What elevated your game the most
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Learning to accurately predict cue ball deflection was the turning point in my game.
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Billy Jungle
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Learning to strike the cueball dead center consistantly......iIf you can't hit the center why would you think you could accurately hit any other point.Really brings your stroke line in focus.
Remebering to chalk up.....and ahhhhhhh fear...
The single thing that elevated my game the most?
When I decided to "do the work" as Lance Mcgill would put it, and practice my techniques on a scheduled basis. My game improved a ton when I stopped just going out and playing and calling that practice. I started spending more time on my own table both playing and doing drills.
"Do the Work" and you will improve.
When I decided to "do the work" as Lance Mcgill would put it, and practice my techniques on a scheduled basis. My game improved a ton when I stopped just going out and playing and calling that practice. I started spending more time on my own table both playing and doing drills.
"Do the Work" and you will improve.
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Hearing about the 90 degree rule.
Suddenly everything clicked and I was able to make positional play with accuracy that I'd otherwise have been in awe of.
And starting to aim by instinct, instead of with the ghost ball.
Suddenly everything clicked and I was able to make positional play with accuracy that I'd otherwise have been in awe of.
And starting to aim by instinct, instead of with the ghost ball.
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Weapon X
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knowing my mistakes and learning from them.
Looking at the contact point where I have to hit the object ball and then standing afew steps back from the shot and stepping into it so that I get set up perfect. When I do this I pretty much never miss. When I get lazy and start walking around the table in a crouch and not stepping into the shot I tend to get alot more sloppy.
Lately though the thing that has helped me most is aiming. I played for a long time and got to a point where I could pot anything and did not really aim anymore, just played shape and the balls went. Lately I had been playing bad and found that I was far too much into the shape play and was missing shots by cheating the pocket far too much (like every bloody shot) for tight 9-foots. Gone back to making sure to split the pocket and do not cheat the pockets much anymore unless I have to.
Lately though the thing that has helped me most is aiming. I played for a long time and got to a point where I could pot anything and did not really aim anymore, just played shape and the balls went. Lately I had been playing bad and found that I was far too much into the shape play and was missing shots by cheating the pocket far too much (like every bloody shot) for tight 9-foots. Gone back to making sure to split the pocket and do not cheat the pockets much anymore unless I have to.
Good advice Don P!
Actually for me it was loosening (sp?) my grip. The cb started to act like I expected it to do, which got me better position, which resulted in more balls potted, which raised my confidence at the table, which got me more wins!
Every time I start playing badly now, I can almost always trace it back to gripping the cue too tight at point of contact.
Actually for me it was loosening (sp?) my grip. The cb started to act like I expected it to do, which got me better position, which resulted in more balls potted, which raised my confidence at the table, which got me more wins!
Every time I start playing badly now, I can almost always trace it back to gripping the cue too tight at point of contact.
For me, it happened in this order
1. Stopped trying to kill the damn balls on every shot.
I don't know what I was thinking, trying to show off I guess. I can make balls now like I am swinging Thors Hammer, but I am a smarter player now and know that I don't have to.
2. Loosened grip
I play golf so I should have known better than to apply the Jaws of Life to the cue, same concept, loose and relaxed grip, just enuff to guide the cue, even when I do decide to go into banger mode.
3. Refuse to lose!(Big)
It may happen, but you gotta have that I can't be beat attitude. Never give up on a match. I came back from 3-0 to win a match 4-3 to place 3rd for $125 in a tournament because I refused to lose.
4. Understood CB deflection (Bigger)
I never really knew much about it until the Predator shafts became the big thing. I used to play a lot of center ball, either high or low for CB position to avoid missing, but once I started to experiment with inside and outside english after knowing about CB deflection I can pocket balls with the same confidence and get better position.
5. Identifying a flaw in my stroke (Biggest)
A buddy of mine put me in a practice drill, its basically 9-ball but the OB is placed in the center of the table and the CB one diamond up and one diamond out making a straight shot into the far corner pocket. The dreaded table long straight shot. This is a shot you are not supposed to miss, but I was, and bad, and always to the same spot. When I would compensate and make it hte CB would be spinning and drifting back and to the left. Somehow I had developed an outside/inside stroke. It took me about a week to work it out, redo my stance and now I am shooting better than ever.
Not many people are going to look at you shoot and be able to see a flaw in your game, let alont your stroke, they just think that is how you play. If you don't ask, you will probably never get the advice that you need. You always have to be on the objective side when it comes to your game I feel.
1. Stopped trying to kill the damn balls on every shot.
I don't know what I was thinking, trying to show off I guess. I can make balls now like I am swinging Thors Hammer, but I am a smarter player now and know that I don't have to.
2. Loosened grip
I play golf so I should have known better than to apply the Jaws of Life to the cue, same concept, loose and relaxed grip, just enuff to guide the cue, even when I do decide to go into banger mode.
3. Refuse to lose!(Big)
It may happen, but you gotta have that I can't be beat attitude. Never give up on a match. I came back from 3-0 to win a match 4-3 to place 3rd for $125 in a tournament because I refused to lose.
4. Understood CB deflection (Bigger)
I never really knew much about it until the Predator shafts became the big thing. I used to play a lot of center ball, either high or low for CB position to avoid missing, but once I started to experiment with inside and outside english after knowing about CB deflection I can pocket balls with the same confidence and get better position.
5. Identifying a flaw in my stroke (Biggest)
A buddy of mine put me in a practice drill, its basically 9-ball but the OB is placed in the center of the table and the CB one diamond up and one diamond out making a straight shot into the far corner pocket. The dreaded table long straight shot. This is a shot you are not supposed to miss, but I was, and bad, and always to the same spot. When I would compensate and make it hte CB would be spinning and drifting back and to the left. Somehow I had developed an outside/inside stroke. It took me about a week to work it out, redo my stance and now I am shooting better than ever.
Not many people are going to look at you shoot and be able to see a flaw in your game, let alont your stroke, they just think that is how you play. If you don't ask, you will probably never get the advice that you need. You always have to be on the objective side when it comes to your game I feel.