We know where you wanted to leave the Cue Ball !

philly said:
It irks me too. I am watching the game also and I already know where you wanted to leave it.
What really bothers me are the Curt Gowdy's, the play by play guys, who tell you what they really wanted to do after every missed shape. I am watching also. I know what you wanted to do.
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You shoulda NEVER told me that:grin:
Jason
 
It is to let the cueball know that the next time it gets out of line it will be unceremoniously impaled on the end of the cue.
 
Sounds like you need something to complain about today. Congrats. You found something. I hope you feel better :cool:
 
Johnny Rosato said:
Hmm, I surely admire Efren's game, maybe I'll play without my teeth next time. I could get a fancy leather thing from a truck stop like truckers use to keep their skoal in. That way I'll have 'em with me and if a pretty girl wants to chat I could slam 'em up in my mouth! LOL
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I said their GAME, not their person.
Maybe learn to read a little better before quoting me. I'd say more but I'd get banned for truth-telling.
 
Cracktherack said:
For the same reason they stroke into the air 6 times before getting down on the shot. Then, they get up and air stroke 3 or 4 more. You should re-chalk after 7 or 8 air strokes. Air turbulence may have removed some chalk. Tap the spot on the cloth where you want to park whitey, even if it's a 6" draw shot or 6" follow. You'll look like such a pro........cue ball on a string sort of thing....master of the felt....the Sultan of Simonis.
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You obviously missed this http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=465524
The instructors will set you straight on the importance of air stroking.
We also need to call Ronnie O'Sullivan to let him know he's been doing everything wrong and needs to get with the program.
 
I'm guilty of this occasionally. It's partly to just help solidify in my own mind exactly what my miss was. I can look at the cue ball and where I know I wanted to end up and review what I did wrong such that I failed to get there.

I get why it's annoying and I don't do it that often, but sometimes I do find it helpful to me as part of my post shot assessment of what went wrong.
 
I suppose a proper response, if it’s now your turn, might be to stick your hands out and measure the distance between where your opponent left the cb, and where they indicated that it Should have landed. Then shake your head and silently laugh.
 
JolietJames said:
I said their GAME, not their person.
Maybe learn to read a little better before quoting me. I'd say more but I'd get banned for truth-telling.
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I'm taking up reading more often now, I still get stuck on some of the big words, sorry. As far as marking where you wanted the ball to land, I think golfers should poke the ground with their club to show the fans that they were only off by 50 yards or so!
 
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All can say is if your really this weak minded that something this simple bothers you you should seriously work on your mental game. None of this makes a difference to me when I’m playing.
 
Cracktherack said:
the Sultan of Simonis.
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I'll be repeating this one tonight.

The cloth point after the shot drives me nuts but I see a lot of high level players doing it. If I'm playing them I typically just wait for them to miss their next shot since they are obviously already frustrated by their own doing and will try to correct their shape with the next leave. If they miss, put them in jail on the next shot, then sit back and watch their game fall apart.
 
LocalArtist said:
I'll be repeating this one tonight.

The cloth point after the shot drives me nuts but I see a lot of high level players doing it. If I'm playing them I typically just wait for them to miss their next shot since they are obviously already frustrated by their own doing and will try to correct their shape with the next leave. If they miss, put them in jail on the next shot, then sit back and watch their game fall apart.
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I don't know what kind of pros you are are playing, but it doensnt sound like they are very good.
 
slide13 said:
I'm guilty of this occasionally. It's partly to just help solidify in my own mind exactly what my miss was. I can look at the cue ball and where I know I wanted to end up and review what I did wrong such that I failed to get there.

I get why it's annoying and I don't do it that often, but sometimes I do find it helpful to me as part of my post shot assessment of what went wrong.
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^^ Exactly this for me as well ^^
 
ChrisinNC said:
A number of pro players I've watched in matches have a habit of pointing with their cue tip on the cloth to the area or spot they either plan to leave the CB before they shoot, or doing it after they shoot, showing where they wanted to leave the CB, but failed to get it to that spot. Just curious, are they doing this for the benefit of the spectators watching, or for themselves?

I can see if they do it before shooting, that it helps them visualize the spot the are trying to get the CB to for the next shot. However, I can't really see why they do it after they shoot and miss their spot. Do they not think we are smart enough to realize they missed their intended CB position without having to literally point it out to us?
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I doubt they are doing it to show you where they intended to put the cue ball.
 
I don’t find this to be a big deal.
Slow play bothers me, do whatever you want when it’s your turn, just keep it moving.
 
There are two answers. The first is as someone else put it "ego defense". Simply a natural mechanism of a sort of embarrasement, even if just slight. It is actually amusing to me that physically pointing out your error is a way to deal with the embarrassment of it, whatever works.

The second answer is as a placeholder with which to use in reverse engineering the actual outcome verses the Intended outcome.

I, as is probably everyone else, am guilty on both accounts. I do it mostly to put the impression in my mind of where I attempted to place the cue ball. I then figure out where I had gone wrong by analyzing what I did and then figuring out what I should have actually done to arrive at the spot I wanted to. Of course all of this could be done mentally without any sort of actual involvement, but bringing it out of the mental realm and into the physical realm leaves a far more indelible impression, the same way walking over to a spot or actually placing your cue on a spot before shooting a does.
 
jeffj2h said:
I've seen Alex and Efren do this a lot. I like it. It's instructive to see the exact spot they were going for. And it makes the game more watchable for new players.

Think about poker:
Viewers know what everyone's hand is and what every players odds are. It makes it more interesting. If, somehow, before every shot we knew exactly where a pro was trying to send the CB, it would draw viewers in. There would be extra excitement when they got perfect and groans when they roll six inches past...
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Don't you know that everyone here already knew what they wanted to do! I thought we covered this already. :wink:
 
jimmyco said:
Shoot, is that what's happening?

I always thought they were pointing out some old bacon grease stain or whatnot.
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Earl does it to point out the pebble that was left under the felt, otherwise he would've never missed shape.
 
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