question for those playing 30+ hours/week
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Before I moved and quit playing 5 years ago I would play about 30 to 40 hours a week. I worked the weekend shift at work so I had Monday to Friday to shoot. Shot in 2 leagues them days I shot about 8 to 10 hours the other days were about 6 hours per day.
I was not doing to try to go pro or anything I just done it for the love of the game. It got to the point where Only a select few of the regulars there would give me a game. Unless I have someone a huge spot..
Right now I could go back up there and play anyone cause my game is way off since I only been back about 3 weeks and not shooting daily either.
But I am now working Sat Sun and Monday off the rest of the week and will have a Table here at the house pretty darn soon so I can shoot daily.... :grin:
I am playing pool.....MAYBE 2-3hrs a week...I am currently rated an 8 at Magoos. I just picked a cue up Sept 07 after a 13yr layoff in pool....when I quit back in 94 I was rated a 7 at the Billiards Palace in Tulsa..
If I could dedicate 30hrs a week to pool...man, that would be nice
If I could dedicate 30hrs a week to pool...man, that would be nice
I'm right there with you. I have been playing 50+ hours a week pretty steadily for about 3 years now. I try to devote a couple of days to self practice then a couple to playing good players, usually for something cheap to keep my mental game up. I am very dedicated to becoming a pro someday so I am pleased to hear that others are playing as much as I do.
I wish
I would love to be able to play 30 plus hours a week but I work a third shift job so I don't get to play nearly as much as I need to but even at work I'm constantly watching or reading about pool. On the weekends I prolly play anywhere between 6 an 14 hours a day
I would love to be able to play 30 plus hours a week but I work a third shift job so I don't get to play nearly as much as I need to but even at work I'm constantly watching or reading about pool. On the weekends I prolly play anywhere between 6 an 14 hours a day
close to a year now 30+ hours of serious practice. the last couple of months has dropped to 0. I don't have a table installed since my move.
I practiced everything - stroke, position, potting, patterns etc. I played a race to 30 against the ghost every day changing between 8, 9 and 10 ball.
My new practice will be tons of safety play and hitting the tournament trail more. I want to travel at least once every 2 months for a big event in U.S.
I practiced everything - stroke, position, potting, patterns etc. I played a race to 30 against the ghost every day changing between 8, 9 and 10 ball.
My new practice will be tons of safety play and hitting the tournament trail more. I want to travel at least once every 2 months for a big event in U.S.
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wow! Over thirty hours?
At one point I played around 30 hours a week, maybe more. It seems for me, I reached a point where I now burn out after 3 hours or so in one sitting. Its crazy to think back on the 12 hour marathon sessions I used to have. Surprisingly enough, my game is still sharp at around 10 hours a week and I approach the table with more enthusiasm. Who would have thought that I would improve by playing LESS pool. This occur with anyone else?
At one point I played around 30 hours a week, maybe more. It seems for me, I reached a point where I now burn out after 3 hours or so in one sitting. Its crazy to think back on the 12 hour marathon sessions I used to have. Surprisingly enough, my game is still sharp at around 10 hours a week and I approach the table with more enthusiasm. Who would have thought that I would improve by playing LESS pool. This occur with anyone else?
nope...... i don't know how good you got it but table time is 5 bones an hour here
i don't have 150 a week extra to throw at my game. i play 5-9 hours every weekend saturday and sunday
i don't have 150 a week extra to throw at my game. i play 5-9 hours every weekend saturday and sunday
I am guessing most at 30+ have a table, great rates or ready for a divorce and trying to dump their money
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I had the same problem, thats why I started playing the ghost. I think practice would be like a woodworker buying tools... at some point you have to stop buying and start working.
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My pool playing has slowed up since having a child..Where is was playing 5 or 6 hours a day, now i'm only playing 1-2. Some friends I play with got it made, and play pool from the time they wake up til the time they go to bed, so every other weekend i head down there, and we usually play races in 8-ball, 10-ball and speed pool for about 12 hours. So i'd say i'm playin anywhere from 7 hours to 22 hours a week, depending on my mood.
I wish I could devote that much time to playing,, It always seems when Im going to have extra time to play something always comes up. Keep on playing and it may work out for you but if you are devoteing that much time to playing and you really aren't getting anything out of it, you should look into a coach to teach you <<<ED
Lately I've been re-focusing my efforts to improve (and it's been working pretty well; I might be good at this game some day), and so I've been playing as much as I can, maybe 12 hours a week. For a few years it was just one night a week for 6 hours or so. It's hard for us working married guys.
-Andrew
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when i was really playing full time up in tulsa, I used to sit on the 10ft snooker and pratice for 10-12 hrs all the time, and I mean PRATICE sometimes the whole time with just the cue ball and one obj ball. I loved it cuz it was like $1.75 an hour or something and was huge and really tight, so I got some of the best pratice for dam near free. I would then go to the tight tables like #1 cut at 4 1/4" and just run out. If you can pratice rotation on a snooker table, its great for your game and will help lengthen your stroke out too.
1.75 for table time! that's crazy. no wonder everyone i run into from oklahoma plays 3 balls better than me...that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it:grin:
lmao...yep we had/have an army of cheaply trained warriors. The palace is gone, but magoo's has perfect equipment and its 8$ can get expensive there, but at least its not like some places that charge 8$ an hour and you need a road map and a caddy to read the green and push through the rough lol.
People don't like hearing your a pool player from oklahoma, much less a oklahoma player who shoots one pocket...sure fire way to burn action or must have the world offers lol...lots of respect givin to the quality of gamesmanship in that area of the country/world.