Shy but wants to play

[ridinda9]

your high and might attitude that you don't take slop is a joke. In the BCA you can slop a ball in and it will count. I can call the corner pocket, miss it and go around three rails hit three balls and go in the pocket i called and it's good as gold. Lucking a ball in now and then will almost never make a difference in a game. You and I play twenty games i bet you any amount that there won't be 5 balls lucked in the entire time. It's just something to whine about for the negative losers that have to bash the most popular and successful league and fyi i play BCA too. No one wants to hear your negative opinion, and that's all it is, about how you dislike this or that. Just TRY to compete and don't be such a whiner.
Skiing might be better for you. lol

Ctwitty , apparently you care about her opinion , because you keep coming back to this thread !
And a whole buincha others must care too , cuz this thread has over 4,000 views !
She "TRIES" to compete every week , and is never shy about posting her results here for everyone to see !
It's not "high and mighty" of her to prefer a call shot league - some people call that INTEGRITY . I know , it's a big word , and maybe you aren't familiar with it - but if you enter it into your Google bar , it will offer you some definitions . One might include not taking things that you aren't entitled to ( such as credit for slop shots . . . )
Her preference is for the BCA - and if yours differs , there are plenty of BCA v, APA threads on this forum - but this isn't one of them , and you don't need to hijack it for that .
And if your ball rattles out of a pocket , and has enough speed to go three rails and get back to that same pocket , you might be a banger .
happen to you much ???

 

[ridinda9]

I seriously doubt if anyone really gives two flying leaps about this thread, but it's therapeutic for me to write it down, so I'm gonna keep doing it.

If you do care about my progress.....well, why would ya? Back to your regularly scheduled threads about what chalk is better, or how long your shaft is.

Nighto!:boring2:

like I mentioned in my response to Ctwitty , it does entertain us - thats why you have 4,000 views !
We care about your progress because it's always interesting to see someone try and improve , especially someone who can eloquently express their love for the game , even if at times the game doesn't love them back !
And I've never said a word about the length of my shaft . . . but the diameter is something I'm sure proud of ! (now if only the tip wasn't so leathery . . . .):shocked:

 

[skiergirl55]

ridinda9, you're making me blush.

It's ok if people don't like me. They're just jealous because I knock more balls down than they do. :wink:

I'm up against level 7-9 most of the time. I'm the lowest level shooter on the league, last session and this one. I try to make things tough, and it's not easy taking that many balls off the table sometimes. But they all make mistakes eventually and I'm right there to get as many as I can.

My new mantra: "It's not over till it's over." I never set my cue aside till the 8 (or 9) is down. :thumbup2:

 

[skiergirl55]

It may be over for me......after 15 years of house painting, I fell off the ladder yesterday from 10 feet off the ground. I landed on my left foot, which was already suffering from plantar fasciitis; I had it x-rayed, it's not broken, just feels like it. I scraped my arm on a concrete step, I'm bruised, pulled a calf muscle and one of my fingers doesn't work.

Paint went everywhere. My first thought was: God, I can't walk! How am I gonna shoot pool???????:crying:

 

[ridinda9]

best wishes for a speedy recovery !

Hope you get over your injuries soon !
But if not , there's an entire league just for wheelchair players !
Can't let a little thing like disability keep you from shooting pool .
Used to know a player named "Hook" who had prosthetic legs from the calves down , a prosthetic right arm from the shoulder down , and no fingers or thumb on his left hand . And he still shot pool like a maniac !

 

[skiergirl55]

I'm just moaning over the loss of a beautiful weekend for painting outdoors: sunny, mild, temps in the low 80's and no humidity........ahhhhhhhh.........and I'm not working.:frown:

 

[Rod]

That's the spirit, your going to play again, probably sooner than you think. Sorry about the injury but you know what they use to do to a lame horse. I thought when you mentioned sore muscles from painting it was a one time deal. You need to get hazardous pay.:grin-square: Get well soon.

I fell off a 6 ft ladder a few years back with a running chain saw. The limb I cut swung around and hit me in the chest. I landed on my back but braced myself with both hands and the chain saw. I let go of the saw and did a back flip and landed on my feet. I ain't in the circus either. The chain saw was still running. My neighbor watched the whole thing. They say things happen for a reason. It beets the hell out of me wandering what the reason is sometimes.

Rod

 

[Foolio]

The fact is that in the BCAPL 8 Ball is a call shot game.

I'm sorry to go off topic dogsplayingpool but I always thought BCA 8 ball was call pocket. I've been to tournaments with BCA rules and its been call pocket. correct me if I'm wrong, I know u play BCA with Darin.

 

[skiergirl55]

I fell off a 6 ft ladder a few years back with a running chain saw. The limb I cut swung around and hit me in the chest. I landed on my back but braced myself with both hands and the chain saw. I let go of the saw and did a back flip and landed on my feet. I ain't in the circus either. The chain saw was still running. My neighbor watched the whole thing. They say things happen for a reason. It beets the hell out of me wandering what the reason is sometimes.

Rod

Does the word 'evisceration' mean anything to you?:shocked2: Lucky, lucky, lucky!!!

You got a second chance, there, friend. I hope you're using life to the fullest.

I shot for only a couple hours last night just to feel it out. I did okay, but my feet were killing me. I'll see how it goes on league tonight.

 

[Quesports]

Paint Accidents

Sorry to hear about your fall!! I have been in the painting industry full time for over 40 years and have seen just about every type of accident imagineable. Elbows broken, painters that died after blowing themselves up using oil based products without ventilation. Let's see there was the guy walking with two open 5's of latex and he walked into the swimmimng pool while distracted! Then there was the two guys electrocuted with an extension ladder both died. Another fellow got a side job at a Nordstroms spraying stain on a bunch of cabinets over night on a weekend sadly the HVAC sysyetm was running and all the overspray went right into the men's dept! OOPS!!! I have seen so many numb skull moves that I cannot even remember them all. But getting to my point falling off the ladder is not so bad and I hope you will recover and be able to get back to work soon.
Hope you feel better!

 

[Snapshot9]

Sorry

to hear about your accident. Hope you are getting well! Stick right in there, I like to hear about your progress, and am glad you take such an interest in it.

Study all the real good players, and see what they do in situations, and then apply it to your game. Many players will be happy to help you along.

 

[skiergirl55]

Evidently falling off a ladder has worsened my aim. Tuesday night's games:

Game 1: 4 balls
Game 2: 2 balls
Game 3: 3 balls
Game 4: won

There's no pool next Monday because of the BCA tournament in Lincoln City. I can't go to this one (summer league didn't count toward that), but I'm going in March. I should be healed by then. har har

 

[ridinda9]

kudos for playing at all while injured . A PAB would have just sat out the week as injured . You won 1 of 4 , and that's better than some bangers do healthy !

 

[inside_english]

Find you an APA team in the area and join the World's Largest Pool League. You will meet a lot of great people, get better and have a great time.

Join the APA if you have no interest in getting better, but want to enjoy the social aspect of pool.

This may start another APA-bashing meandering thread, but I don't care.

As a newbie you should be-friend regulars and play with them when you can, or join another league, play in smaller weekly tournaments...but stay away from APA if your goal is to become a better pool player.

 

[skiergirl55]

I really don't want this to become an APA bashing thread, because we all like what we like.

I happen to like BCA, and it will give me a better start than APA on my way to being an awesome shooter. Yes, I'm arrogant, but I really really really want to be someone you have to work to beat.

I need more time on larger tables. Most of my games are on 7 and 8 foot tables. A 9 foot table kicks my ass. I gotta play about 4 hours on one before I get my aim, and even then it's nowhere near what I can do on a 7 footer.:embarrassed2:

 

[Rod]

One really is enough, its really easy to tell you really want to learn because you try really hard. Hum, where is your aim? If I were you I'd really try to find it about 3 hours and 59 minutes sooner. You must have a sore spot. Come to think of it you probably have several!

JK you know but it sounds like you need to work on stance & alignment. Then start the cue back slow, much slower than you think. Then your forward progression will start smooth so you can strike the cue ball where intended. When you do that it improves your accuracy. Then those Lil ole balls start finding center pocket. You do aim for center pocket don't you? Good luck with your game and sore spots!

Rod

 

[Dagwoodz]

Sorry to hear about your accident Bonnie. You'll bounce back from it soon. Always uplifting to see someone catch the bug and be so enthusiastic about playing this great game. Reminds me of when I started 15 years ago...I'm sure plenty others on here can relate.

Dagz

 

[ridinda9]

length doesn't matter . . .

I really don't want this to become an APA bashing thread, because we all like what we like.

I happen to like BCA, and it will give me a better start than APA on my way to being an awesome shooter. Yes, I'm arrogant, but I really really really want to be someone you have to work to beat.

I need more time on larger tables. Most of my games are on 7 and 8 foot tables. A 9 foot table kicks my ass. I gotta play about 4 hours on one before I get my aim, and even then it's nowhere near what I can do on a 7 footer.:embarrassed2:

As long as the tables are level & true , the 7 to 9 foot conversion is psychological . the balls will continue on a straight line as long as you start them on a straight line (and you don't give 'em weird english)
Try this on your practice table one day :
set up a long cut shot
take your cue , and set it on the table to visualise the straight line the ball must take to center pocket
look at the first 4 inches of that line coming off the ball .
slowly , carefully shoot the shot , watching the first 4 inches of travel.
If the ball stays on that line , it will go.
In practice , spend a few hours shooting this way.
If you are smooth , and can control the ball for the first 4 inches , you can control it for 5 feet , 7 feet , 9 feet -
Length doesn't matter . SMOOTH matters!

wait ! was I still talking about pool ??????????:groucho:

 

[skiergirl55]

Do speed and accuracy go together, ridinda9? A slower roll will go off just a little bit, won't it? I've had shots before that missed by millimeters and the better players all say, "If you had shot that a little harder, it would have stayed on track".

Truth..........or fiction? I'm asking because I really don't know. I'm still learning with so much more to go.:embarrassed2:

 

[Dagwoodz]

Do speed and accuracy go together, ridinda9? A slower roll will go off just a little bit, won't it? I've had shots before that missed by millimeters and the better players all say, "If you had shot that a little harder, it would have stayed on track".

Truth..........or fiction? I'm asking because I really don't know. I'm still learning with so much more to go.:embarrassed2:

I know that this was directed towards ridnda9, but I'll take a stab at it.

Shooting a ball slow decreases the amount of inertia the ball has. With the decreased amount of inertia, it becomes more suceptible to variances in the playing surface.

The best way I can describe it is this: if you take a snow tube and are going down a hill and come upon a berm meant to turn you to the right, two different things could happen depending on the speed you are carrying in. If you are coming in with the correct speed, the berm will turn you to the right as designed. However, if you are going too fast, (carrying more momentum), the berm will not be adequate to redirect you, and you will stay on a much straighter line than intended, overshooting the turn.

In pool, you want to decrease the amount of variance the playing surface, (if it is not level, has breaks in the slate, nappy cloth, etc) has on your shots. By increasing the amount of inertia that the OB has, it will stay on a much straighter line than not...the imperfections in the playing surface will not re-direct the ball...at least as much. The only way to find out what the correct speed to shoot shots is to play on the table a little and get a feel for it. You shouldn't need to hammer shots in 100mph and sacrifice your accuracy, but pocket speed (so that the OB just barely falls in) should only be used when necessary for position because it increases the effects of the imperfections in the playing surfaces. Correct speed will give you the right blend of accuracy AND control. Don't know if this answered your question...not a physicist. Dr. Dave would be a better person to ask about the pure science behind it.

With all that being said, I will say that there is a nice little joy in shooting something pocket speed, so that it just falls in the hole.