Thank you DeadAim

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I just thought I'd share a kick shot I made the other night to get perfect shape on the 8 ball for the runout. DeadAim put together quite the "Kicking Academy" masterpiece and I was finally able to utilize his efforts. Wish he'd come back because he really had a lot of useful information.

Thank you,
Dave
 

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Teacherman said:
Set it up again.

You've got 5 tries to make it again.
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you've got 2 to 1 on the cash that you can't hit it again in 5 tries...... :D

hell, maybe 5 to 1 if its enough cash..........

seriously though, hell of shot to pull off.......although it might ruin your action......


VAP
 
vapoolplayer said:
you've got 2 to 1 on the cash that you can't hit it again in 5 tries...... :D

hell, maybe 5 to 1 if its enough cash..........

seriously though, hell of shot to pull off.......although it might ruin your action......


VAP
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I wouldn't take that bet :) Shocked myself as well as everyone at the table. I guarantee if I set it up 100 times I'd be lucky to hit it 5 out of those 100 but it sure was nice to hit it when it counted.

Thanks,
Dave
 
Michael Webb said:
Dave you made it once, no need to show off. Save it for ammo.
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Hi Mike,

Just thought I'd share because I did use the techniques from DeadAims posts. Definitely not ammo my friend. Just a thank you to Joe for sharing.

Koop
 
Hell of a shot, Koop. It's classy of you to give Deadaim the credit. Like a great rock band, you have to remember who your influences are.
 
Still Here

Hi,

Didn't go anywhere, just playing lots of pool, shoveling snow, and staying away from my PC; except to play against Chessmaster 9000. Just happen to log in to check out the tournament scene on the East Coast.

DD

I'm glad the kicking posts helped, it's nice of you to give ME credit for this stuff but like everything else I've acquired, I learned it from someone else or from billiard books.

A friend of mine has got me into a new (for me anyway) practice routine, he calls it "Duck and Kick". I spend at least one practice session a week just playing safe on myself then trying to kick myself safe. What an improvement in my 9-ball winning percentage this has made.

He explained it to me this way:

"How many times when you go to a tournament do you see somebody practice ducking and kicking before the tournament? All you see is people pocketing balls at 100 mile per hour speeds. Hey, look at me rifle these balls in the pocket."

Two hours later these same people are sitting in a chair with their tails between their legs because they tried some crazy shot instead of playing safe.

Case in point:

I watch these videos of players like Reyes who only miss one or two balls a match and I think that's bullshit; so I go back and watch these videos again and it's true. They only miss a couple balls because they DON'T shoot shots they CAN'T make, they play SAFE. I never realized this.

So last night I decided to debut my new game and I only missed two balls out of four matches, imagine that!! Whenever I got a difficult shot I played safe. I won all four matches by CRUSHING my opponents; usually I lose a lot of games per match because I shoot shots I THINK I can make, usually missing them

Just thought I'd share this because Ducking and Kicking is more important in 9-ball than players think.

JR.
 
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Hey DeadAim,

I understand you learned from someone else but it was you who brought it to light. Just wanted to show appreciation because it was from your posts that I applied what was written. Glad to hear you're not gone and thanks again.

Koop
 
DDKoop said:
I just thought I'd share a kick shot I made the other night to get perfect shape on the 8 ball for the runout. DeadAim put together quite the "Kicking Academy" masterpiece and I was finally able to utilize his efforts. Wish he'd come back because he really had a lot of useful information.

Thank you,
Dave
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DDKoop,
YOU GOT LUCKY!!! Of course, as Pat Fleming said about 9-ball kicking on one of his tapes, "you don't get lucky until you hit the object ball." I find the more you practice these kicks, the luckier you get.

Of course I like 9-ball less than the other games (though have never played any game I didn't enjoy), but in preparing for a 9-ball tournament my instructor had me spread a rack every day and then kick in balls until they were all gone. Initially it took me a fair bit of time; after a few weeks it was only taking 10 or 15 minutes to make 15 "lucky kick-ins."
 
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My mentor says:

My instructor, Jim Rempe, says:

"You should be rewarded for a good kick."

Case in point.

Efren Reyes.

How many times does Efren kick and either make the object ball or kick his opponent safe?

The more you practice kicks the more you will be rewarded after good hits.

DD was rewarded for his good kick, and RIGHTLY so.

JR
 
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