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A Journey Into Billiards: February 2010
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Monday, February 22, 2010. 3-Rail Kicks: The Short Rail System. As I mentioned in my last entry, Saturday night I learned 2 different 3-rail kicking systems. The first one, which I'll refer to as the "Short-Rail-System" (SRS), is depicted below. Here's a jpg of the diagram for those shockwave-challenged viewers). Game I'll have 2 systems to exercise, not just educated guesses. :). Sunday, February 21, 2010. So, last night I headed ov...
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A Journey Into Billiards: It'll Get Worse Before It Gets Better
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, February 19, 2010. It'll Get Worse Before It Gets Better. It's very, very frustrating though. I've also discovered a new flaw: my line of sight isn't always where my cue is going. I haven't been able to pinpoint the exact types of shots when this happens, but it's only a select few. Having the cueball frozen on the rail with the object more than half a table away is one such example. A 9-ball situational drill:. New Game Expe...
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A Journey Into Billiards: January 2010
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. If your friends don't dance then they're no friends of mine. Okay, okay, not really. Sorry. Today two good things happened at the pool hall. 1) I got to hit with a Samsara cue 2) I came up with a new little game for myself. So, you have a goal, you have a score, which means this is a measurable skill drill. Yay! Hence the title of this entry). Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Today I hit with a Carolina Custom.
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A Journey Into Billiards: September 2009
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. However, just before I left, I watched this video on How to Break. As I was double-checking the few new links I added, I saw this video:. I actually haven't seen that done before, so. I'll be trying that today. :). Previously, I had ran across several videos that explain and demonstrate throw (as involved in bank-shots), like the one below, which proved very helpful in my game. How to Play Pool Right.
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A Journey Into Billiards: The Changeling
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, January 8, 2010. As I mentioned in in this post. I saw that my elbow wasn't in line with my wrist/cue by videotaping myself playing. Last weekend, I talked with another player about stroke and what some of my problems were. He made a few suggestions and I finally got a chance to really give them a try yesterday. New] Bend both knees, turn hips 45 degrees to cue line, lean a bit further, but still remain comfortable. I nearly ...
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A Journey Into Billiards: TWO!! Successfully Completed IPAT 9-Ball Layouts
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Successfully Completed IPAT 9-Ball Layouts. I started shooting/warming up with 10-balls tossed out, I did that for a while until I felt decently in focus. Then I started with this layout:. I finished it and wanted to let out of a giant YEAH! But no one would've understood, so I gave myself a small fist-pump and went to write down my stats. You can see a video of how this layout is ran here. Congratulations on ...
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A Journey Into Billiards: The Ultimate Pool Challenge Game
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Monday, March 8, 2010. The Ultimate Pool Challenge Game. After reading Samm Diep. S review of the Ultimate Pool Challenge Game. If anyone does get it, please make sure you buy it by clicking through the PoolDawg links on any of your favorite player's websites to help them out as well. For example:. Click the link she provides in the article to purchase). Just click the PoolDawg banner to enter the site then buy what you need). I'm a ...
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A Journey Into Billiards: December 2009
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, December 25, 2009. Just a quick post to say Merry Christmas to everyone. If, by chance, you don't celebrate christmas, then have a good vacation day. :). Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Videotape Yourself For Analysis. The first rack of the night was the most entertaining. My first "Golden Break" in over 3 weeks, and it's on video. lol. For anyone that's reading this - do you do this and what has been your experience with it?
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A Journey Into Billiards: Johnny Is Moving
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Friday, March 26, 2010. Two things of note today:. 1) Blogger has finally decided to make things easy and added the ability to use templates. 2) It doesn't matter to me because I'm moving! My new blog is http:/ www.johnny101.com. All of my existing entries (aside from this one) have been moved to the new site. The new site has a much cleaner look and feel, but with all of the same features. So, please, update your bookmarks/feeds/etc.
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A Journey Into Billiards: Got Stroke?
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A Journey Into Billiards. A documentary of my growing passion for pool. Monday, March 1, 2010. So, last Friday night I went back to The Break and met up with Gene for some good practicing. It wasn't an outstanding night by any means, but late in the morning he noticed some things I was doing wrong with my stroke. So, after a lot of explaining and re-explaining and demonstrations, I think I finally got it. :). After we worked out the issues, we just shot a variety of power stroke shots, including these:.
