When you miss a shot, is it usually because...

When you miss a shot what is the most frequent cause?

  • You aim at the wrong spot on the object ball.

    Votes: 35 35.4%

  • You aim at the right spot but the cue ball doesn't go where you aim.

    Votes: 30 30.3%

  • You miss due to squirt, swerve, or throw.

    Votes: 24 24.2%

  • You're John Schmidt and you don't miss.

    Votes: 10 10.1%
  • Total voters
    99
  • Poll closed .
intention!.....95% of my misses are when I don't have a clear cut picture of the shot in my head......

that or, I was sharked, it's too humid, the balls are dirty, wrong cue ball, my cue sux, you know......it's never me!:D
 
If I always hit exactly where I was aiming, I would miss a lot less! I usually only have this problem on medium to long shots though.
 
For me, it's lack of focus (taking the easy shot for granted and missing it) and breakdown in fundamentals. I have a tendency to grip down with my backhand and it throws my stroke out of line. A nice lose grip and I am making the shots. Hold the cue like a steering wheel during rush hour and I am rattling the pockets...

Banger
 
If I only knew??????

s0lidz said:
If I always hit exactly where I was aiming, I would miss a lot less! I usually only have this problem on medium to long shots though.
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If I knew what I was doing wrong I could correct it. Back to Pool school.
Here I come Jimmy R. are you ready for an old student? I'm back.
 
usually miss when i take a shot for granted or if i'm out of line for a shot in the first place and i need to do something difficult to get back in line.
pretty ladies don't help either.
 
My biggest problem is that I have only played for 35 years. I will improve with practice and experience.?!
 
ironman said:
My biggest problem is that I have only played for 35 years. I will improve with practice and experience.?!
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Don't worry, there's still time. And with a good attitude, anything is possible.;)
 
Big C said:
Don't worry, there's still time. And with a good attitude, anything is possible.;)
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My attitude rates right up there with my vision and desire. I miss shots which are harder to miss than to make. A 4 1/2 x 9 ft table now looks like a 6 x 12 ft table. The balls on a pool table are loooking like snookers balls and the pockets look like the pockets on my girlfriends designer jeans. Whoever said that life begins at 40 is full of crap and should be destroyed. I once ran a 4.33 40 and now I can be timed with a calender. My luck is so bad that yesterday I went to a proctologist and the 1st thing he did was stick his finger in my mouth.

But, I'm basicly a pretty happy guy!!!
 
Mine is simple...nearly 100% of the time...if i'm not trying to force the ball...I hit the cueball on the left side. I've recently noticed this and have come to pay more attention to it and making sure I hit the center.
 
Could you edit the poll and add

You missed because you rush things and don't know how to control your actions sometimes, and no amount of lesson will fix my (I mean your) defect.

That's my vote.
 
Lint on the table... Honest I would never miss other wise;)

Aiming correctly is most likely most of my problem along with a sometimes not hitting the CB where I think I am hitting it.
 
It is interesting to see that many more people believe that they are aiming at the wrong place on the OB. What we find, at about a 10-1 ratio, is that students cannot deliver the cue in a consistent straight line. When we help them to fix their stroke flaws, aiming problems go away! :D Lots of good responses in this thread.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
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My second most common mistake is to be thinking about the leave/next shot while I am still shooting this shot.
My most common mistake is one I have not seen mentioned on this poll yet. I have a tendency to pop up while I am shooting and miss my shoot because of it. When I focus on staying down I noticed that I miss less often and have longer runs.
 
Scott Lee said:
It is interesting to see that many more people believe that they are aiming at the wrong place on the OB. What we find, at about a 10-1 ratio, is that students cannot deliver the cue in a consistent straight line. When we help them to fix their stroke flaws, aiming problems go away! :D Lots of good responses in this thread.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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True, the aim from CB to the OB was right, the cue on the CB wasn't ! the cue aim wasn't positioned correctly on the CB. that's why most people thought or have the belief that their aim or angle of shot on the OB was wrong. they simply forgot to consider that they also need to aim the stick on the CB. the simplicity of errors could create a massive impact. CHAOS THEORY a.k.a Butterfly Effect.

hint: CUE to the CB to the OB. ;)
 
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