Banks
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I've got a few questions to add some more learning options for everybody to explain a little of their style and game to others. With so many disagreements in what to do, it would be nice to hear about what everybody thinks is their stronger part(s) of play, what they like to do in a game and hopefully even a little about how they do that. Instead of picking apart individual fragments, here's a way to simply explain how you play and why, without any need to take a side for or against anything.
1. What are you good at? What does your game excel at for how you feel your overall game is?
Banking, not like I hide it. When I started playing, I could see more natural angles for banks to either make them feel like a better alternative shot or for leaves. As I played more, I worked more on banking because I enjoyed it(and, at times, I could bank the balls without dropping them). Briefly, I've spent time not banking to get over my aversion to other shots, but found that my expected banking lacked and would return to working on that. The banks are still improving and there have been more and more things learned about hows and whys, so it solidifies more so as a stronger part of my game.
2. What do you enjoy in a game?
I enjoy strategy games and making unexpected outs from a table that looks like nothing. Usually, that involves a bank to keep going, which just makes the game more fun to me to watch and play.
3. And how do you do it?
Suppose the 2nd question doesn't really affect my response on this one. With banking, I've spent a lot of time with spin transfer, collision spin and speed. Learning how to fix a bank or create an unnatural angle was a big part. Between speed and spin, a ball's rebound can be narrowed down to a much smaller margin of error. The rails and pockets seem to be the biggest variables to me, with stiff/bouncy rails giving a better response. It is much easier to judge something coming back short like on a diamond table, as it gives a feel like naturally forcing angle. A soft, or dying, rail, can enhance the angle more, so a small error on the inbound angle can be a much larger error around the destination. Some videos helped, too, by either adding additional information, or confirming what I did, thereby helping to improve the banking, adding more shots and giving confidence to what things I already was doing correctly.
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It doesn't really matter if anybody agrees or disagrees, as this thread is for anybody that wants to talk about the above questions. In most respects, we all learn different things - at different times - at different speeds. Some learn to shoot well earlier, some learn to stroke well, some learn defense, and on and on and on. Well, what have you got? Let's see how many of these things makes everybody's game different.
1. What are you good at? What does your game excel at for how you feel your overall game is?
Banking, not like I hide it. When I started playing, I could see more natural angles for banks to either make them feel like a better alternative shot or for leaves. As I played more, I worked more on banking because I enjoyed it(and, at times, I could bank the balls without dropping them). Briefly, I've spent time not banking to get over my aversion to other shots, but found that my expected banking lacked and would return to working on that. The banks are still improving and there have been more and more things learned about hows and whys, so it solidifies more so as a stronger part of my game.
2. What do you enjoy in a game?
I enjoy strategy games and making unexpected outs from a table that looks like nothing. Usually, that involves a bank to keep going, which just makes the game more fun to me to watch and play.
3. And how do you do it?
Suppose the 2nd question doesn't really affect my response on this one. With banking, I've spent a lot of time with spin transfer, collision spin and speed. Learning how to fix a bank or create an unnatural angle was a big part. Between speed and spin, a ball's rebound can be narrowed down to a much smaller margin of error. The rails and pockets seem to be the biggest variables to me, with stiff/bouncy rails giving a better response. It is much easier to judge something coming back short like on a diamond table, as it gives a feel like naturally forcing angle. A soft, or dying, rail, can enhance the angle more, so a small error on the inbound angle can be a much larger error around the destination. Some videos helped, too, by either adding additional information, or confirming what I did, thereby helping to improve the banking, adding more shots and giving confidence to what things I already was doing correctly.
...
It doesn't really matter if anybody agrees or disagrees, as this thread is for anybody that wants to talk about the above questions. In most respects, we all learn different things - at different times - at different speeds. Some learn to shoot well earlier, some learn to stroke well, some learn defense, and on and on and on. Well, what have you got? Let's see how many of these things makes everybody's game different.
