This is just for Les Edwards

[thelongbomber]

All great points, I understand the golf for sure and that is where you trust your swing. I guess with only a year of Snooker under my belt it is tough to trust the swing and when the negative thoughts creep in I am in trouble. My mental side to this game is not good.

Only practice practice practice will solve this. Not just lineups, but setting up typical scenarios like 2 in the top half of the table and clear, 3 reds and clear, 4 reds, etc. Once you can do 2 reds clearance a dozen times, move to 3 then 4 then more. It no longer becomes an issue in match when there are 2 reds because you say to yourself "I have been here before".

[lesedwards]

Only practice practice practice will solve this. Not just lineups, but setting up typical scenarios like 2 in the top half of the table and clear, 3 reds and clear, 4 reds, etc. Once you can do 2 reds clearance a dozen times, move to 3 then 4 then more. It no longer becomes an issue in match when there are 2 reds because you say to yourself "I have been here before".

I agree with that. I have been trying the line up for the past couple weeks but reds all in a line never seems to put me in a match position. I am trying to get up to Terry's just to check my mechanics to make sure I am on the right track then I will work on routines this summer and hope to improve enough to compete in the fall.

[j6uk]

I agree with that. I have been trying the line up for the past couple weeks but reds all in a line never seems to put me in a match position. I am trying to get up to Terry's just to check my mechanics to make sure I am on the right track then I will work on routines this summer and hope to improve enough to compete in the fall.

what was your apprenticeship like in canadian pro golf les, do you remember? did you do 3-5years training then another 3 in tournaments before you saw anything? or were you more of a flash in the pan prodigy?

[lesedwards]

what was your apprenticeship like in canadian pro golf les, do you remember? did you do 3-5years training then another 3 in tournaments before you saw anything? or were you more of a flash in the pan prodigy?

I started playing when I was 11 at 20 years old I went to Q School and got my card my first try. I then played 3 years on the Canadian Tour and the Florida mini tour. After 3 years on the tour just married and a baby on the way I decided I better go back to the family business building custom homes. While I was on the tour I had some top 10 finishes but no big money seeing how back then then there was not much money in it. Not sure what your are getting at. You are always asking about my golf.... 40 years later I can still grab a bucket of balls spend a half hour on the range and go out and shoot around par.

[j6uk]

I started playing when I was 11 at 20 years old I went to Q School and got my card my first try. I then played 3 years on the Canadian Tour and the Florida mini tour. After 3 years on the tour just married and a baby on the way I decided I better go back to the family business building custom homes. While I was on the tour I had some top 10 finishes but no big money seeing how back then then there was not much money in it. Not sure what your are getting at. You are always asking about my golf.... 40 years later I can still grab a bucket of balls spend a half hour on the range and go out and shoot around par.

9years to get your game together, that sounds about right. so its not as if you don't know what it takes.
im just so surprised that with your background that you come across as so feeble in your overall approach to another competitive sport/game, especially a game thats so close to golf like snooker is

[lesedwards]

9years to get your game together, that sounds about right. so its not as if you don't know what it takes.
im just so surprised that with your background that you come across as so feeble in your overall approach to another competitive sport/game, especially a game thats so close to golf like snooker is

Feeble.....LOL I am not sure if I like that word. I understand what you are saying. I guess I am like all the hack golfers that are out there and want to be great overnight. As Terry has said in the past I am always looking for that Majic fix. At 50 I guess most good players are starting a downward slide and I am trying to get better. Am I dreaming? If I go according to my golf I should be a great player in 10 years but I will be 60 that's too late. I want to be good now which I guess is part of my problem.

[tedisbill]

Feeble.....LOL I am not sure if I like that word. I understand what you are saying. I guess I am like all the hack golfers that are out there and want to be great overnight. As Terry has said in the past I am always looking for that Majic fix. At 50 I guess most good players are starting a downward slide and I am trying to get better. Am I dreaming? If I go according to my golf I should be a great player in 10 years but I will be 60 that's too late. I want to be good now which I guess is part of my problem.

Yeah maybe you're expecting too much Les. In 4-5 years you might have got to a decent standard where you're knocking in the occasional 50+ in practice.

That's still good though, better to be 55 years old, knocking in 50s, than a 55 year old that gave up trying and still can't make 30. So it's all good.

Try and enjoy the journey for what it is. Each year that goes by, you'll be a better player than you were the year before.

[itsnoteasy]

Feeble.....LOL I am not sure if I like that word. I understand what you are saying. I guess I am like all the hack golfers that are out there and want to be great overnight. As Terry has said in the past I am always looking for that Majic fix. At 50 I guess most good players are starting a downward slide and I am trying to get better. Am I dreaming? If I go according to my golf I should be a great player in 10 years but I will be 60 that's too late. I want to be good now which I guess is part of my problem.

That's a very interesting post Les, if a hacker asked you to look at his swing, and you pointed out some obvious basic flaws, and told him to practice what you said, then a week later he came back and said he had got worse, what would you say? I bet the first thing would be, it's going to take a long time, you won't get better in a few weeks or months. Then when asked if they had practiced what you had said, and they replied ,I tried it but just gave up and went back to my old swing, what would you think of them?, would it be something like, good luck with that pal, you will never improve if you don't do the basics right. Ring any bells lol.

[j6uk]

enjoy it les because the only thing that that one ton of table you have in your dungeon has for you if you don't give it and your play the right tlc?! is pain in the chest, for real. you can't fight this game.
get your head down and report back once in a while, not roll a few balls in then bash the key on here for an hour.

[thelongbomber]

If you want to knock in tonnes after just a year of playing, then you need to put in more than 3 hours a day. At least 5 to 6 hours a day plus serious match play.

[j6uk]

If you want to knock in tonnes after just a year of playing, then you need to put in more than 3 hours a day. At least 5 to 6 hours a day plus serious match play.

and not terry but morpheus as your teacher

[lesedwards]

That's a very interesting post Les, if a hacker asked you to look at his swing, and you pointed out some obvious basic flaws, and told him to practice what you said, then a week later he came back and said he had got worse, what would you say? I bet the first thing would be, it's going to take a long time, you won't get better in a few weeks or months. Then when asked if they had practiced what you had said, and they replied ,I tried it but just gave up and went back to my old swing, what would you think of them?, would it be something like, good luck with that pal, you will never improve if you don't do the basics right. Ring any bells lol.

LOL Did Tery send you that and you just copied and paste it to your post. You guys are all correct. I have such a passion for the game and it has always fascinated me to watch a good player move the cue ball around like it was on a string. I guess I had expectations that where well above my head. I have made a lot of friends through our qualifiers and tournaments and just want to win a few games and feel part of the group not this guy that looses every game.

[itsnoteasy]

enjoy it les because the only thing that that one ton of table you have in your dungeon has for you if you don't give it and your play the right tlc?! is pain in the chest, for real. you can't fight this game.
get your head down and report back once in a while, not roll a few balls in then bash the key on here for an hour.

Says it all really, I feel this is what you are doing.

[vmax4steve]

What might work for you Les is a set of numbered spots and stripes 2 & 1/16 inch pool balls to practise with. It's so much easier to see the contact point on the object ball as 99% of the time you will have a reference point on the object ball that can be focussed on rather than a plain block of colour.



You can focus on the line of the green colour in the middle of the ball for a dead straight shot, the edge of the black circle around the number for a 1/4 ball shot to the left. In the middle of the green colour for a half ball shot to the right, right on the number four for finer than 1/4 ball to the left, right on the white colour for a very fine shot to the right, in the middle of the white colour for a half ball shot to the left etc etc.

I bought a set a few years ago that I use to play pool on a snooker table, Superpro they are and only cost about £25 and are made from a nylon resin that rarely kick at all.

[lesedwards]

What might work for you Les is a set of numbered spots and stripes 2 & 1/16 inch pool balls to practise with. It's so much easier to see the contact point on the object ball as 99% of the time you will have a reference point on the object ball that can be focussed on rather than a plain block of colour.

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You can focus on the line of the green colour in the middle of the ball for a dead straight shot, the edge of the black circle around the number for a 1/4 ball shot to the left. In the middle of the green colour for a half ball shot to the right, right on the number four for finer than 1/4 ball to the left, right on the white colour for a very fine shot to the right, in the middle of the white colour for a half ball shot to the left etc etc.

I bought a set a few years ago that I use to play pool on a snooker table, Superpro they are and only cost about £25 and are made from a nylon resin that rarely kick at all.

Yes I actually have a set and plan on getting them out to work on some positional practice.