I've learned a lot about pool the last few years from books, videos,this forum and long hours of hard practice doing various drills.My game has improved considerably as a result.I was obsessed with spinning the ball, using english on a way too many shots. My specialty is check sidings.While some shots look impressive, they are not condusive to winning pool.In Phil Cappelles book "play your best nine ball" he states that most pro's only spin the ball on 20 percent of their shots.Does anyone agree with Phil's analyses.
I've learned a lot of the angles,shape routes,however, I'm still enthusiastic to learn much more. I want to get around the table with as little english as possible.I spent two years obbsessed with english, now I need to spend perhaps an equal amount of time learning to get around the table without it.I'd like to pull in out and use it only when I need to get back on line.Everyone knows that running english increases the speed coming off the rails, while check english does the opposite, at least off the first rail.In summary speed control is much easier when done without factoring in english.
When I attempt to run out a table and my run ends prematurally, it's usually because of speed control first, wrong angle of approach second and missing the pot third.Jose Paricia once said that most players who practice drills practice everything except speed control. In the article featuring Jose, he stated that he rarely saw anyone practice it.
If anyone can suggest some good drills for speed control, that would be appreciated.Feel free to illustrate on the Wei table. Also your thought's on using english and Phil's 20% factor or this topic in general would be appreciated and interesting.In your game, what percentage of shots do you use english and how succesful are you?Do you feel that perhaps like me you might be using too much, too often?RJ
ps. Earl Strickland said, "The pro's win because they spin the ball."I'm glad to some extent, I've learned to do so, however, I would like to win more often.
I've learned a lot of the angles,shape routes,however, I'm still enthusiastic to learn much more. I want to get around the table with as little english as possible.I spent two years obbsessed with english, now I need to spend perhaps an equal amount of time learning to get around the table without it.I'd like to pull in out and use it only when I need to get back on line.Everyone knows that running english increases the speed coming off the rails, while check english does the opposite, at least off the first rail.In summary speed control is much easier when done without factoring in english.
When I attempt to run out a table and my run ends prematurally, it's usually because of speed control first, wrong angle of approach second and missing the pot third.Jose Paricia once said that most players who practice drills practice everything except speed control. In the article featuring Jose, he stated that he rarely saw anyone practice it.
If anyone can suggest some good drills for speed control, that would be appreciated.Feel free to illustrate on the Wei table. Also your thought's on using english and Phil's 20% factor or this topic in general would be appreciated and interesting.In your game, what percentage of shots do you use english and how succesful are you?Do you feel that perhaps like me you might be using too much, too often?RJ
ps. Earl Strickland said, "The pro's win because they spin the ball."I'm glad to some extent, I've learned to do so, however, I would like to win more often.