Some people hate my preshot routine, what should I do?

As long as you're not doing it after already taking forever to get down, then dont change your routine. Obviously it will vary depending on how tough the shot is, but if you're taking less than 15 seconds a shot, then you need to tell whoever is barking at u that they need to shut the hell up. If you're like Danny Basavich or Fred Boggs, then you should be shot and dumped in the ghetto.
 
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junior718 said:
hand them a snickers bar and take even longer.
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Good advise above buddy. PM me if you really want to know what I think but, YOU have every right to do what is right for you. You know you have a good game and everbody that gives advise doesn't even play your speed. You took a long time deciding about that Joss and you know you'r right on the money. If the stroke is working, don't fix it.

Obviously nobody on this thread has ever seen Frank Bitterman play.

Have you ever watched Dan Louie?? Start counting when he starts stroking the ball. JMO
 
catscradle said:
My bet is that the OP does see the line of aim before, and makes barely perceptible changes while down. I think it is impossible to do otherwise and shoot well.
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You are correct catscradle. I do see the line of aim before I bend down, it is only in the down position I can get the precise point of aim to sink the Object ball.
 
Sweet Marissa said:
Guys, I'm sure he doesn't mean he takes fifteen seconds on simple shots. Personally, as I said before, I'm a slow player, but when it's an easy shot, I'm not going to analyze and evaluate it like I do with the more difficult ones.
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Thanks for helping me clearify things. That's exactly how it is. I don't do the preshot routine on every shot. If the shot is easy, I only need a couple of seconds to shoot it and get to the next shot. I only use the 15 seconds preshot routine on long shots or shots where I need to do more with the cueball.
 
Fart sniffer said:
Let me guess, they are close to your speed but you keep beating them?
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Wow, how did you guess?

Well, right now I won't let their complaint bother me, I'll keep working with my routine until the day I have a natural straight stroke then maybe I'll take fewer practice strokes. :)
 
Ltldebbie said:
Good advise above buddy. PM me if you really want to know what I think but, YOU have every right to do what is right for you. You know you have a good game and everbody that gives advise doesn't even play your speed. You took a long time deciding about that Joss and you know you'r right on the money. If the stroke is working, don't fix it.

Obviously nobody on this thread has ever seen Frank Bitterman play.

Have you ever watched Dan Louie?? Start counting when he starts stroking the ball. JMO
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haha I did take a while to decide on the Joss didnt I? I love it. It hits like a tank. :D anyways, thx for the advice. :)
 
cuesblues said:
I wish that some of the people I play against only took that long. At least you aren't getting up 5-times to look at the shot, and put you cue on the table at several different angles, and lift up the cue ball and brush under it, and brush off the line to the object ball in case there is something on the felt, then go talk to the waitress, then go to the bathroom.

It really doesn't sound like you are taking that long
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Hey, now that is a class act.... Wow!!

If I were to try that routine on some guys I know, I'd probably get thwacked on the back of my noggin with a butt.

Flex
 
cigardave said:
We had a guy in our corporate 8-ball lead that we called "the piston"... he'd pump so many times we thought that he was gonna stirke oil.
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There's a kid at this one place who will take you out of stroke just looking at him. He probably takes something like 25 or 30, yes, that's right, 25 or 30 huge rapid pumping strokes before every shot. Problem is, if I look away, he might foul and if I don't see him, it's not his fault.He makes Mike Davis's pump stroke look positively sedate.

I won't play this guy; too much psychological suffering.

Flex
 
Flex said:
There's a kid at this one place who will take you out of stroke just looking at him. He probably takes something like 25 or 30, yes, that's right, 25 or 30 huge rapid pumping strokes before every shot. Problem is, if I look away, he might foul and if I don't see him, it's not his fault.He makes Mike Davis's pump stroke look positively sedate.

I won't play this guy; too much psychological suffering.

Flex
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Mike Davis does have an unorthodox stroke, but he has it mastered and it IS consistant.

Playing against Arturo Rivera or Mike Defino is what makes me crazy. They take DAYS to shoot one shot!
 
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