railer to pocket the 5 would happen sooner is my estimate.
Lefty found the 3 railer that left Whitey in the center(King) hole. Uh oh game set and match. :p)
Update 😉
The video is still uploading so Lefty produced the 4 railer off the back rail with a chance of making it in the side. :hmm:
No Chalk!
Oops operator error but it's there now.
Edit: Think I got it right this try.
 
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My chalk free rail first exercise shows me how a slight variation in the tip contact can make a big difference in the resulting cueball path after contact with the object ball or as in my drills, the rails. Limiting the variable distance I can hit off center by eliminating the friction chalk provides is illuminating.
Precision cueball control is more easily attained with final focus on the tip/ball interaction.
 
5.16.23 Ships log: Oh wow a first. My first attempt at the opening one handed one rail kick, produced a Maximum. 10 points, both balls in the holes of the pad and touching. That was the Right hand, so after numerous attempts at a touchy 2 railer 2 handed to the second target ball, Lefty found another 10 point shot. Just 1 shy of the possibility of 11 with 2 rail points.
Starting to feel the pressure to provide an equally good score on the 3 railer to the final target. 🤷‍♂️
 
The Joy of Practice: Well finding amusement is a bonus of the fitness program that I currently employ.
So, opening with the Delta formation allows experiments in the angles and effects of chalkless influence I can apply. Good Clean fun.
This mornings ah hah came with the Cocked Hat plus, uh 4 railer on the final positions. Cueball on head spot object ball on foot spot. The Cocked Hat being 3rails to the side pocket. Going long gives the 4 rails to the object ball on the spot.
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The rest of the story: The opening or er first shot .
My 8 year old training was to be lead off hitter. I learned to love the feeling of facing a new pitcher. Being the first to see what he's got.
The training includes, "it ain't the size of the dog in the fight." The zone. ZEN.
OH yeah
Hear's Ronnie
 
The opening statement of getting out at the first visit. Bet the statistics guys can find the numbers, but the only number that counts is, right here, right now.:🤷‍♂️
 
DAMN IT!!! Right just laid in the Max on the one handed opener. So leave it and move on. Better deflate the head before the next shot. Just one shot doesn't make it. 8 out of 10 doesn't either.
 
Lefty started making a comeback with 3 point shots at the final position demonstrated in the video. At the last duel Lefty proved the back door 4 railer. Right was paying attention and laid it in for the Kill. Game set and match.
 
The Slow start: Slow and sure is my proven Method.
The rising sun coming through the door does add a time pressure to the morning challenge. If the sun overtakes a target before I can score at least 10 points on it.......a stern tsk tsk. Oh the humiliation. 😉 The Hurryeder I go the Behinder I get. 🤷 hence the Slow practice. Pressure situations met with the Slow method tend to come out favorably.
 
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Side rail, side rail, foot rail was the solution from the Yello launch pad. The first 2 forms require at least a 4 point shot to close the target. After a minimum of 10 scored on the target.
Variety is the spice, so moving the pads around, then finding the 1, 2 and then 3 rail kicks is an interesting Challenge.
First the Solution then the Execution. I have been guilty of going to the execution before the solution was crystal clear. Never ended well.
Must be time for the yard work.🤷 😉
 
Since I completed in way under the time allotment. I just take the balls as they sit and pocket the object balls.Chose a cueball and object ball. Points are scored for crossing or landing on targets or contact with balls on targets. That is only when the object ball is pocketed. A pocketed ball with no points gets another shot with the same cueball.
Once the 3rd object ball goes below, they all return to a target pad. Scratch cueball returns to yellow cueball pad. Off I go. :☺
 
Shot O the Day: The Top Hat + . Gives ample opportunity to experiment. The speed and spin effecting the shot significantly. No chalk.
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My experiment shows me that if I go just beyond the side pocket and land on the 4th rail in the sun, it has a good chance. First the angles the spin then the speed. But but butt when I slow it down....the angles change. Oh what fun.
The cue is on line to rail 1. Very educational, the variation I can achieve landing in the sun on the 4th rail. All depends on speed and spin that are achieved sans chalk. The Found Ation. 🤷
Proof Positive of the intimate relationship that can be achieved with the cueball. The tip contact and path through are the critical element.
So to quote a Mosconi Cup Player, "Why would I look anywhere else? :🤷‍♂️
 
Got caught by the sun, just havin' fun. One final shot at the Top Hat + to the teal 2. For all the marbles......and a new car.
Leading off with Lefty is A Lesson from Ronnie. So Lefty lays in a 7 point shot. The Right made a respectable reply with a 5 (4 rails and white over the pad).
Lefty says, "thank you, thank you very much ", the therapy is working. So off to yard working to build the strength.
 
So just one last thought. My Delta Formation rating would exceed my Fargo rating. "By how much?" Would be the straight man inquiry. Well the only thing I know for sure is......It would be FAR FAR ABOVE ANNAPOLIS or WEST POINT!!! SIR! Oops must be a flashback.
 
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