Icon of Sin said:
This is EXACTLY what I have told DCP to do........more than once.
Good advice.......!!!!!!!! He is going to practice himself into OBLIVION!!!
You gotta get out there, compete, gamble, etc...
Russ..........
Practicing 6 Hours A Day
- Thread starter DrCue'sProtege
- Start date
This is EXACTLY what I have told DCP to do........more than once.
Good advice.......!!!!!!!! He is going to practice himself into OBLIVION!!!
You gotta get out there, compete, gamble, etc...
Russ..........
Russ Chewning said:A the risk of being called a jackass by you again, I remind you of the fact that every instructor on the forum will agree this is not practice.
This is what DCP already does, and is a major contributing factor to the fact that he has not progressed as much as he feels he should have by now..
Fuel the fire, Icon..
Russ
Russ,
While agree that it is good to practice drills, shots, etc. I firmly believe that once you reach a certain level that you can keep your game up by just throwing them out and trying to run out, play safes, etc. Obviously, DCP will never reach that level, he doesn't have the mental capacity to acheive his goals.
JMO,
Russ......
Gambling
Perfect! So now you know what will sting. Sounds like you should be betting $15-20 per set... You won't want to lose three sets! Then you will start seeing your true A game come out....
DrCue'sProtege said:some of you guys act like that its nothing to go out and lose a few hundred dollars playing??? i dont know about the rest of ya's, but if i lost $50 playing i'd about have a cow...........
DCP
Perfect! So now you know what will sting. Sounds like you should be betting $15-20 per set... You won't want to lose three sets! Then you will start seeing your true A game come out....
Try this.
You left out something very important. Practice playing with attention and relaxed concentration. Play several shots and focus purely on the object ball. I mean really try to pay attention to where it was struck, how its rolling, and what part of the pocket it falls into. Then practice several shots focusing only on the feeling in your shooting hand. By that I mean pay attention to actually feeling when the cue strikes the cue ball, what it feels like, and where your hand finishes on your stroke. Finally play several shots focusing on the cue ball. Try to pay attention to where the cue is striking it and what path it is traveling on. Just remember that during practice, never be self judgmental. Simply pay attention to what is happening. There is no right or wrong. Your body will automatically learn how to do it when you pay nonjudgmental attention to the results.
I used to run drill after drill without much improvement until I started to actually pay attention and let my body naturally learn how to stroke. I hope this helps.
Vinnie
DrCue'sProtege said:
You left out something very important. Practice playing with attention and relaxed concentration. Play several shots and focus purely on the object ball. I mean really try to pay attention to where it was struck, how its rolling, and what part of the pocket it falls into. Then practice several shots focusing only on the feeling in your shooting hand. By that I mean pay attention to actually feeling when the cue strikes the cue ball, what it feels like, and where your hand finishes on your stroke. Finally play several shots focusing on the cue ball. Try to pay attention to where the cue is striking it and what path it is traveling on. Just remember that during practice, never be self judgmental. Simply pay attention to what is happening. There is no right or wrong. Your body will automatically learn how to do it when you pay nonjudgmental attention to the results.
I used to run drill after drill without much improvement until I started to actually pay attention and let my body naturally learn how to stroke. I hope this helps.
Vinnie
Matt_24 said:
I hope you understand why I assumed the worst in the other thread.
I still consider it a minor miracle that he was being serious in that thread.
Am I going to apologize to him personally? Ummmmmmm..
"DCP, I am sorry you are the most irritating pool player int he world..."
Does that qualify?
Russ
Russ Chewning said:I hope you understand why I assumed the worst in the other thread.
I still consider it a minor miracle that he was being serious in that thread.
Am I going to apologize to him personally? Ummmmmmm..
"DCP, I am sorry you are the most irritating pool player int he world..."
Does that qualify?
Russ
I think there's a difference between annoying and being a liar though. Calling anyone out on that is a bit unfair and unjust. I will admit that it seems as though DCP ignores a lot of good suggestions, but that's a totally different subject.
DrCue'sProtege said:some of you guys act like that its nothing to go out and lose a few hundred dollars playing??? i dont know about the rest of ya's, but if i lost $50 playing i'd about have a cow...........
DCP
What everyone is telling you is that it's the "playing," or "practicing," or whatever you call it while you're having a cow that makes you better.
I too have stagnated (actually regressed) lately. That's why I'm reading this thread. I also don't gamble much. But, reading these posts got me thinking. Of all the players I know, I can only think of a few who are better than me who also don't gamble. Almost every really decent player I know gambles. Do they gamble because they're good? Or, are they good because they gamble? I say they got good because they gamble. Once they got good, they gambled for more $$$.
Just from the other forms of pressure (tournaments, letting a team down, etc.), I can say my casual game improved afterwards.
So, I'm going out to find some cheap action this weekend to see if it won't get me out of my slump... I'll start with rodent and work up to a cow...
Thanks for the insight everyone....
Neil said:
Neil,
i read your thread. my apologies for not responding yet. but i've had a lot happening this week. have some patience............
DCP
Kamakiriad
Banned
i try to practise every day for 1 hoursometime more sometime less.
8 posts today, 6 yesterday. And you've been busy this week? That scares me....................DrCue'sProtege said:Neil,
i read your thread. my apologies for not responding yet. but i've had a lot happening this week. have some patience............
DCP
The Woim
Banned
Your memory can play tricks on you! (Add-on: Matt, who's Larry?)
When the average player steps away from the table and, if he's The Woim, a handcarved exotic wood railed table and lovingly returns his custom cue (made of the finest choice woods) to the custom case (made of the finest hand picked leather), then his mechanics start to fade in short order. His memory still pictures him running rack after rach while his opponent hopelessly runs his hands through his hair...
You see what my memory is doing to me?
You would have to pick up your cue again and spend hours practicing the simplest shot until your stroke returned to you. I guage it to take 1-3 weeks of hard practice to regain the stroke you had during your playing days.
To learn a stroke, even Scott Lee and elderly Randy G. can't teach you the techniques in one session. They can show you some guidance, but then, it's you and that cue in a lonely pool room stroking back and forth over and over and over and over...
Sincerely,
The Woim
When the average player steps away from the table and, if he's The Woim, a handcarved exotic wood railed table and lovingly returns his custom cue (made of the finest choice woods) to the custom case (made of the finest hand picked leather), then his mechanics start to fade in short order. His memory still pictures him running rack after rach while his opponent hopelessly runs his hands through his hair...
You see what my memory is doing to me?
You would have to pick up your cue again and spend hours practicing the simplest shot until your stroke returned to you. I guage it to take 1-3 weeks of hard practice to regain the stroke you had during your playing days.To learn a stroke, even Scott Lee and elderly Randy G. can't teach you the techniques in one session. They can show you some guidance, but then, it's you and that cue in a lonely pool room stroking back and forth over and over and over and over...
Sincerely,
The Woim
DrCue'sProtege said:
mother drills never come up in tournaments, pocket reducers never come up in tournaments, tucker 3rd eye never comes up in tournaments, kinister never comes up in tournaments, paper targets never come up in tournaments, bob byrne never comes up in tournamments. drills never come up in tounrnaments.
how about practicing pocketing balls, ?????.
duh ? ?
You want the secret? Are you man enough for the secret? Well here is how to have the secret revealed to you and you alone.
1. go out into your garage
2. find your ball peen hammer "part-A"
3. unzip your pants
4. put your schlong "part-B" up on the workbench (stand close)
5. hit part B with part A as hard as you can. then and only then will the secret be revealed
6. when you can stand again go back into the house and decide to get a life.
1. go out into your garage
2. find your ball peen hammer "part-A"
3. unzip your pants
4. put your schlong "part-B" up on the workbench (stand close)
5. hit part B with part A as hard as you can. then and only then will the secret be revealed
6. when you can stand again go back into the house and decide to get a life.
txplshrk said:
Now that sounds like my kind of practice!!
Seriously, DCP. I sometimes think you're overthinking the game & maybe trying too hard. I agree with the suggestions that you need to get out & play more, and I would definitely join a league if you can. Not only will you have fun but you'll encounter different scenarios in every game. It's amazing what you can learn from this. I have a buddy who's just joined our league & I can already see some improvements in his game. Plus, he's having a blast doing it!