silverbullet
01-25-2003, 08:59 AM
I ordered Target which I am hoping to get in a week or so. A little birdie told me it helps one to develop more skills and awareness of frequent shots.
A month or so ago, I played one of the games (fargo or the other one) a few times. At first I was scratching on the break about 50% of the time due to putting on unwanted eng and top. Once I figured that out, I stopped that.So I guess I was hitting in three or so without missing [calling pockets] 50+% and about half of those were combinations.
One time and I must say I have never done this, I hit in 8. I was playing the game where you have to hit the balls in order after 10 balls. I saw that I was two away from that and freaked and missed the next one. /ccboard/images/graemlins/blush.gif I just see 9 ball as a much harder game than my skill and I guess that part seemed too hard. I quit playing after that. It was kind of like a quit while you are ahead thing.
I think the hitting 3 in before missing is typical of what I go in a game [ I mean once per game], unless it is a real bad rack. Then I have to hit 1-2 and hide, because I am not good enough to break up clusters or to bank them in. So I have played safe to compensate for other weaknesses. Then just like I freaked in the game, I freak over the last ball and the eight if I am playing an sl4 or sl5. Usually I only got to that point, anyway by playing so much safe I drove the innings up to anywhere between 7 and 10 so I could wait on the easy shots. LOL
So even though I know that I have to get past these negative tapes, I am also wondering how these ball numbers equate to skill levels.
I do not count the one time I hit in 8 since it wont probably happen again until I am much better or the one game I beat the four in two innings because either I was in the zone or just beginner's luck.
I am not trying to make excuses..it is just that I want to know what the number of sunk balls mean so that I can evaluate the way I play 90% of the time and also tell when I am getting a little better.
bw
A month or so ago, I played one of the games (fargo or the other one) a few times. At first I was scratching on the break about 50% of the time due to putting on unwanted eng and top. Once I figured that out, I stopped that.So I guess I was hitting in three or so without missing [calling pockets] 50+% and about half of those were combinations.
One time and I must say I have never done this, I hit in 8. I was playing the game where you have to hit the balls in order after 10 balls. I saw that I was two away from that and freaked and missed the next one. /ccboard/images/graemlins/blush.gif I just see 9 ball as a much harder game than my skill and I guess that part seemed too hard. I quit playing after that. It was kind of like a quit while you are ahead thing.
I think the hitting 3 in before missing is typical of what I go in a game [ I mean once per game], unless it is a real bad rack. Then I have to hit 1-2 and hide, because I am not good enough to break up clusters or to bank them in. So I have played safe to compensate for other weaknesses. Then just like I freaked in the game, I freak over the last ball and the eight if I am playing an sl4 or sl5. Usually I only got to that point, anyway by playing so much safe I drove the innings up to anywhere between 7 and 10 so I could wait on the easy shots. LOL
So even though I know that I have to get past these negative tapes, I am also wondering how these ball numbers equate to skill levels.
I do not count the one time I hit in 8 since it wont probably happen again until I am much better or the one game I beat the four in two innings because either I was in the zone or just beginner's luck.
I am not trying to make excuses..it is just that I want to know what the number of sunk balls mean so that I can evaluate the way I play 90% of the time and also tell when I am getting a little better.
bw