The shot that rocked JoeyA

JoeyA

JoeyA

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I was playing in a tournament last weekend and I had lost my very first match but fought back to within one match of getting in the money. It was bar table, 8 ball, winner break.

The score was 2-2 racing to 5. I had the following shot displayed below on www.cuetable.com

The eight and the three ball were the only two balls left on the table.

Take a look at the shot and tell me the different ways it is possible to miss this shot.

We're talking about a bar table with good equipment.

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After you make some guesses at how I missed this shot, I'll tell you exactly what happened.
I don't want to give you any hints so I will just let you guess.

By the way, after I missed the shot, my opponent broke and ran the next rack, leading the match 4-2. I may have had a chance to win the next game or two, to make it 4-3 or 4-4 but about the only thing I can remember clearly is this three ball shot. It is likely to live in my memory for all the rest of my days.
:sad::sad::sad::crying::crying:
 
Why did I miss the shot?

Neil said:
I'll take a guess that you shot it into the left point of the far side pocket.
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Neil,
Have you ever missed such an easy shot as this? I mean since you learned how to play. This is on a bar table and the shot was very easy.

I'm hoping to see if someone can guess as to WHY I missed the shot, not how or where I missed the shot. But to respond, no, it did not hit the left point but since you made a good guess at where the 3 ball hit. I will tell you it didn't fly off the table. :D Actually, the three ball hit the right point of the side pocket.
 
You put the three in the side pocket and followed it in? Or put it in the side pocket using too much draw and scratched in the opposite side pocket?
 
Did you?

Did you miss it to the right because you took it for granted? :confused: I have done it too many times.
 
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you slow rolled the 3,it didnt go in or hit a rail,just stopped short giving opponent ball in hand on the 8
 
JoeyA said:
I'm hoping to see if someone can guess as to WHY I missed the shot
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Because while you were over the ball, you thought about that thread about chalking with the wrong hand. You wondered how could chalking with the wrong hand help your game? You asked yourself "how could a dumb idea like that turn into a five page thread with thousands of views about right and left sides of your brain?" Then you wondered if you chalked with your left toes, would that work the bottom half of your right brain. Or vice versa.

Then you thought about the guy who wore out his ferrule chalking with Diamond chalk - and you noticed the chalk was Diamond.

You shook off all those negative thoughts and beared down on the shot. You got on it, jacked up a little because you didn't want to slow roll it, and miscued. And it wasn't just a little miscue, the cue ball hopped up and landed right on the object ball. It was the dreaded scoop-jump miscue.

All because, dammit, you forgot to chalk!

Chris
 
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Eyes and the head position.............

JoeyA said:
I was playing in a tournament last weekend and I had lost my very first match but fought back to within one match of getting in the money. It was bar table, 8 ball, winner break.

The score was 2-2 racing to 5. I had the following shot displayed below on www.cuetable.com

The eight and the three ball were the only two balls left on the table.

Take a look at the shot and tell me the different ways it is possible to miss this shot.

We're talking about a bar table with good equipment.

CueTable Help



After you make some guesses at how I missed this shot, I'll tell you exactly what happened.
I don't want to give you any hints so I will just let you guess.

By the way, after I missed the shot, my opponent broke and ran the next rack, leading the match 4-2. I may have had a chance to win the next game or two, to make it 4-3 or 4-4 but about the only thing I can remember clearly is this three ball shot. It is likely to live in my memory for all the rest of my days.
:sad::sad::sad::crying::crying:
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This is one of those shots that a player can take for granted and just flat out get the head and the eyes in the not so correct position. Your in the heat of the battle and for some reason we just are not aware or forget where that PERFECT POSITION is.:eek:

Being right eye dominant your eyes and head have to be as far to the left as possible. Your right eye needs to stay in the dominant position to see this shot correctly no matter how simple it is.

If your head is just a little to far to the right it will still look good because your left eye decides to try and be dominant but it is not right as you experienced. Unfortuanately it is in situations like this that we get those shots that we miss that almost seem impossible to miss.

But if the eyes are not in the correct position the results sometimes are not what we want.

Don't beat yourself up to bad about this shot. Just learn and be aware on each and every shot where the head and eyes need to be. This will conquer this demon.:grin-devilish:

Good luck Joey. Have a great weekend. geno........:thumbup2:
 
Did you bridge on the rail and catch the pocket lining on the forward stroke?resulting in a top of cb mishit, squirt left, ob to the right??

I dunno. But I can see karma putting on the 'that's all she wrote buddy!' warning (prepare for reversal of momentum).

You too, huh? Welcome aboard.

Sorry, Joey-been there-I think most of us have been there.

Take care/chin up-it don't mean nuttin.
 
You hit the three with top, firm, to play the cue ball off the opposite rail. The angle opened up on you a little?

AKA -Trying to show off. :D

Edit - 2nd guess - The only other thing I can think of is you played it easy with a little high left and maybe because of humid conditions and shooting over the pocket, the cue ball swerved a little left before contacting the object ball.

I've NEVER done this. Well... almost. :D
 
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You heard somewhere that Shane hits strsight in shots with low left, and ............

td


:wink:
 
Did you lean over to shoot and make a funny noise from the back 9 right as you started your follow through on your stroke, causing you to jump up saying "Was that me??"

I'm guilty of that one.
 
Earthquake?

My first guess would be an earthquake. Not Keith, the building moved. My second guess would be you got a little cute with either spin or cheating the pocket to keep the cue ball in a little better position for the eight being as how you are used to playing on big fairly tough tables. Easy to forget the side pockets are actually tougher on the bar box. You could have made the eight from anywhere on the table except possibly hooked in a pocket or frozen on the head rail but the automatic habit of setting up for the easier shot bit you in the rear. Overthought and overlooked the duck on the table to get to the next sitting duck.

Right, wrong, wrong ballpark?

Final guess, Shanelle walked into the room?

Hu
 
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