pro player running racks of straight pool ?

[justabrake]

me and a friend of mine started talking about pros running racks of straight pool one after the other and we both agreed on this that all of a sudden you see that he( pro player) plays a shot out of the ordinary " nothing you would expect him to shoot at" and continues his run , have any of you seen this with watching a pro shoot rack after rack , if so why do they do that ?

Steven

 

[SlimShafty]

me and a friend of mine started talking about pros running racks of straight pool one after the other and we both agreed on this that all of a sudden you see that he( pro player) plays a shot out of the ordinary " nothing you would expect him to shoot at" and continues his run , have any of you seen this with watching a pro shoot rack after rack , if so why do they do that ?

Steven

I would say if they are running rack after rack and you or I are not, they know what they are doing, It may look like it's out of the ordinary but it's just them taking care of a problem ball. Unless your talking about Efren, who really makes some wild choices in 14.1 but it works for him, the guy does things nobody else can do.

Every one makes slightly different choices in 14.1 at some point, that's why I love to watch it, guy gets out of line and has to make a whole new plan.

 

[justabrake]

I would say if they are running rack after rack and you or I are not, they know what they are doing, It may look like it's out of the ordinary but it's just them taking care of a problem ball. Unless your talking about Efren, who really makes some wild choices in 14.1 but it works for him, the guy does things nobody else can do.

Every one makes slightly different choices in 14.1 at some point, that's why I love to watch it, guy gets out of line and has to make a whole new plan.

wild choice is more what really fits the discription , at least thats what it looks like it is to me, I mean way off any pattern shot while there are easyer shots to be had on the table.

Steven

 

[bruin70]

there are many ways to run a rack, there are many end games that suit a player best....what is comfortable for one may not be so for another. if there is logic to a player's game and he suddenly does something unexpected, i would guess that he felt he was out of line to continue in a certain sequence, and wanted to get back in line.

if the pro is not used to 14.1, you can expect anything because he probably hasn't developed a philosophy of straight pool yet.

 

[Addicted2CuesRU]

wild choice is more what really fits the discription , at least thats what it looks like it is to me, I mean way off any pattern shot while there are easyer shots to be had on the table.

Steven

The Pro obviously saw any opportunity to clear a trouble ball with a shot he knows even though you or I might not see it... He probably left the easier balls there in order to have an out...

Not being a great player I might want to clear the loose balls and ring up my point or run total, but if you want to run rack after rack you gotta take some tough shots sometimes...

 

[JLW]

there are many ways to run a rack, there are many end games that suit a player best....what is comfortable for one may not be so for another. if there is logic to a player's game and he suddenly does something unexpected, i would guess that he felt he was out of line to continue in a certain sequence, and wanted to get back in line.

he the pro is not used to 14.1, you can expect anything because he probably hasn't developed a philosophy of straight pool yet.

Yeah, I agree totally. That's what is so great about instructional 14.1 tapes and Accu-Stats tapes. You can hear the pros tell exactly why they shoot certain shots. I'm not a great straight pool player, but I can guarantee if someone like Mike Sigel or Dallas West or Grady Matthews or Jim Rempe shoots a ball that might seem out of place, they have a very good reason. Usually it seems to be because they are removing some potentional problem ball or trying to get a slightly better position from which to break open the pack. Sometimes those unexpected shots are the best ones for learning about the game. It's like chess. The pros are eliminating potential problems you didn't even notice were there.