Shane failed me!

hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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A shot during a tournament last night really sticks in my head. I watched the Shane Runing Out TAR video just a few days ago, in a few of the shots where I normally would play an angle to go to the side rail then to the other side rail to go up table (the Z stroke as Danny D calls it), he liked the 3-rail shape to go short rail, long rail, then other side long rail. Hope you can picture that.

So I had a shot that would work that way, and said, OK, let's try the 3-rail way. And I got too straight on the shot to go to the short rail, had to try to force draw with spin off the side rail anyway, but with a much lesser angle. Missed the shot.

Lesson: To play position on the next ball like Shane, you have to leave yourself on the ball prior to that like Shane :smile:
 
hang-the-9 said:
Lesson: To play position on the next ball like Shane, you have to leave yourself on the ball prior to that like Shane :smile:
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That's a great lesson to remember!

Another lesson I like is: To aim and pocket balls like Shane, you must stroke the cue and hit a million balls like Shane.

I was having trouble with a few thin cut shots the other night when someone walks up and says "Let me show you how Shane would aim that..." (Mark, if you are lurking around here and reading this, I'm not talking about you :wink:) Then they proceed to show me how to aim the shot while missing 2 of every 3 times they hit the shot.

I get that an aiming system can help, but any aiming system will work if you shoot a million balls using that system. I was concentrating more on the contact point of the object ball... Is that the most effective way of hitting a thin cut? I don't know... but if I hit a million thin cuts, while concentrating on the contact point, I bet I'll get pretty darn good at them!

I guess if it was easy to do it like Shane, then Shane wouldn't be Shane...
 
Keep making the same shot, over and over and over and over till you own the shot!!!! Thats how you get good!!!
 
hang-the-9 said:
A shot during a tournament last night really sticks in my head. I watched the Shane Runing Out TAR video just a few days ago, in a few of the shots where I normally would play an angle to go to the side rail then to the other side rail to go up table (the Z stroke as Danny D calls it), he liked the 3-rail shape to go short rail, long rail, then other side long rail. Hope you can picture that.

So I had a shot that would work that way, and said, OK, let's try the 3-rail way. And I got too straight on the shot to go to the short rail, had to try to force draw with spin off the side rail anyway, but with a much lesser angle. Missed the shot.

Lesson: To play position on the next ball like Shane, you have to leave yourself on the ball prior to that like Shane :smile:
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So in reality you failed Shane :eek: :grin:
 
Angles are the key, for sure. There are a lot of people that think being straight in means you got perfect position on that ball. But in reality, you rolled a foot too far or come up a foot short of where you intended to be. I'm sure you know this Hang the 9, but most novice players think that straight in is always good shape when it's not. Unless it's a stop,stop,stop pattern then I only worry about being straight in on the last ball.

Pool is such a great game when you're controling the cue ball. Most people don't even realize the better players are playing for those angles when it looks like they didn't quite get perfect on a particular shot. If they only new the truth, the best players already know the angle they want on a ball that's 4 or 5 shots away. You got to play at least 3 balls ahead to see these patterns, but the pros can see the whole 9/10 ball run out before their 1st open shot. All they have to do is stay in line. They'll still run out if they get out of line a good percentage of the time, because there's usually a few ways to get position on most pocketable shots.
 
hang-the-9 said:
Lesson: To play position on the next ball like Shane, you have to leave yourself on the ball prior to that like Shane :smile:
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Yeah he talks about that in the video always thinking three balls ahead on each shot once you recognize your problem balls and how to deal with them. I really like it and Jenn Barreta did a great job with questions. Just wish the 8 ball part was longer. Great video!

He reminds me of Jimmy Reid words of wisdom.
 
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