Practice what I Preach

Guess I had better get back on my soapbox. 😉
Practice this morning starts with.....
One handed
Phenolic tip
No chalk
Strike the cueball to make it do something. Creating a personal challenge.
Willie Hoppe only got one ball for a month.......TINK ABOUT IT.
MY PERSONAL morning Challenge is the 16 shots of The Chase. Okay I get a secondball..🤷‍♂️ Ready set go.
 
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10 second laps is part of my morning fitness.
 
3 ball is a favorite morning workout. 3 ball / kick 'em was my broke ass practice.
Kicks Like A Mule became my ring game name. 🤷‍♂️
 
The break should have whitey popping straight back and sitting ... .uh about 8 inches on a bar box. 🤷‍♂️ Simple shot for the grass hopper.
 
Points Lines and planes.
The Calm at the Heart of the storm.

Staying Centered and Apearing confident or at least confident .... Can have a mesmerized effect on the weaker opponents.
The Big fish in the small pond. 🤷‍♂️
Small fish make for a good meal.
The first shot needs to start the impression. The Most Important shot is the first shot of the game. Well The Rest of the game when seated and in recovery mode. Never show the pain .....it builds confidence.
Uh oh a favorite story shrug 🤷‍♂️
Happy new year same story. 😉
It was a 10 dollar ring game 3 handed.
It was my break when the Samoan racked em up, making it a 4 some. (Big Samoan is redundant 🤷‍♂️ So he was Big but a small Samoan 🤷‍♂️ 😉).
His intimidating display attempt as he racked was quite a performance. Can't remember what it was but it included the eye to eye challenge. I broke and ran 3 or maybe 2 and half. To the chagrin of the east side uh money players working the Mustard Seed 2 that night. It was just my way of saying, "Welcome to the Game."
 
The cheap ring game, even quarter fifty cents were fun for experiments shots. Even at 1 and 2 in Bellevue. The Asian community had a gambling culture. My method in the 5 handed game was never make more than 3 balls without riding the money. 🤷‍♂️ They got cheap lessons and built their skills to play 50 a game with Lim in Tacoma on the hill. 🤷‍♂️
 
Memories of the way we were.
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The challenge oh the day.
One handed
phenolic tip.

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FIRST ATTEMPT.!
9 the 9 I say is a potential secondary target.
Oh gosh the ancient ring game......"Double Edged Sword".
The white pad indicates projected landing with the temptation of the 9
A fun practice shot.
The first step in the Chase. Hmmm
Anyway first attempt.
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With the object ball gone the 9 is a hanger. 🤷‍♂️
Happy Hippy new year.
It's a fitness program. Stretch and flex just like the exergenie pull. From ground to ceiling execute the full press with the cue. Just go slow as it's cold out and wet.
 
Okay it's a holiday so.......3 ball is the game.
Left vs Right or er uh alternating shots. So Left and Right.
A 3 ball break and rack of 3 ball alternate shots. One handedphenolic tip (we don't need no stinking chalk. 😉).
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Looks like lefty Hugged the last shot so technically a foul. We called it a 4. It's a Handicapped event. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
Still in the clouds. The weather is starting to lift the clouds too.
NOPE!! Right shot the first 2. Wait. Headscratch 😉
 
The pictures serve as xray to inspect for weakness. The 10 second timer gives me a perfect speed lap practice, uh say it again 😉.
Ronnie o'sullivan fastest 147 comes to mind. So 10 seconds to the click and be waiting to pull the trigger. Kinda like a short track race. 🤷‍♂️
 
So yeah, the one handed compares to shooting from the hip.
Quigley Down Under quote "didn't say I didn't know how to.....I just prefer"
Or something close. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
The foundation is just before Balance.
When I started as a carpenter...walking a 2x4 wall at 8 foot was standard. 2nd story at times.
Gotta know where center is at All times.
The phenolic tip no chalk forces attention to the accuracy of the strike to whitey.
So the one handed forces foundation and balance.
Cole Dixon had the widest Tri pod base. With legs spread and knees locked. Finding the bipod base is a challenge for upper management. To find the spot to plant.
 
gregcantrall said:
So yeah, the one handed compares to shooting from the hip.
Quigley Down Under quote "didn't say I didn't know how to.....I just prefer"
Or something close. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
The foundation is just before Balance.
When I started as a carpenter...walking a 2x4 wall at 8 foot was standard. 2nd story at times.
Gotta know where center is at All times.
The phenolic tip no chalk forces attention to the accuracy of the strike to whitey.
So the one handed forces foundation and balance.
Cole Dixon had the widest Tri pod base. With legs spread and knees locked. Finding the bipod base is a challenge for upper management. To find the spot to plant.
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Your posts make a lot of good points. Sometimes I wish I knew what they were...
 
Cmate said:
Your posts make a lot of good points. Sometimes I wish I knew what they were...
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Start at the beginning.
Get your self centered.
Find Your Balance

In Life
, is the preaching part. Only because my experience always has been.....When I feel good about who I am and what I am doing......well as Efren says, "I get lucky ".
The more I practice the luckier I get. Not sure if that requires an attribute. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
 
Well the Preach that's aching to get out. That's code for another Grampa story. 😉
Partner in Scotch double ring game at 10 a man. 3 teams, ring game 9 ball.
Well me and my partner, uh had friction between us. The righteous mad I had generated in him with a disrespectful comment I made to my wife. As we were in citizen's divorce mode. My excuse is, I just wanted her to leave. He considered her, uh a second mother. Wow! We shot with only one missed ball, all night. I missed it and immediately switched to Leftie and we finished the night with, "I made Mine" in the glare. You would have thought well fist fight preliminary displays comes to mind.
I know we created in excess of a hundred maybe 140 each. 🤷‍♂️ not a bad Friday night at The Seed in Bellevue.
 
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