What aspect of your game are you most proud of?

For me, the two things that are the most "above" my ability level are my break and my draw stroke. I can break pretty damn hard (26 mph on radar), and when my break is working well, I can really stick the cueball. I put LOTS of time into my draw stroke. As a consequence I feel like I can draw almost as accurately as I can roll. When a table length draw shot comes up, I fell like it is relatively easy, but I usually get a "good shot" for it. Now if only I could make a ball, I'd be deadly.

Great thread by the way.

Kerry
 
I'm most proud of my stunning ability to give away matches that I have no business losing. They say it takes talent to recognize talent and, I must admit, I have a real talent here.
 
Dead Money said:
My ability to talk shit about how good I "used to play" and how good I will be in a few years when I start playing seriously again;):D

Ok, I am good at spot shots and do a progressive drill with them every time I play, usually as a warm up. Funny thing I have noticed over time is this: A ton of shots on the table are just spot shots located in a different place. That and I am a nice guy, win or lose:)
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i do the same thing with the spot shot drill and the straight in shot drill, Roy F. taught me years ago, it works and is the best warm up,


what am I proud of? when I get way out of line and need to come with a 3 or 4 rail short side shot to get back in line, i can usually find a way to go around the table and get the CB in tight and get back in line.

Also my side bet win/loss ratio-I have booked way more winners than losers-I read players well and dont have a gambling issue so when I do bet i'm a heavy favorite, i'll take the worst of it betting on myself but rail action i'm strong-when I'm at the pool room regulary which isnt the case anymore, I watched the snooker championship for 17 days in germany last month. I saw only 2 spots I would have bet on both dogs and both came in-I dont bet just to bet or have $$$ in action.
 
I would have to say that I am most proud of my ability to match up. I learned along time ago that if you can match up well, you do not have to be the best player in the room to win the $$$$$.

Southpaw
 
I like the way I 'kill' or slow drag the cueball on shots that require very little distance from the CB after contact with OB on cut shots. I feel its a very important shot in someone's arsenal and my friends have told me that it feels natural to me.
 
Blackjack said:
My table presence. Never underestimate that area of your game.
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I agree that "table presence" is very significant and have watched players directly affected by it.

While I don't believe that this is the part of my game that I am most proud of, I have been told many times that my "table presence" wins me lots of games/matches.

This may stem from the fact that I just play the table and aren't really concerned with what my opponent is doing when I'm not at the table. That's not to say that I don't "dog" shots or make poor decisions, or don't get nervous at times, but I'm pretty calm and clear-headed when I'm at the table.

I guess that this is what I'm most proud of. I understand that the difference between winning and losing is actually quite small and I accept the fact that I can feel I have played great and lost, or that I have played poorly and won. I don't get too high and I don't get too low.
 
I'm just most proud that I still bother to play the game, considering other, and more important, accomplishments. ;)
 
Jimmy M. said:
I'm most proud of my stunning ability to give away matches that I have no business losing. They say it takes talent to recognize talent and, I must admit, I have a real talent here.
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Haha. We should find a partners match where the object is to lose to a team who isn't as good as you. I seem to be sharing the same talent..
 
The aspect of the game I am most proud of is my abillity to get in the zone. Sometimes I get lost in the zone and it is a great stress reliever.

Techincally the best part of my game is playing the safe bets.
 
I think my ability to play absolutely lock-up safeties is my strong point. Every time I shoot, there's absolutely no chance of me getting a look at the next ball.
 
I am really proud, and have gotten compliments on different occasions for my positional play. When I am playing well, I feel like I really can visualize pattern lines and see the table with great ease.

In my opinion, there is nothing more rewarding than going three rails for the straight in shot on the money ball or finding some weird path to break up a cluster. I get excited thinking about it :)
 
CreeDo said:
I think my ability to play absolutely lock-up safeties is my strong point. Every time I shoot, there's absolutely no chance of me getting a look at the next ball.
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I'm most proud of my ability to shoot out of safeties - 90% of the time with well-played kicks, not a jump cue, which I view with slightly more contempt than the designated hitter rule in baseball.
 
Once upon a time, what I was most proud of, is that I DID NOT miss the nine ball! Period! I always made the nine ball. That was one shot I got down on and hit good no matter where it was. In truth my percentage on nine ball shots had to be near 99%. Of course, most of the time they were easy shots because I played good position to get on the nine. But I made the tough ones too.

Nowadays, I'm most proud of my ability to "hit the rack" when I realize I've made another bad game. And I've done a lot of that the last few years. I sure ain't the player I used to be, and was never that good to begin with.
 
Blocking it all out!

Well I did some thinking and I think I have found one aspect of my game to be darn near perfect. When I settle in to take a shot I block everything out, but the shot. The only thing I hear when I am down on my shot are the voices in my head (That can be a distraction sometimes though.) LOL I get told by a lot of players that it is very hard for most people to block out everything else around them except the task at hand, but for some reason I do it effortlessly. I have had team mates to be dumb enough to ask me about a shot while I am taking warm up strokes. when I am finished with the shot I hear them say nevermind. I look at them and ask if they said something, and they said yea but they forgot I don't hear anything when I am down taking the shot. LOL
 
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