Fast Lenny
Verified Member
I personally in recent times have seen a benefit to my game by being taught an aiming method. I was skeptical at first and thought my leg was being pulled, I had to stop my mind from reverting back to my old feel style of play.
So for about 6 months or so I was not fully accepting it and getting caught in between, having doubts. As I mastered many shots that used to be trouble for me I started to lose those doubts and become very confident and running more balls. I think most people who have played with me in the past 6 months or so will say my ball pocketing has improved quite a bit. I always moved well but beating the guy to the shot is half the battle, gotta run balls to get the W.
One thing with aiming methods and also feel, you need to still follow straight through and also see where you want to hit . I know some top players who use aiming methods and they never walk over to the ball to see where they are going to hit it. They might go look to see if the ball is froze but with the aiming method they can just get down and shoot while others need to size up the shot and look at the contact point.
P.S. Dick if you are willing to learn the aiming method then let me know, you respect the player who taught me it and its never too late if your open minded. Hell might freeze over first though.
So for about 6 months or so I was not fully accepting it and getting caught in between, having doubts. As I mastered many shots that used to be trouble for me I started to lose those doubts and become very confident and running more balls. I think most people who have played with me in the past 6 months or so will say my ball pocketing has improved quite a bit. I always moved well but beating the guy to the shot is half the battle, gotta run balls to get the W.
One thing with aiming methods and also feel, you need to still follow straight through and also see where you want to hit . I know some top players who use aiming methods and they never walk over to the ball to see where they are going to hit it. They might go look to see if the ball is froze but with the aiming method they can just get down and shoot while others need to size up the shot and look at the contact point.
P.S. Dick if you are willing to learn the aiming method then let me know, you respect the player who taught me it and its never too late if your open minded. Hell might freeze over first though.