Re: Teeny Tiny Layani Shaft

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:08:39 -0600, Patrick Johnson
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>snipped.

Thanks, Pat...

>The only real downside has been that I tend to put more sidespin on the 
>CB just because I can (due, I suppose, to being able to more reliably 
>hit farther from center and to more reliably hit the contact point 
>because of less squirt) and because it's fun.  It's a struggle to play 
>as conservatively as before, even though I know I should.

Um... why should you play conservatively? I mean, not necessarily you,
Pat... but as a rule do you think it's best to be conservative?

People keep telling me to play the percentages, but I think it's more
interesting (especially at my stage of development) to try and get out
every time. And sometimes I actually do which is a great motivating
factor for me. I would bet that most pro-players out there learned
what their limits are by letting it all hang out and now routinely
make shots that we would consider low percentage because they know
from experience they've been able to make them before. 

Do you think it's always the conservative player that wins? Watching
the World Pool Championship this year it would seem so. But I've
noticed that sometimes it's the player who simply has the guts to try
something out of the ordinary that will change the momentum and win.

David "The Hamster" Malone