What was your one biggest game changer?
Nice! You know Tom you just reminded me of something. In college I broke my finger. So I had to shoot softly for a couple months. My game jumped up during that period as well. I had forgotten all about that lol.
I remember way back in the '70s a local rotation player who had a decent game. He did have a flaw though. He had a habit of twisting his wrist on certain shots. Usually shots which involved stroking the ball firmly. He didn't realize why he was missing these shots. He never realized he was twisting his wrist. One day he got so angry at one particular miss, he slammed his fist into the rail and broke his hand.
A few days later he was back in the pool room with a plaster cast on his hand and playing pool again. The cast was somehow molded to allow him to grasp the cue properly, but because his wrist was immobilized he couldn't twist it.
So, during this period and to everyone's surprise, his game shot up a couple notches. The cast came off and what do ya think? The issue was solved. All that time spent with his hand immobilized trained his wrist to remain straight throughout the stroke.
He never became a great player. That wasn't gong to happen anyway but he did solve his most pressing stroke problem. Albeit, the hard way.
Tom
Nice! You know Tom you just reminded me of something. In college I broke my finger. So I had to shoot softly for a couple months. My game jumped up during that period as well. I had forgotten all about that lol.