Where Does Pure Shotmaking Ability Come From?

Shaky1 said:
So you are saying I have lost both my heart and mind?
Oh, Goody! :embarrassed2:
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No, he's just saying that you're both the tin man and the lion (in Wizard of Oz), looking for a heart and courage at the same time. And, that we Americans as a bunch are all scarecrows, looking for a brain. ;)

-Sean
 
I'm the tin man, the cowardly lion, and the scarecrow!
I'm off to see the Wizard! :) Can someone point me to the Yellow Brick Road? :o
He is right, about me I think.
 
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Lining up. When I first started play pool my position play was very poor. I came from a snooker background. I could fire shots in from all angles, but this is only because i practice stepping in a straight line a thousand times.
 
mindtriplx said:
Hi,

I asked a lot of good players about shotmaking/firepower, and where it came from, and almost every player gave me a different answer. One said it was natural ability, one said it was practice, another said it perception of the angles, someone said it was rhythm, and someone else said it was the stroke.

I'm a good well-rounded player, but I feel that my shotmaking may be one of the things that holds me back the most from breaking into the next level. What do I need to do to improve my pocketing ability?

I can practice tough shots over and over, and it helps, but if I stop doing it, I can feel my shot making falling back. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks!
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As to the original question-where natural shotmaking ability comes from...

It may be that experiential reality based visualization is at work. Growing up, we bounce balls and spheres off surfaces and each other in a variety of games and sports. That accumulated data base might provide some collision outcome predictability intelligence for us.

Seeing it happen, is surely a first step to making it happen. The making it happen part is tough. I, also, believe that stance is the crucial part of the alignment process.

Chicken vs egg?? Is a repeatable, straight, unrestricted stroke a result of proper stance? or is the body alignment and stance determined by the free swinging stroke, head and eyes?

Some players are truly gifted..the rest of us keep trying to figure out how to improve...or at least to not regress too fast.
 
New poster here. I have suspected my stance (and other things) are holding back my progress. I am very inconsistent with shotmaking, the only consistency with my shotmaking is that it is the weakest part of my game.

Question: Where is the best place to learn correct stance and how to best practice it. I can't afford a private tutor or lessons.
 
Bona said:
New poster here. I have suspected my stance (and other things) are holding back my progress. I am very inconsistent with shotmaking, the only consistency with my shotmaking is that it is the weakest part of my game.

Question: Where is the best place to learn correct stance and how to best practice it. I can't afford a private tutor or lessons.
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Try Ewa Lawrence & others on YOU TUBE.
 
mindtriplx said:
Hi,

I asked a lot of good players about shotmaking/firepower, and where it came from, and almost every player gave me a different answer. One said it was natural ability, one said it was practice, another said it perception of the angles, someone said it was rhythm, and someone else said it was the stroke.

I'm a good well-rounded player, but I feel that my shotmaking may be one of the things that holds me back the most from breaking into the next level. What do I need to do to improve my pocketing ability?

I can practice tough shots over and over, and it helps, but if I stop doing it, I can feel my shot making falling back. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks!
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Part of the stance work I do with students involves what Dr. Dave calls "the tip gap". Some top players like a bit of gap, others like a cue tip closer to a razor blade's width from the cue ball, but if your tip is over a chalk's width from the ball before your final stroke you are about half a ball away with your tip, plenty of room to destroy an otherwise well-aimed stroke.

Many players would do well with a shorter tip gap distance and a more consistent tip gap distance, and also with a shorter bridge. Many errors come from "A Bridge Too Far".

It's hard to see the tip gap from the full stance. Check off on the correct distance before you get all the way down. Try it and report back how you do?
 
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