At age 15 Greg Norman was a hack just like everyone else when starting out playing the game of golf.
It took him 18 months of what I would imagine was damn hard work to achieve a scratch handicap.
Shoot a Million Balls? Give me a break.
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It took him 18 months of what I would imagine was damn hard work to achieve a scratch handicap.
as far as hitting the most balls nobody can beat what old arizona lee used to do.
he would lose most all his cash playing someone 9 ball and then practice for the next amount of hours till his money ran out or the room closed.
and he always played the same just a bit lower than a weak shortstop.
he would lose most all his cash playing someone 9 ball and then practice for the next amount of hours till his money ran out or the room closed.
and he always played the same just a bit lower than a weak shortstop.
Don't wish to argue here, but I've known a few players the purists would call bums for using the whole pocket and cheating them regularly in order to leave with the cash. Thot never occurred to them not to.
My standards must have fallen when I wasn't playing 14:1 regularly and hit the road, If I had any to begin with??
The standard I held myself to was to win. Period. Use the whole green, pitch, court, field, board, any and all of it.
Anybody trying to hit center pocket all the time is taking away over half the possibilities on the table. I like to brush the long rail on the way to the corner, rattle twice, and fall. "You almost missed!" Damned hard for the other player to not drag out the money for "one more game" when if things had been slightly different they would have won.
Better to be lucky than to be good! (and hitting a million balls helps you get very lucky!)grin
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A Pro told me he bet that he has missed 100K more shots than I have.
I first picked up a cue in 1973.
My table time has been strong for long periods and also periods of weakness over the years.
These days I'm playing more than the average, but I'm running out of time to learn.
Just too old for ambition to be great.
Just working on knowing more and maybe getting better along the way.
Maybe
I don't care a whip about winning or losing.
Just want to learn more.
I first picked up a cue in 1973.
My table time has been strong for long periods and also periods of weakness over the years.
These days I'm playing more than the average, but I'm running out of time to learn.
Just too old for ambition to be great.
Just working on knowing more and maybe getting better along the way.
Maybe
I don't care a whip about winning or losing.
Just want to learn more.
you learn most form your own misses. like almost all players even the pros when they miss most times it is from undercutting the shot.
part might be from throw or skid or just the way you see the shot as we all unconsciously look at the center of the cue ball.
and second coming up short on position when going past gives you more leeway in your chances of being okay.
part might be from throw or skid or just the way you see the shot as we all unconsciously look at the center of the cue ball.
and second coming up short on position when going past gives you more leeway in your chances of being okay.
30 seconds per shot is reasonable is if you are learning and focusing to remedy errors and perfect your routine.
Better practice is to isolate the errors, faults, and flaws, and starting on that end, work the shit out like it's the work it is.
But you said ''at best'' not for beginners and thats what you calculated your numbers on.A beginner will not stay a beginner very long, so
your numbers cannot be correct.
And I just watched a bit of Buddy, a deliberate player, he shots at 7-16 seconds per shot, timed from when his bridge hand touches the table, so nowhere near 30.
Long before Efren, when I got "lucky" and made a combo or billiard on the nine I would always act like I got lucky.
Lol. I would often make a production lining it up so people would know in case it went. 