Practice what I Preach

gregcantrall

Just Don't Dog it. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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The break music is perfect for my morning dance. The kids giggle at the grampa dance.
 

gregcantrall

Just Don't Dog it. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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Bringing the Practice Game to competition or Righting the Ship When Struggling
Would be an appropriate title for today's sermon. πŸ˜‰
Snooker report said:
Mark Allen hailed his new flowing freedom as he beat Ryan Day 4-2 with three centuries.

The back-in-form Northern Ireland hero set up a last-16 clash with Jack Lisowski after noticeably speeding up the better he got against Day.
My best solution when struggling is, Slow the Heck Down. That is often hard to remember though. The nerves make me want to get it over. Even when I have followed my routine the anxiety quick shots just don't work. If I can slow down/take my time then successful shots can relax my mind and the rhythm will gradually speed up.
The complaint against Dan Louie was, "he shoots so slow." But the real the problem was, he shot slow but Never missed. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
My best recovery came when I went down 90 with 120 in my pocket at 10 a game. I had just quit my day job and going broke was a distinct possibility, which ment finding a new job uh tomorrow. So the self to self talk got me to slow down and focus as I definitely didn't like the idea of finding another job so soon. In the 45 minutes till closing time, I won the last 14 games. At the handshake my opponent stated, "I can't beat your slow game." A statement I try to remember when struggling.
50 dollars for a day's work wasn't exactly what I had been earning. It did however give me time to be selective in my shopping for a real job.
The slow down comes at the pause at the back of the stroke for me. The few extra seconds plus never getting to shoot made it seem like an eternity to my opponent. Hence the Slow Game comment. Heck 14 games in 45 minutes definitely isn't Slow. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
 

gregcantrall

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Oh gosh how the time flies. Definitely time for me to get back in My sandbox. πŸ˜‰
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
12.18.24
Now how to make the brag, uh edu or uh at least relevant.
Back to the Basics is the title of this story er uh brag. πŸ˜‰
I got a table run in leagues last night! Woop E. Funny thing is at least 3 and maybe 4 of the balls I made, I thought I had missed. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Proof of the power of the basics.

It's not Real fun to sit and watch an opponent make a table run and perhaps even more disconcerting When I would say, "oh crap" every other ball. And then they would fall. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
 

gregcantrall

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Another league night and another uh well one good game out of 4. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ it wasn't a table run , just a nice out that required precision. The precision I can attain when focused on the path of the tip through the cueball. not at the point through it and on the line see the chalk specs as the depart the impact. Well if I am able to attain that level of focus. Good things can happen. Delegate more to the cruuse mode developed in practice . Attention ends at the target. The target is where the cueball will rest. the survey is conducted an I find benefits in oral narration. Well it's my home my table my life. Trinity again. No wonder I surfaced in Trinity County. My other whole E Trinity would be
Tiger
Jack Rabbit
Turtle
My 3 martial Life forms.
Well there's a 4th but I can't tell ya cause then I would have ta kill ya. πŸ˜‰ Can't remember which movie that line came from. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
Okay a clue ....search Spock $wink$ Shirley I Jest.
Just watched the Jester play .
The Snooker championship is edumacational.
 

gregcantrall

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The quick fire competition rings so many flashbacks in my tournament career.
Tournament play is a different creature from money play.
Whatever comfortable.
Whatever in my front pocket. I do have a vault though of course that has armed security. πŸ˜‰
Tonight it's lucky 27. One shot.
 

book collector

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You got me ! Had to go to Google to parse. The 6 degrees of Kevin is new to me. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Perhaps this is a good thing to take from my search.
and then connect with others who shared similar interests.
Sub CBL ? Cue Ball Last?
According to Urban Dictionary, the term "sub" is an abbreviation for "subliminal". It is an underhanded comment directed at a specific person meant to insult or embarrass them publicly on a social networking site, usually Facebo
For Bacon has me stumped. Oh well. πŸ˜‰

I prefer cueball at impact.
As Oscar enquired, "Why would I look anywhere else?
My morning fitness program is geared to looking at the white as it is struck. It works good enough for Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and it was Willie Hoppe's book that got me started employing the method. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
You do realize that Hoppe was anal retentive?
 

gregcantrall

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Where I fell down in the piano lessons was counting out loud. Go figure. The finger exercises were well worth the effort. The pervert that accosted the old lady that had milked goats all her life. She taught him how to be and speak with a lady. Had both balls. So much worse than being kicked in the nuts.
The assholenexchange student from that island by Australia. Kicked me in the nuts in P E. Unprotected other than jock strap. Those assholes played soccer like we played baseball. Guess he was bitter about the 🏈. He made second string. I made All League. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
 

gregcantrall

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You do realize that Hoppe was anal retentive?
Oh no, I never heard that. I know of his book. It's uh the same to me as I ching or Bible or a Byrne's book. McGoorty is my favorite.
What were we talking?
Was he a butt sniffer?
We just got the new dog in my uh piture
 

gregcantrall

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They are tormenting me with the focus in the Snooker available on youtube.
3-3 action right now but Ronnie next. Second of the day. Like our races to 7. I'm on heaven.
 

gregcantrall

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167 tantalize. Got know
Short shot master is a name that was hung on me as an insult. I took it as compliment.
Oh yes, our big clash came on Friday night after he scored 250 at the track. I got it all playing off handed. Right handed he could give me the 8.
We had played the previous night for 5 and I was stuck 35. Oh yeah Almont forgot. I knew I liked it. So when he said, "if we are going to play Left handed we have to play for 10. I immediately replied, "if we Gotta play for 10.... we Gotta play for 20 and prepared for 40....πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
Brecel moves on. Hope Ronnie is next..
 

book collector

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To me Ronnie is about as close to perfection at pool as I think anyone has ever been, I have heard and read so much about Walter Lindrum that I feel he must have been equally as amazing . While Hoppe was at a higher level than his contemporaries, In reality , I don't think he was at a pinnacle nearly as rare as those 2 achieved. When you see Ronnie hit a draw of follow shot from 8 feet away and no angle and the pocket is only a hair larger than the ball , you have to marvel at the accuracy. Especially with a full stroke on the ball. i am astounded.
 

gregcantrall

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"A Different kind of pressure " Imagine that...... The Rocket in a Short Shot contest.
Interview post match is worth while.
And now Judd vs Mark Williams and top comments.
I must be in heaven.
 

gregcantrall

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More flashback material from Stephen Hendry.
So many times I had weaker opponent say similar, "just take it easy on me" always got my best game. The inner self dialog was, "take it easy This". πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
 

gregcantrall

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Sat. Dec. 21, 2024
Oh wow how the time flies. Perhaps it's a Miracle to see this day. Shrug πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ πŸ˜‰
Oh yeah, the topic O the Day. Book learnin vs hands on.......hmmmmm Hands on is a favorite pass time.....quit it Grampa. This is serious. 😝
As a child living adjacent the sawmill. It started as Shasta Box and became U S Plywood which morphed to Champion International.
The small let's see
2 ponder
1 sawyer
1 saw filer
1 maintenance
1 field boss (his son 2 years older than me a head taller and a bully. It led to me shooting him with my bb gun the first day I cocked it.
We had a reservoir pond full of Frogs and perch.)
Well that story is much longer at will be told after the count.
Counting outlahowed was where I bailed in piano lessons.
4 green chain pullers maybe 6 or 8, can't remember that close....yet
A row of 4 houses and a fifth on the hill by the reservoir.
5 young men ages ...well me at the bottom at 8. I got my first gun. I had been Frog hunting with the older boys and enjoyed an occasional shot with a loaned gun. All boys had bb guns in our gang well All for a day. I lost mine for A Year.(relived the years sentence at USAFA in 69-71 span, I earned 4 Commandant Disciplinary Board. CDB was honored at graduation with survivors award to any with 5. A class pool gave a nice cash award. Shru
Just not the military type. Sir!
Oh yeah for that solid 1 year. No good time then. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ I had a gun in my hands. The older boys shared my sentence besides they had been doing it long enough. It was boring.
The day I got my gun back was the first time I lied to him.
My father asked, "did you learn your lesson?"
I replied, "Yes". I had but so had the bully. He knew I would do it again.
Then came, "would you do it again?"
My word was No. But I knew and he must have known from my expression. At 8 no wait 9 I was not a poker player.
Whew breaks over back to the table. I was just warming my hands....yeah that's the Ticket...
 

gregcantrall

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Training....oh gee. Of course! Basic training for the Australian billiards champion was 1 ball only for 1 month. Basic training as a Cadet lastefrom June 23 to Easter. Then recognition and handshake.
Now I have enough story ammunition to put the kids to sleep for years. Perhaps baby sitter will be my next commercial venture. ...πŸ€”
 

gregcantrall

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Shot O the Day. 3 rails to the King 13. This should be a challenge.
 

gregcantrall

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Lefty gets the funny shot award. 20241221_074144.jpg
Just when I/we decided 3 was Unobtainium and 4 was available. Lefty hit the side pocket titty to hit it after 3 rails and oh so close to the fluked 13. Would have claimed it wink πŸ˜‰.
 
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