The Worst Bit Of Luck Yet. . . . . . . .

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DrCue'sProtege

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well, ok, now get this. just when i didnt think things could get any worse, it did.

like i said on the other post, i went home last night, and basically just racked the balls and broke em, to see if i could run some racks. i had spent about 3 hours wednesday night working on some shots. well, lo and behold, I RAN SOME RACKS EARLY ON!!! got some decent rolls, and i had a smile on my face. yes, now i did get some bad rolls off the break, messed up a couple chances too, but all in all i was a happy man.

so, i had to break for supper cause i was starving and then disaster struck. i was really looking forward to getting back down to the table, and then the ELECTRICITY GOES OFF!!! storms came through, and i was without power for over 3 hours. i finally go down with a flashlight and get my cues, flip the light switches to off, cover the table up, wipe the balls off, and give up for the evening. the electricity came back on about 10:00 or so.

just when things were going good for me, mother nature shuts me down. you can imagine my disappointment.

oh, and no videos of me will be forthcoming. and yes, i take the game quite seriously. again, i try and play/practice 2-5 hours a day, have bought many teaching videos, have the best table/balls/cues that money can buy, attend professional tournaments, tape ESPN shows and watch them over and over, taken many a lesson from Tom "Dr Cue" Rossman, Diana Minor, and Mark Wilson, have invented some of my own various ways to practice, etc, etc, etc. anybody that thinks i dont take the game seriously, and want to get better, just doesnt know the whole story. and in all honesty, it does seem to me at times that i just get more than my fair share of bad rolls off the break, but i suppose that happens to everyone at some point in time. and yes, i probably do like to complain about my lack of ability at times, and the bad rolls at time, as if they are just plain bad luck and the world is against me. sorry, my apologies for that, i'll try and tone it down in the near future.

but i cant wait to get home and rack em up again tonight!

regards,
DCP
 
Lighting

"A considerable choice lies before the owner of a room. He can have electric light, or incandescent gas, or albo-carbon, or ordinary burners, or oil lamps."

"If he is in the country, with no gas light and no electric light installed, he must of necessity fall back upon oil. Mineral oil is generally used, and the lamps made for the purpose appear to answer very well. One word of caution is, however, necessary. The lamps should only be put in the brackets when required, and should be removed immediately the play is over, so as to minimize the chance of oil being spilt upon the cloth."

-Major W. Broadfoot R.E., The Badminton Library: Billiards, 1896
 
DCP,

I really admire your dedication. I wish I had my own table and could practice as much as you do. I have no doubt that you'll get to where you want with your game. However, you can't let the frustrations get to you. It'll destroy your game and slow your progress.

I've only been playing for a year and a half and believe me, I've experienced a lot of frustration. The key to getting over them is to set up small manageable goals. If I had stepped into this game looking to run racks or beat the best players I would have quit a long time ago. My main goal has always been to become the best player I can become, but I've set up many smaller goals along the way. For example, I first focused on mechanics, then straight on shots, cut shots, follow straight on shots, follow cut shots, draw straight on shots, etc... you get the idea. Succeeding in these smaller goals has kept me pushing my game further and further while at the same time the frustrations don't get me down as much. I still have my bad days, but I get over them pretty quick.

This post was more of a response to all of your threads about frustration than just this recent bad luck with the lights.

Good luck!
 
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DrCue'sProtege said:
oh, and no videos of me will be forthcoming.
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Doh! Seriously though, maybe if you posted some video or WEI diagrams and explain how you tried to get out and where you got a bad roll, we could understand what's going on better.

peace
-egg
 
That's the only "lights out" pool he'll ever be shootin'!


That's halarious. you guys never cease to amaze me. lol
 
I thought he was going to say that he went downstairs and found water standing on the pool table or something like that...
 
when i say bad rolls, i am USUALLY referring to bad rolls and/or difficult spreads off of the break shot.

or i could be referring to a situation where i miss position by 1/2" or so. yes, i know i am the one that hit the shot and put the cue ball there, but thats pretty unlucky at times to consistently miss position by 1/2". however, these i am pretty much responsible for and hopefully can do something about. but the bad rolls off the break, oh well.

DCP
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
when i say bad rolls, i am USUALLY referring to bad rolls and/or difficult spreads off of the break shot.

or i could be referring to a situation where i miss position by 1/2" or so. yes, i know i am the one that hit the shot and put the cue ball there, but thats pretty unlucky at times to consistently miss position by 1/2". however, these i am pretty much responsible for and hopefully can do something about. but the bad rolls off the break, oh well.

DCP
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If you miss position by 1/2" or so, don't look at it like a bad roll. Look at it like you made a mistake which can be corrected by setting that same shot up and practicing it until you get it right every time. When the balls spread badly off the break, try not to look at those like bad rolls. Instead, try to look at them like problem balls which you can successfully break out with a proper set up and execution. If you know you can't break them out, play safe. You'll have a better chance of running out by not looking at a bad spread like you are screwed.
 
I'd like to see how what kind of lines you're taking..can you give us a WEI table example?

peace
-egg

DrCue'sProtege said:
or i could be referring to a situation where i miss position by 1/2" or so. yes, i know i am the one that hit the shot and put the cue ball there, but thats pretty unlucky at times to consistently miss position by 1/2". however, these i am pretty much responsible for and hopefully can do something about. but the bad rolls off the break, oh well.

DCP
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not sure how to use the WEI table, can someone give me the link? every time i try and use it, for some reason it doesnt seem to work for me.

as far as routes/patterns, overall i dont think i am playing wrong routes, but one never knows. sometimes i will miss position by just a hair, and therefore be on the wrong side of the ball and get completely hosed. other times i miss position by a hair, and am snookered. guess i shouldnt complain, sometimes i watch on TV and in person the best players in the world do the same thing.

DCP
 
It's drag and drop man. Just make sure you have shockwave installed:

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/pooltable2.html

peace
-egg

DrCue'sProtege said:
not sure how to use the WEI table, can someone give me the link? every time i try and use it, for some reason it doesnt seem to work for me.

as far as routes/patterns, overall i dont think i am playing wrong routes, but one never knows. sometimes i will miss position by just a hair, and therefore be on the wrong side of the ball and get completely hosed. other times i miss position by a hair, and am snookered. guess i shouldnt complain, sometimes i watch on TV and in person the best players in the world do the same thing.

DCP
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DrCue'sProtege said:
when i say bad rolls, i am USUALLY referring to bad rolls and/or difficult spreads off of the break shot.

or i could be referring to a situation where i miss position by 1/2" or so. yes, i know i am the one that hit the shot and put the cue ball there, but thats pretty unlucky at times to consistently miss position by 1/2".
DCP
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If you are only missing position by 1/2", you need to be playing on tour.

Mike
 
Mike Templeton said:
If you are only missing position by 1/2", you need to be playing on tour.

Mike
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Tell me about it. If you're only missing position by 1/2" and you hook yourself then you need to rethink where you're playing position to!
 
Tell me about it. If you're only missing position by 1/2" and you hook yourself then you need to rethink where you're playing position to!
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More important than where you're going is how you get there. If you play the right angles and alignment such that your position approaches the OB then you an have 2 feet margin for error. If you play it such that you're going across the line that you want you can have only 1/2 an inch.
 
RichardCranium said:
Actually the way it sounds is he thinks that missing by 1/2" is out of line....If your room for error is only 1/2" you playing the wrong patterns....

If I could be within 3 inches of my target all the time I would be a very happy camper......(especially after going three or four rails) ....:)
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Exactly my thought. DCP, you need to play different lines of postion.

Get to the point of playing shape like this
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%VH1W8%WK3V8%XO0W2%YD0Q9%ZH5U4%[c2N6%\R4D4%]O9E2%^D6P1%eB5a2
)END


Not this

START(
%BI3V8%Cl4T2%DO6^9%E[8R7%F`1R4%Gf9X3%Hi8L2%I_9X0%PL4O7%UD4[1
%VH1W8%WJ7T8%XL1Q1%YO8Z7%ZJ7W2%[^9U1%\Q6Z9%eB5a2
)END
 
Mike Templeton said:
If you are only missing position by 1/2", you need to be playing on tour.

Mike
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i agree mike..........either he's bullshitting........or he's playing really bad patterns.

VAP
 
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