The little thing you changed that corrected everything

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I always seem to be rediscovering "the cure", which is a small thing I noticed I was doing incorrectly, corrected it, and suddenly felt like I could pocket everything.

I was reading the thread about keeping consistent and took to memory the recommendation of keeping the body silent. During my last session, I noticed on some shots my wrist tenses up and cocks to the outside, making me miss too far to the left. The "keeping the body silent" tip has greatly increased my body awareness and helped correct those little things. What about you?
 
I haven't done it yet, but the thing I will change that corrects everything will be me selling all my pool stuff and taking up Bingo :grin::grin::grin:!!!

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
I haven't done it yet, but the thing I will change that corrects everything will be me selling all my pool stuff and taking up Bingo :grin::grin::grin:!!!

Maniac
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:rotflmao1:

I remember reading about "throwing your cue" at the cueball. I tried it again today, and this time I could actually get the idea of it this time.

I'm hoping it sticks.
 
Maniac said:
I haven't done it yet, but the thing I will change that corrects everything will be me selling all my pool stuff and taking up Bingo :grin::grin::grin:!!!

Maniac
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Noooooo..don't do it. it'll be bake sales an church socials in the end.
not that theres any thing wrong with eating good food an hanging out
with friends..its the trolls an candle that scare me at bingo..lol.
 
Realizing that I was left eye dominant

And making sure that I was using my left eye over the cue to sight the shot. I would sometimes use my right eye to sight down the cue by accident due to years of hunting and sighting thru a scope with my right eye...cuz I thought I was right eye dominant.
 
Maniac said:
I haven't done it yet, but the thing I will change that corrects everything will be me selling all my pool stuff and taking up Bingo :grin::grin::grin:!!!

Maniac
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Yeah, you'll do that & they'll call out:

b-5 & you'll say orange, then they'll call out

i-14 & you'll say green, then they'll call out

b-9 & you'll say yellow, yeah I'm yellow, then they'll call out

b-8 & you'll say black, black is my soul, where's the nearest pool hall.
 
Getting my bridge hand closer to the cue ball on most shots, and moving my grip hand forward to where it should be.
 
I've had hundreds of "little things that changed everything." Each lasts for a few days before it stops working.

Improvement is a gradual process. The "one thing" you find actually builds on a whole lot of other little things you're doing better.
 
still working on a steady stroke with a level cue, while having
my bridge at the correct level for the shot.
 
I think he’s an extremely talented guy with a great break, but he’s not going to crack the super-elite until he gets control of the mental side.
 
Taco said:
I think he’s an extremely talented guy with a great break, but he’s not going to crack the super-elite until he gets control of the mental side.
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Sorry, posted in wrong thread and can't figure out how to delete it.
 
TSW said:
I've had hundreds of "little things that changed everything." Each lasts for a few days before it stops working.

Improvement is a gradual process. The "one thing" you find actually builds on a whole lot of other little things you're doing better.
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This seems to be my experience as well. i call them minor epiphanies. They come along every few days and after a few days more iI've forgotten it ( or sublimated it into my routine) and moved on to newer more exciting epiphanies.

My friend will walk into my bedroom with his stick all the time and start up with DUDE IVE REDISCOVERED HOW TO AIM. this happens several times a month atleast.
 
Carbonbit said:
This seems to be my experience as well. i call them minor epiphanies. They come along every few days and after a few days more iI've forgotten it ( or sublimated it into my routine) and moved on to newer more exciting epiphanies.
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This is why I have a journal (okay, the notepad in my phone). I try to type in those little epiphanies and save them for later.

When I'm playing poorly, I'll just take a break and read through all those notes. Sometimes it clicks and I start playing at my best, and other times, I can't even understand what the heck I was thinking when I wrote that crap.

But it's better than nothing...

-Blake
 
For me its all mental. I find in sports of all kinds that there are proper ways to do things, yet, there are many who do not follow these rules and become greats.
For instance, the form of your hand while griping a basketball and shooting. Reggie miller does not shoot the ball, nor grip it in the formal way taught to most players. yet he is one of the greatest shooters of all time.

Not saying that proper grip and stroke doesn't work.

But for me, its all about getting in touch with my natural understanding of geometry. The more i see it, the better my understanding of it.

But, when my dad taught me the game of 8 ball, and to pay attention to the placement of the cue ball after each shot. "better to under hit it then to over hit it" The little teachings my dad taught me a long time ago is what shaped my game
 
I got older. Eyes went and I can't see past the end of the table anymore.....

Now the scenery no longer distracts me when the barmaids walk by my table or anyone's.... all the way across the bar.... :thumbup:

Carry on....

Chris
 
I have had a great past few months as far as figuring out a few things and getting back to feeling like I am improving. Aside from the numerous "little big things" that I discovered, re-discovered, or just finally got to sink in, I would say that the single biggest thing was playing enough to really feel like I was in stroke and loose enough to improve and figure things out.

One goal, for example, was to get more proficient at staying in the middle ground range of focus. Too little and of course you will make a lot of mistakes but too much and it seems like you start trying to control things too much and I think that can be just as bad so I wanted to get better staying in the optimal range for me. If you have ever had someone tell you that it looked like you were trying too hard that may be what I mean. It sounds very easy but there is a big difference in trying to practice it and then transferring it to a competive situation. It is easy to practice and get into a good rythym with good focus but then not feel comfortable competing. I think that it is the difference in pace that trips people up - stopping and starting and sitting in the chair that makes it hard for many and easy for them to compete at lower levels than they believe they should play or why they make more unforced errors than they should.

I have been in the mode of wanting to play as much as possible but I started implementing breaks of varying lengths to get the repetitions of focusing more closely associated with competition. Obviously you can't really simulate game focus but I am finding that you can get pretty close. It is easy to want to keep hitting balls when you are locked in but I stop anyway for a few minutes to ten or so during my daytime practice sessions. The greatest thing about practicing and trying to improve on one of my main goals is that I tweaked, refined, and overhauled other things as well.

Just a few thoughts. Hopefully they make some sort of sense but I really believe that playing enough while being commited to getting better is the biggest key to putting things together.
 
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