What Type of Cueist Are You & Why Do You Think Your Way is Best?

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I'm saying, "I'm not going to sit on here all day and bicker back and forth with ANYBODY for the sake of ANYBODY who wants to find the one "nugget" that is keeping them from becoming the new Efren".

I grew up in a pool hall and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out and sitting here trying to read through a hundred pages of arguing isn't going to further anybody's game, much less a beginner's.

There are too many wordsmiths on here repeating the same stuff over and over in a different format, supposedly so some dumb ass can finally "get it". I'm of the mind that if you are that much of a "dumb ass", you need to spend more time at the table and less time sitting here listening to somebody speaking gobbledygook.

I watched people play and paid attention to what they were doing. If I saw a shot from somebody that impressed me, I'd go set it up and practice it until I could do it. I never went up to a C or D player and asked them for anything because I could figure out what they were doing without much difficulty. I already could miss a lot of balls and screw up. I paid attention to the people who knew what they were doing...the A and above players.

By the time I was 15, I could play above an A level and it wasn't from AZB.

You had a rather unique experience that everyone can not have.

I too learned from watching an old gentleman that 'knew it all'.

Everyone takes up the game at different times in their lives & some can not be in a pool hall 24/7 as they have other commitments.

There was no internet or AZB back when we learning the game.

There are many more than those that post here on AZB. There are those that nearly only read on AZB.

For them that is you sitting in a pool hall watching & listening & hopefully then going to the table when they can.

I guess we just see the internet audience & AZB differently.

Best 2 Ya.

 

[deanoc]

The first part of the question is too tough for me?
But the 2nd part is right up my alley

Why do i think my way is the best?

Simple,it's the only way I know.

 

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I hold the cue in my hand and I stroke it towards the cue ball. I like to use the Center Axis of the cue ball, the proper speed for the shot at hand and about a 1/2 tip of Top to make sure it doesn't skid. I hope this is what you are talking about.

No, & I am not sure that you don't know that it is not what I'm talking about.

You gave no info as to how you accomplish your intentions which was the point of both posts to you.

But if you ether do not really understand or are just being a clown, it really does not matter.

I think I've made my point.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

 

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The first part of the question is too tough for me?
But the 2nd part is right up my alley

Why do i think my way is the best?

Simple,it's the only way I know.

And that is part of the initial intention for the thread.

Do you really 'know' the way you 'know' & do you know that there are other ways?

If you (or someone else) did not, perhaps now you(or they) do.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

 

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...well I tried. Have a good one.

You have a good one too.

 

[336Robin]

I was funning some until....

I gave the information that I felt a beginner should know. Your post was vague at best. I'm sure I'm not the only one who was a bit mystified as to what you really wanted.

I hope you are playing well.

Why don't you regale us with your opinion?

No, & I am not sure that you don't know that it is not what I'm talking about.

You gave no info as to how you accomplish your intentions which was the point of both posts to you.

But if you ether do not really understand or are just being a clown, it really does not matter.

I think I've made my point.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

 

[greyghost]

dude got A rep from someone with full rep.....wow

the post you just knocked got 4......

your startin to crawfish....now its that we or I dont understand how the two strokes work?

I can perform each perfectly rick.....i know and can teach and have implemented either in others with great effect.

i'm not gonna sit and bs and tell you not never does my elbow drop, but thats not the argument......

you got off on how they work. I gave you a major component if not the most major reason.....and nahhhhh i guess i just dont get it.

 

[Chopdoc]

When the ball is on the tip of your cue...

are you pulling the cue through the ball...

or are you pushing the cue through the ball...

or are you throwing the cue through the ball...

or are you one that just feels that you are swinging the cue at the ball with the intent of hitting it at the bottom of your swing arc?

And why do you think that your way is better than the others & the best way?

Best Wishes for ALL,
Rick

I kind of poke at it like it might bite me.

I don't think it's the best.



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[HawaiianEye]

You had a rather unique experience that everyone can not have.

I too learned from watching an old gentleman that 'knew it all'.

Everyone takes up the game at different times in their lives & some can not be in a pool hall 24/7 as they have other commitments.

There was no internet or AZB back when we learning the game.

There are many more than those that post here on AZB. There are those that nearly only read on AZB.

For them that is you sitting in a pool hall watching & listening & hopefully then going to the table when they can.

I guess we just see the internet audience & AZB differently.

Best 2 Ya.

That is one of my points. There are thousands of YouTube videos of world champion players from every part of the world and almost every era for as far back as video goes for people to watch and learn from. There is not much of a need to come here and read what a bunch of people that nobody even knows their caliber of play has to tell them about how they are doing it wrong. Watch the pros and pay attention.

 

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That is one of my points. There are thousands of YouTube videos of world champion players from every part of the world and almost every era for as far back as video goes for people to watch and learn from. There is not much of a need to come here and read what a bunch of people that nobody even knows their caliber of play has to tell them about how they are doing it wrong. Watch the pros and pay attention.

I hear Ya... but are you then saying that "instructors" should not be here on AZB & that nothing about playing the game should be discussed & that AZB should basically be shut down?

There were quite a few that really enjoyed it when CJ was here, but the same basic group that rides me rode him the whole time he was here & I would hazard to say would still be riding him if he was still here.

It's like certain things just can NOT be said.

Best 2 Ya,
Rick

 

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I gave the information that I felt a beginner should know. Your post was vague at best. I'm sure I'm not the only one who was a bit mystified as to what you really wanted.

I hope you are playing well.

Why don't you regale us with your opinion?

I have already made several posts on the topic of the thread & have relayed the take of another.

I'll just let our 'discussion' conclude.

 

[HawaiianEye]

I hear Ya... but are you then saying that "instructors" should not be here on AZB & that nothing about playing the game should be discussed & that AZB should basically be shut down?

There were quite a few that really enjoyed it when CJ was here, but the same basic group that rides me rode him the whole time he was here & I would hazard to say would still be riding him if he was still here.

It's like certain things just can NOT be said.

Best 2 Ya,
Rick

CJ knows what he is talking about. I never bad mouthed him and am one of the few, including you, who didn't try to harass him.

CJ never said his method of anything was the only way to do it, but people tried to misinterpret what he was saying.

I knew how to read between the lines in what he was saying because I play using the same method most of the time.

It is a shame he doesn't come here anymore, if you ask me. At least when CJ said something, you knew it was coming from somebody who "walked the walk" and was one of the best in the world at one time and not coming from an APA-3.

 

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dude got A rep from someone with full rep.....wow

the post you just knocked got 4......

your startin to crawfish....now its that we or I dont understand how the two strokes work?

I can perform each perfectly rick.....i know and can teach and have implemented either in others with great effect.

i'm not gonna sit and bs and tell you not never does my elbow drop, but thats not the argument......

you got off on how they work. I gave you a major component if not the most major reason.....and nahhhhh i guess i just dont get it.

You seem to have the same issue as a couple of your cohorts.

Perhaps you learned it from one or more of them.

I've never said that you can not perform either cue motion or that you do not know how they work nor did I knock your post for technical content even though I do not agree with all of it.

My'knock', as you put it, was that you brought up "instructors" etc. & changed the tone & tenure of the thread that started it down the toilet bowl.

You're just the latest to take up the mantle of trying to defend the brand while also using the 'attack the messenger tactic'. It's been done before by others.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

 

[greyghost]

CJ knows what he is talking about. I never bad mouthed him and am one of the few, including you, who didn't try to harass him.

CJ never said his method of anything was the only way to do it, but people tried to misinterpret what he was saying.

I knew how to read between the lines in what he was saying because I play using the same method most of the time.

It is a shame he doesn't come here anymore, if you ask me. At least when CJ said something, you knew it was coming from somebody who "walked the walk" and was one of the best in the world at one time and not coming from an APA-3.

yea the whole "same people attacked" rick i know cj a little, its been a while but he used to come to laf for WD......we got along there. When he was posting on here i was one of the first ones to say.....YUP that chite works.....

thats afact, so he aint lumping me either

 

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CJ knows what he is talking about. I never bad mouthed him and am one of the few, including you, who didn't try to harass him.

CJ never said his method of anything was the only way to do it, but people tried to misinterpret what he was saying.

I knew how to read between the lines in what he was saying because I play using the same method most of the time.

It is a shame he doesn't come here anymore, if you ask me. At least when CJ said something, you knew it was coming from somebody who "walked the walk" and was one of the best in the world at one time and not coming from an APA-3.

I agree with that...

& when I played leagues way way back when, I was always the highest rated & always won the most run outs awards & always finished 2nd. for league MVP to a semi pro by fractions of one point & he only played enough to qualify for playoffs.

So.... I was NEVER an APA-3 if that is what you were insinuating.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

 

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[HawaiianEye]

I agree with that...

& when I played leagues way way back when, I was always the highest rated & always won the most run outs awards & always finished 2nd. for league MVP to a semi pro by fractions of one point & he only played enough to qualify for playoffs.

So.... I was NEVER an APA-3 if that is what you were insinuating.

Best Wishes for You & Yours.

I never said you were an APA anything. You take too many "general" statements too "literal" and "personal". Not every comment is about "you".

That was a "general" statement to whomever it may concern. If it doesn't fit anyone reading then it doesn't apply to them. Those it does apply to are the ones that know if and when it applies to them.

 

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I never said you were an APA anything. You take too many "general" statements too "literal" and "personal". Not every comment is about "you".

That was a "general" statement to whomever it may concern. If it doesn't fit anyone reading then it doesn't apply to them. Those it does apply to are the ones that know if and when it applies to them.

Sorry for the 'misread'.

There are some that use insinuation & innuendo & veiling to say many things to & about me.

Perhaps they have made me a bit paranoid.

I have even thought about taking the "It's not that difficult." out from my handle & replacing it with "A Product of AZB Trolls".

Sorry Again.

Best 2 Ya.

 

[Blackjack]

yea the whole "same people attacked" rick i know cj a little, its been a while but he used to come to laf for WD......we got along there. When he was posting on here i was one of the first ones to say.....YUP that chite works.....

thats afact, so he aint lumping me either

Just for you, ED!

 

[greyghost]

Just for you, ED!

thanks Ed...


awe.....how nice of ya.....when I head down, hopefully Tk and I can help you fix your stroke and increase that 4 ball run ED......

i'll bring the real crawfish Ed....maybe even the caviar....im sure you got a trophy some where we could use as a cup

wheres Ed from dousseldorf? havent heard from the beanie wearer in a minute