Hiya all,
ok this post is about 2 things. My game improvement and my first trophy
First of all, ive achieved my goals that i set myself up at the beginning of last summer. I completly dismounted and mounted my stroke/basics. I had been strugling alot, but at the end my stroke was ALOT better. Also thanks to colin, my break is working now.
i was becoming alot better, i can slowroll the ball to the table end have the rock hit my tip at the exact place it started, BUT ocasionally i still missed some easy balls or some hard balls. there was no real patern in the balls i would miss. It would frustrate me, because no patern = hard to find the problem. I wasnt overcutting, or ondercutting, or missing any specific pocket, i wasnt missing any particular shot, so: after watching ALOT of snooker matches with the current WC on eurosport, i changed one thing, that has made the BIGGEST change ever. my initial pauze on the last backswing was pritty short, as im a fast player. its more a slowdown backswing till its almost still, and then i fire the piston. Now after the snooker and seeing a girl who has a almost 5sec pauze, i just tried it too, and elongated my pauze from 0.5sec to 1.5-2sec. and i STILL dont believe the change it has done.
I run twice as much balls / inning in straight pool. I HARDLY ever need more then 1 or 2 innings to clear a rack of 8-9ball, on my break im hitting the 1ball alot more right in the face, everything is going. ive tried it in 3 tournaments, and ive jumped in one week from a B+ to a A+. i just dont get it, how one small change that takes like 10minuts to adapt too, can make such a HUGE difference.
Now at that 1.5sec pauze, i feel a confidence boost so huge, i just KNOW im not going to miss anymore. its not even arguable. as long as i keep my pauze, the ball is going to go IN!. Ive made shots that i normally wouldnt make more then 3/10, that now im shooting in like if it was a simple stopshot.
AMAZING !! i need to post a video soon, to show the improvement.
SECOND THING:
As some know, i started the first brussels poolteam in the beginning of this year, and in our FIRST year (that was suposed to be a test-year) we just WON the Brabants 2006- 2007 state team championship !! Now we just have to beat the topteams of the 3 other states, and we have our ticket to the european championship !!!
here are some pics They will look greath next to the new pooltable !!
ok this post is about 2 things. My game improvement and my first trophy
First of all, ive achieved my goals that i set myself up at the beginning of last summer. I completly dismounted and mounted my stroke/basics. I had been strugling alot, but at the end my stroke was ALOT better. Also thanks to colin, my break is working now.
i was becoming alot better, i can slowroll the ball to the table end have the rock hit my tip at the exact place it started, BUT ocasionally i still missed some easy balls or some hard balls. there was no real patern in the balls i would miss. It would frustrate me, because no patern = hard to find the problem. I wasnt overcutting, or ondercutting, or missing any specific pocket, i wasnt missing any particular shot, so: after watching ALOT of snooker matches with the current WC on eurosport, i changed one thing, that has made the BIGGEST change ever. my initial pauze on the last backswing was pritty short, as im a fast player. its more a slowdown backswing till its almost still, and then i fire the piston. Now after the snooker and seeing a girl who has a almost 5sec pauze, i just tried it too, and elongated my pauze from 0.5sec to 1.5-2sec. and i STILL dont believe the change it has done.
I run twice as much balls / inning in straight pool. I HARDLY ever need more then 1 or 2 innings to clear a rack of 8-9ball, on my break im hitting the 1ball alot more right in the face, everything is going. ive tried it in 3 tournaments, and ive jumped in one week from a B+ to a A+. i just dont get it, how one small change that takes like 10minuts to adapt too, can make such a HUGE difference.
Now at that 1.5sec pauze, i feel a confidence boost so huge, i just KNOW im not going to miss anymore. its not even arguable. as long as i keep my pauze, the ball is going to go IN!. Ive made shots that i normally wouldnt make more then 3/10, that now im shooting in like if it was a simple stopshot.
AMAZING !! i need to post a video soon, to show the improvement.
SECOND THING:
As some know, i started the first brussels poolteam in the beginning of this year, and in our FIRST year (that was suposed to be a test-year) we just WON the Brabants 2006- 2007 state team championship !! Now we just have to beat the topteams of the 3 other states, and we have our ticket to the european championship !!!
here are some pics
They will look greath next to the new pooltable !!
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dont worry. these girls kick most man's butt. both sisters played the finals of the last national woman ranking. 
