When Practicing...

PhilosopherKing

PhilosopherKing

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When practicing, if I get down on a shot and something just doesn't feel right, is it better to stop and make my adjustments, or is it better to go ahead and shoot the shot in order to note how that feeling corresponds to an end result?

Would it be a bad idea to keep setting up the shot and going through the process until the desired feeling consistently matches the desired result?

Am I even making any sort of sense?:confused:

Thanks
 
I don't see much benefit at all in shooting a shot that doesn't feel right. I think you would be better off adjusting until it feels right, and then observing your results. You will learn just as much either way...but I would not want to practice shooting any shot that didn't feel right.

Steve
 
PhilosopherKing...All of your decision making should be done standing up. When you drop down and line up the shot, you only have about 10 seconds to 1) aim correctly, 2) warm up strokes, 3) stop your cue for a second, 4) smooth backswing, and 5) pull the trigger (finish your stroke). If you are down longer than 10 seconds, a voice of doubt starts talking to you about the shot. When this happens you either need to stand up and start over, or repeat steps 2-5, until you're "ready" to shoot.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
pooltchr said:
I don't see much benefit at all in shooting a shot that doesn't feel right. I think you would be better off adjusting until it feels right, and then observing your results. You will learn just as much either way...but I would not want to practice shooting any shot that didn't feel right.

Steve
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Thanks.

My thinking is that, over time, practicing like this will lead to a flowing and more intuitive style of play. It's kind of like reverse engineering your instinct based on your results.

What if what feels right to someone produces the wrong result?

What if what feels wrong to someone produces the right result?
 
PhilosopherKing said:
What if what feels right to someone produces the wrong result?

What if what feels wrong to someone produces the right result?
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That is why we practice. We want to get a certain result, and that result requires only two things. You need to aim at the correct place, and you need a delivery system that will accurately send the cue ball to the place where you are aiming.

Develop the delivery system first. That is your fundamentals. If you have a consistent, dependable delivery system, the only way to miss a shot is to aim at the wrong place. If your delivery is wrong and you miss, you will never know whether it was your stroke or your aim.

When I miss a shot, if I know my fundamentals were correct, then I learn something about my aiming.

As Randy teachees...a great shot made with a poor stroke is just an accident.

Steve
 
Hi Scott,

your words (or Randys :p) made me thinkin of a great man who used EXACTYLY the same sentence/words when i started to play billiards seriously- it was one of the most successful Caromplayers worldwide/europeanwide. Gettin me a bit sentimental but even sp you presented me a very big smile on my face at the end of this year-thank you for that!

Wish you a all a happy new year,
lg

Ingo
 
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