The Poll We Never Knew We Needed

What do you do?

  • Continue shooting from where the CB lies. Even if it means playing a safety or kicking/jumping.

    Votes: 17 39.5%

  • Set the previous shot up and try it again until you get the desired outcome.

    Votes: 20 46.5%

  • Take ball in hand and continue on the next ball.

    Votes: 6 14.0%
  • Total voters
    43
BeiberLvr

BeiberLvr

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When you are playing 8, 9 or 10 ball by yourself.

Let's say you miss a shot or get out of line, which of the following do you find yourself doing most often...


Option A: Continue shooting from where the CB lies. Even if it means playing a safety or kicking/jumping.

Option B: Set the previous shot up and try it again until you get the desired outcome.

Option C: Take ball in hand and continue on the next ball.
 
When I miss a shot, I twirl my cue like an airplane propeller and circle the table once before shooting again. I try to get the RPM's up high enough so the cue becomes invisible.
 
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I often setup the shot again, but sometimes when practicing rotation games, I will drop the ball I missed and continue shooting in rotation.

If I reset up a shot and continue to miss, I'll normally just work on that shot and forget about any sort of game/pattern practice.
 
BeiberLvr said:
When you are playing 8, 9 or 10 ball by yourself.

Let's say you miss a shot or get out of line, which of the following do you find yourself doing most often...


Option A: Continue shooting from where the CB lies. Even if it means playing a safety or kicking/jumping.

Option B: Set the previous shot up and try it again until you get the desired outcome.

Option C: Take ball in hand and continue on the next ball.
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I assume Option A includes dropping the ball I missed. It’s a close second for me.
 
Cornerman said:
I assume Option A includes dropping the ball I missed. It’s a close second for me.
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No. The ball you missed stays up.

So you miss the shot, and accidentally hook yourself. If you are taking Option A, then you would be kicking/jumping at the ball you missed.

I feel like Option A is a real game simulation against an opponent, except you are your own opponent.
 
BeiberLvr said:
I feel like Option A is a real game simulation against an opponent, except you are your own opponent.
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That's how I do it....and I win every time. :wink:

Seriously, I do it that way too.

Maniac (can only win if he's playing himself)
 
If i miss a shot and don't disturb the other balls on the table i will usually replay the shot. If things get moved around i will play from where it lies, and like someone said above if i miss that same shot again i usually gather the other balls up as ammo and keep practicing that same shot.

Sometimes though i'll practice as if its a match and if i miss i make myself wait a minute or two like im watching someone else run the balls then i play from where it lies. It sucks.
 
daphish1 said:
I often setup the shot again, but sometimes when practicing rotation games, I will drop the ball I missed and continue shooting in rotation.

If I reset up a shot and continue to miss, I'll normally just work on that shot and forget about any sort of game/pattern practice.
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I too continue shooting, but when I am playing rotation games they just become part of the

pattern. So if I miss the 5 ball it becomes the last ball I shoot.
 
It kind of depends, really... if it's a shot that I know I should have made, but I missed it because lazy/lost focus/was distracted then I'll keep shooting.
If it's a shot that I have difficulty with (because steep angle/long shot/difficult position shot/some other reason) then I'll set that shot up again and if I made it once, I'll keep shooting that shot maybe 10 times more.
 
B.

Depends on if I'm just throwing balls out, or playing the Ghost...
I'll set up the shot I missed and shoot it several times until I'm good,
then complete the out.
 
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Always "A".

Anything else and I feel I'm cheating. Don't get those second chances in real play.

I feel it helps grow my game, I must be creative and look for other routes. Pull off a much tougher shot in practice and when I see it in a real game, I think, I can do this, I've done it before.
 
I am currently taking on Tor Lowry's "Establish your true skill level" drill. Started with 4 ball ghost, must win a race to 10 by AT LEAST 10-4, AND do it 2x in a row.

I am currently up to 6 balls and I have won the first game several times, but I find that second game I miss a shot due to lack of focus, silly fundamental mistake, or get a few inches out of line. When I do that, I essentially "lose" that game, so I will set up missed shots and shoot them several times until I feel comfortable with it.
 
A for me.

If I'm playing whole racks for practice then I play from my errors as well. Unless you plan on reshooting a missed shot a few hundred times, or replaying bad shape a few hundred times, you're really not going to solidify the shot by rehitting it. I find it's better to accept the errors and learn to work with them like a real game situation. Set those individual mistakes up and work on them individually in a separate session.
 
pt109 said:
Me also....gotta be B....you aren’t in a contest, you are practising to improve...
...shoot that shot a hundred times if you have to.
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Yup B.
But "a hundred"???!!!
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I usually get it by 85! :grin-square:
 
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