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Advanced Lessons: Looking at Fear
Submitted by David Sapolis (DavidSapolis-Blackjack) |
It’s your biggest nightmare. One day you can make that shot, the next day you can’t. Or, you do it perfectly in practice, but when it is time to do it in competition you choke.
Fear. You hate it. It can be paralyzing. It can make even the most patient player want to check him or herself into the psych ward. This article will help you look at fear in a totally new way. |
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Advanced Lessons: Gone Fishin'
Submitted by David Sapolis (DavidSapolis-Blackjack) |
"Gambling will surely be the downfall of the sport!"
- Actual quote from Earl Strickland, 1994
This is the part of pool that everyone likes too jump to. This part of pool that will not help you unless you learn the rest of it. |
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Advanced Lessons: The Art of The Choke
Submitted by David Sapolis (DavidSapolis-Blackjack) |
Not all of us have graced the winner’s circle, nor have all of us enjoyed the accomplishment of achieving our ultimate goal. There is one thing that we all have in common though…. We have all missed shots we should have made. |
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Advanced Lessons: Consistency
Submitted by David Sapolis (DavidSapolis-Blackjack) |
Decisions + Actions = Success
Consistency.
The art of being able to perform at will, in a harmonious connection with our thoughts and actions. Confidence is a prerequisite for consistency. Confidence is nothing more than having faith in our abilities. Faith that we can and will achieve a certain task or goal. Faith that we can and will be successful. Consistency is the road to success. Success is the reward for hard work. So how to we get there? |
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Advanced Lessons: Taking Your Time
Submitted by Protim |
Ok let's say you are a beginner or intermediate player and you are playing against someone who is better than yourself. First of all refer to the previous article which talks about the pocket holding technique. |
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Advanced Lessons: Pool Hall Survival
Submitted by David Sapolis (DavidSapolis-Blackjack) |
The following is an excerpt from my book, Building the Perfect Game. This selection is taken from Chapter Two, entitled Positive Strokes. It has been modified into article form. |
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Advanced Lessons: How to be consistent at making the wing ball on a 9-ball break
Submitted by Ron Kurtz (badandy) |
I used to play 14.1 without the use of a safety so I got a lot of practice of hitting a rack of balls and calling a ball on the break. Not a suggested shot but for fun it provided a lot of physics experience with a solid rack of balls and I got pretty good at it. You can by using this knowledge learn how to consistently make the wing ball on a nine ball break. This is ideal because the head ball (one ball) will typically go down the other end of the table close to the corner pocket from where the cue ball was hit. Once you learn where to hit the head ball to sink the wing ball you can experiment on leaving the cue ball in the middle of the table. I am not saying every break will be a beautiful thing, but you can make many more that way by paying attention to the wing ball on the break. It is best to not slam with all you have until your form is good, a firm controlled break with a sunk ball and a clean shot on the one is much better then an atom smasher. The power comes later little by little. |
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Advanced Lessons: A better 8-ball break
Submitted by Jim Lamastus |
In response to your better break shot article I have found that different tables play differently, I usually watch how others are breaking the rack. and measuring there success, but I will always try breaking from the far left or right of the 2 diamond spot using 2 to 3 fingers distance off from the rail To place the Q-ball |
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