Weird mannerism's at the table

Watching videos of myself, I've notice sometimes on my bridge hand I stick out my pinkie.
 
I do a left arm chicken wing thing. Like my shirt is stuck under my arm pit.
 
Humming actually is recommended if you are one who suffers from the inner voices always talking to you telling you not to miss or dog it.... Humming uses the speech center of the brain soo it eliminates the unwanted internal dialogue... I have a friend who hums and if I can get him to stop humming and start mumbling under his breath I know I have him exactly where I want him......
 
Playing a guy with a tooth pick in his mouth has always been seeing something extra special stupid to me.

And then there are the guys whose bridge hands have one finger that moves up and down like a spastic spider leg... aways thought that was ignorant too.

Lou Figueroa
 
I personally have been told that I drive balls into rails right next to the pocket.:(

Cuebuddy>>>practices missing shots.
 
A sideshow named Tim Heath showed up for our Western BCA 10 ball event last month.

He has so many weird mannerisms at the table they had to assign him his own personal referee.

JC
 
Fish lips

A buddy of mine that I play on 3 teams with, gets fish lips when he's shooting good. We've never told him about it though, but that's when we know we're going to get a strong match from him, lol...
 
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When I'm in dead stroke I breathe out of my mouth with long steady exhales. Almost like I'm trying to meditate. I don't notice, but my teammates like to make fin of me for it
 
lfigueroa said:
Playing a guy with a tooth pick in his mouth has always been seeing something extra special stupid to me.

And then there are the guys whose bridge hands have one finger that moves up and down like a spastic spider leg... aways thought that was ignorant too.

Lou Figueroa
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Shane's Mom and Aunt both have a bit of a flutter of there ring finger when settling into a shot.It has a grounding affect.Ignorance is not part of their description.
 
lfigueroa said:
Playing a guy with a tooth pick in his mouth has always been seeing something extra special stupid to me.

And then there are the guys whose bridge hands have one finger that moves up and down like a spastic spider leg... aways thought that was ignorant too.

Lou Figueroa
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Ignorant? In what way?
 
I just noticed today, my best mate and I play 8 ball almost everyday. But we play with a "one pocket" way of looking at things, ya know what I'm saying?
We talk strategy all the time. His name is Dave. Please don't tell my how to play when I'm at the table. We discuss things after I shoot. Dr Dave

When I put Dave in a tough spot he walks around the table whistling to himself while assessing things:rolleyes:
 
JC said:
A sideshow named Tim Heath showed up for our Western BCA 10 ball event last month.

He has so many weird mannerisms at the table they had to assign him his own personal referee.

JC
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"Toledo" Timmy Heath.

He's absolutely EXHAUSTING to even WATCH play.

I saw him in Tunica.....vs. John Brumback in the Banks event. When it was over, and JB had won, he said, "Damn. That was like playing 2 rounds all at once!"

Timmy is like watching a train wreck. You want to look away, but you can't. YouTube him, if you dare.
 
we have a guy here in town that as he is starting to go down on the shot, he gets his lips wet and looks both ways like he crossing the street. then he gets down on the shot. then as he is down on the shot, he will look both ways again and heaven forbid someone walk by him or walk in his sight. because he will stand straight up and stare you down the whole time till you pass him and then the whole process starts all over again.
its the funniest thing to watch this guy do his act and isnt a good player either. just sucks for the person that is playing him in league becasue it takes forever lol
 
Here's another one Dr Dave and I were discussing cue weight, front loaded or back loaded. I said I like a butt a heavy cue, he likes a nose heavy cue...maybe because Dave chokes the chicken. He want's the weight under his hand. I hold my cue at the very bottom. To each his own
 
lfigueroa said:
And then there are the guys whose bridge hands have one finger that moves up and down like a spastic spider leg... aways thought that was ignorant too.

Lou Figueroa
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I know guys that could give you the 4 and out, that do that. They must be real ignorant.

Edit- To stay on topic, though, I see a lot of players that bob their heads up and down while looking at a shot. Then you have the "I chalk a certain way, because it works better" people, like Mike Dechaine.
 
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I've played a guy who has his mouth wide open, and head turned into his shaft. His tongue dangles out like a thirsty dog and glides over his cue...he actually licks his cue! One of the weirdest mannerisms I've ever seen. Another was a guy that when he bridged over a ball his bridge hand would shake, as the shaking got more severe he pulled the trigger and hit the cue ball. To this day I still don't know how he managed to not miscue.

I have a few of my own apparently. My middle finger on my bridge hand taps the table repeatedly when I pull back. Don't know why, but I can't help it. I've been told I play with a smile on my face too when I'm down on a shot. Again, no idea why.
 
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I have a few of my own apparently. My middle finger on my bridge hand taps the table repeatedly when I pull back. Don't know why, but I can't help it.
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I do that as well; Many players do. It sometimes curls up too.

Lou Figueroa thinks we're ignorant.
 
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