Where do you want to be in 5 years?

No need to wait 5 years Sam. Remember, half the field will go "2 & out" in every tournament, so you'll still be in good company. To play in Turning Stone, all you have to do is pay your entry fee...and show up! :thumbup:

Scott Lee
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In 5 years, I'd like to participate in the Turning Stone Casino Classic while actually standing a decent chance of not getting completely destroyed. If that happens, I'll be more than happy.

Most people say I stand very little chance, if any at all, to get to a level that would let me do that in 5 years. While I understand what they are saying, I still believe I can do it.

See you all at the Turning Stone Casino Classic XXXIV, autumn 2020.
 
lorider...Focus comes with total confidence in your fundamentals. If they are showing up in one match and gone the next, then you have NOT mastered them to the point of being on autopilot. Schedule a complete video analysis with me, the next time I come through Memphis, and you'll see what you know...and more importantly, what you don't know! :thumbup:

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

My problem is focus or lack of it.

I play double jeopardy...both 8 and 9 ball the same night. Toooo many times I play great one match and then lousy the next. I know my fundamentals just don't appear or disappear from one match fo the other.
 
In 5 years, I'd like to participate in the Turning Stone Casino Classic while actually standing a decent chance of not getting completely destroyed. If that happens, I'll be more than happy.

Most people say I stand very little chance, if any at all, to get to a level that would let me do that in 5 years. While I understand what they are saying, I still believe I can do it.

See you all at the Turning Stone Casino Classic XXXIV, autumn 2020.


I hope you make it. But if you don't, and only get to being a mid level B player that will be a accomplishment in of itself.

I think some folks want people to manage their expectations, and others just hate to think that someone else accomplished something they couldn't.

Prove the haters wrong if you can, but enjoy the journey no matter how far it takes you.

Good Luck...:thumbup:
 
You can do anything you want in 5 years. This is the problem with pool in America. 5 YEARS??! You can be world champion in 5 years if you work hard enough. If anyone tells you otherwise, or that it can't be done just because they've never seen it, screw em. If you work on drills and fundamentals HARD in 5 years, and your body can take it, you can get to whatever level you want to get to.
 
I want to be in San Diego, and I want to be enjoying this game.

Freddie <~~~ got one part
 
I would like to be about a 5 handicap.

...LOL would you believe 10 handicap?
 
You can do anything you want in 5 years. This is the problem with pool in America. 5 YEARS??! You can be world champion in 5 years if you work hard enough. If anyone tells you otherwise, or that it can't be done just because they've never seen it, screw em. If you work on drills and fundamentals HARD in 5 years, and your body can take it, you can get to whatever level you want to get to.

Yes, but I think the question is based on playing pool part time because of other commitments like job, family, relationships, bills, etc..
 
In 5 years I'll be living in Thailand with a pool table inside, a swimming pool outside, and be rated A+7 at Megabreak...
 
In 5 years, I'd like to participate in the Turning Stone Casino Classic while actually standing a decent chance of not getting completely destroyed. If that happens, I'll be more than happy.

Most people say I stand very little chance, if any at all, to get to a level that would let me do that in 5 years. While I understand what they are saying, I still believe I can do it.

See you all at the Turning Stone Casino Classic XXXIV, autumn 2020.

Better practice harder. I mean, you went from picking up a cue, to "B" speed in under 3 months, then...haven't progressed much in the last 5 months!

I hope you haven't plateaued.


Eric
 
[You] haven't progressed much in the last 5 months!

I hope you haven't plateaued.


Eric

I am confident that I am improving steadily.

I think the reason it is not very apparent yet is because I have been changing so many things in the last months that I don't have time to "settle" and get used to anything. I expect quick improvement once I'm done sorting out my fundamentals. I expect this will all be done and "built in" by the end of March.

If it is any indication, I am definitely running tables much more often than before.
 
I am confident that I am improving steadily.

I think the reason it is not very apparent yet is because I have been changing so many things in the last months that I don't have time to "settle" and get used to anything..

But, isn't "changing" and "settling" what happened the first 2-3 months of when you started playing? you know, when you went from banger to B speed? I kinda thought you'd be playing at a much higher level by now...


Eric
 
But, isn't "changing" and "settling" what happened the first 2-3 months of when you started playing? you know, when you went from banger to B speed? I kinda thought you'd be playing at a much higher level by now...


Eric

From month 0 to 2-3ish, I learned a lot about fundamentals and unfortunately I stopped paying attention too quickly. I still had a lot of things to work on that I only started paying attention to in the last month-ish. Here's a quick list :

- Bridge too long
- Head comes up slightly before contact with CB
- Hand crooked toward the inside,
- Elbow crooked toward the inside
- Head not facing straight to the shot line
- Head position slightly off to the right
- Head slightly tilted toward right shoulder
- Elbow coming down slightly before contact with CB
- Bad follow through (almost non-existant on most shots)
- No pre-shot routine
- Inconsistent practice strokes (not enough / too many, too fast / too slow)

The list probably could go on, but this is what I remember from the top of my head.
 
But, isn't "changing" and "settling" what happened the first 2-3 months of when you started playing? you know, when you went from banger to B speed? I kinda thought you'd be playing at a much higher level by now...


Eric

It is much much more difficult to go from B to A speed than it is to go from C to B speed. The move from B to A is much more nuanced. A B player has learned to move whitey to the right area. The A player has learned to move whitey to a particular spot.
 
It is much much more difficult to go from B to A speed than it is to go from C to B speed. The move from B to A is much more nuanced. A B player has learned to move whitey to the right area. The A player has learned to move whitey to a particular spot.

No doubt. In my opinion, it takes twice the work to go from B to A (vs C to B).

I'm just saying that Sam Lambert first picked up a cue July 2015, then was playing B speed by October 2015. You would think with that enormous talent, that he'd be much better, now.

It doesn't look like he improved much and I'm worried that he plateaued...


Eric
 
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