In the nine-ball doubles match in Pengcheng City in early October, Chang Cuo took the initiative to invite Ling Zhi to play with him as his partner. It was originally a mutually beneficial thing, but in the end it broke up because Ling Zhi took the initiative to expose Chang Cuo's foul.
Ling Zhi was surprised when he met Chang Cuo again today. In addition to playing nine-ball, this guy also played snooker?
But this is not the most important thing. The most important question is, does Chang Cuo still have prejudices against himself?
Ling Zhi pondered for a moment, but decided to show his kindness first. After all, he wouldn't hit the smiling person, right?
"Brother Chang, long time no see."
Ling Zhi smiled.
"Hmm, are you going to participate in this competition?"
"Yes, where is eldest brother?"
"I came with my friends, I won't participate."
"Oh, what about your friend?"
"He hasn't come yet."
"..."
Good guy, your friend is a professional pigeon owner, right? Aren't you afraid that he won't come at the last minute?
However, Ling Zhi didn't want to interfere with other people's affairs. He was about to say goodbye to Chang Cuo and go to play at a table to practice ball. Chang Cuo took the initiative to invite:
"How about we come and fight for a while? Anyway, I have nothing to do for the time being."
Ling Zhi's heart moved. So, the eldest brother suddenly woke up and wanted to repair the relationship with him?
Judging from the tone, it seems that it has not reached that level. However, since Chang Cuo didn't care about the previous incident, he didn't need to take it to heart. After all, it was not his own fault.
Ling Zhi looked back at Li Mengyao and saw that she was still undergoing "job training", so he didn't bother her, turned around and said quickly:
"Okay, no problem."
After the two started the stage, Chang Cuo chatted with Ling Zhi again:
"By the way, how long have you been practicing snooker?"
"Only a few months."
"How do you usually practice?"
"Recently, I usually practice snake color around the black ball to clear the table."
"Then have you cleared the stage?"
"If you don't circumvent the black ball, you can clear it. It is too difficult to circumvent the black ball. I have only cleared 7 sets of red and black combinations at most."
"That's pretty awesome, why don't you come and show your skills?"
As he said that, he began to lay out the snake-colored spherical shape.
The snake color is a spherical shape in which all the red balls are placed on the center line of the table below the blue ball. There is no red ball attached. For beginners, it is a basic spherical shape for practicing clearing the table.
If you don't play around the black ball, it may be easier, and you don't need to specifically control the movement of the white ball. But if you only play around the black ball, you need to control the white ball more delicately.
Ling Zhi saw that Chang Cuo had already positioned the white ball for him, calculated the angle between the white ball and the red ball at the bottom, and recalled the illusory half-ball aiming method taught to him by his coach.
The phantom half-ball aiming method is the most basic aiming method in billiards. When aiming, imagine that there is a ball of the same size one ball behind the goal point of the target ball. Then when you hit it,
Just hit the white ball to where you imagined the ball to be.
However, it is easier said than done, because there is a very important issue here:
How do you ensure that the position you imagine is correct?
To solve this problem, there are generally two methods:
One is to ask someone to help you determine the position of the imaginary ball, that is, ask someone to help you place a random ball close to the target ball's goal point. You stand in the direction of the white ball and aim at the new ball.
After placing the ball, take aim, and the person removes the ball, you can determine the location of the illusory ball.
The other is to place the imaginary ball by yourself. However, if you place it yourself, since the illusory ball blocks the goal point, it is difficult for you to determine where the white ball will hit the target ball. Therefore, this method is generally more efficient in training.
Low.
Therefore, when a person practices ball, he usually first roughly determines the position of the imaginary ball, and after hitting it, he sees whether it is thinner or thicker, and then specifically adjusts the thickness of the target ball: if it is thinner,
Just adjust it a little in the thicker direction, and if it's thicker, adjust it a little in the thinner direction until you hit the target ball.
Of course, the prerequisite for practicing the illusory half-ball aiming method is to ensure that you can hit the club straight, otherwise the practice will be in vain.
The goal angle of the ball that Chang Cuo placed for Ling Zhi was almost exactly 30 degrees, which is the angle between the hitting direction of the white ball and the goal ball direction. This was judged based on Ling Zhi's long-term playing experience.
At a 30-degree angle, you only need to aim at the left and right edges of the target ball to score successfully. The red ball in front of Lexus needs to hit the right bottom pocket with a downward angle, so Lexus aims at the right edge of the red ball and hits the mid-range shot.
Use your strength and score directly. The white ball bounces and then goes to the black ball smoothly.
"Not bad, not bad. My power is much more stable than last time. Keep going."
Chang Cuo lost no time in praising him, which also made Ling Zhi relax a little.
In fact, Ling Zhi was a little nervous at first when he showed his skills in front of outsiders. But once he got involved, he became more and more relaxed, so that later on, he even wanted to show off his skills.
In this way, after knocking out 5 sets of red and black combinations, Lexus found that the red balls around the black balls were almost cleaned. Then, next, you can consider cleaning the red balls between the blue balls and the pink balls first.
The reason for this choice is because the red ball between the blue ball and the pink ball is far away from the black ball. The difficult ball will be dealt with first. If there is a movement error later, the relatively easier red ball between the black ball and the pink ball will be dealt with.
ball, which makes it easier to achieve the goal of clearing the table.
Although I have not cleared the stage around the black ball, I still have to have dreams, right?
In this way, Ling Zhi cleared one red and black combination after another in the order he imagined. Chang Cuo was also silently helping Ling Zhi pick up the ball. He seemed to have forgotten the previous conflict between the two, and Ling Zhi was naturally happy to maintain it.
status quo.
Before he knew it, Ling Zhi had finished playing nine sets of red and black combinations. He even felt that today's circling rhythm was the best since he had been training for so many days.
However, Lexus is still overconfident in his own state.
Just when he was about to play the 10th set of red and black combinations, Lexus' low shot was pulled a little too much, which directly caused the white ball to move back a lot after hitting the red ball, directly sticking to the edge of the library.
The positioning is still not detailed enough!
Ling Zhi sighed secretly, but didn't say much. Even if the white ball was close to the edge, he still had to bite the bullet and hit it.
Some viewers once discussed this topic on a live broadcast. When a player makes a mistake in his position and it is difficult to hit the next ball, should he switch to defense or continue to attack?
This topic has been discussed for decades, and there is no definite answer, because whether to attack or defend requires specific analysis based on the specific situation.
In a situation like the one Lexus is facing now, there is actually no choice. Even if someone is fighting him now, he must attack without hesitation!
Although it is indeed difficult to score a goal with this black ball, as long as you score it, the probability of reaching the next red ball is still very high. You cannot give up this set of connecting rods just because one shot is not in place. This is in the game.
This is very stupid behavior.
After all, no one can guarantee that they are in the right position.
A player's ability to correct mistakes when he is not in place is an important indicator of the player's overall ability. This is something that coach Xingchen has repeatedly emphasized to him.
Ling Zhi did not hesitate, lay down, carefully aimed at the goal point of the black ball, and after getting it right, gently pushed the white ball out.
I have to say that the aim of this ball was quite accurate, and the black ball was finally pushed forward smoothly, but after the push...
"Well, my error correction ability is still too poor."
Ling Zhi held his forehead and looked helpless.
Because the force of this shot was too light, the white ball did not bounce and stopped directly on the bottom bank.
After the black ball reset, it stopped directly above the white ball, blocking all the red balls. Now, it was impossible to attack even if it wanted to attack.
Ling Zhi suddenly thought of the scene when he played with Chen Feng and Gao Feng.
At that time, in order to move into a good position, I missed the target goal. But today, in order to score a goal, I did not move into a good position. As expected, I still have a long way to go if I want to achieve both positioning and scoring goals!
"It's a pity, but I have cleared 10 sets, which is already very good. I can't guarantee that I can clear 10 sets of red and black as soon as I get started."
Ling Zhi said politely, and felt a little relieved from the sense of loss that he just didn't reach the point.
Indeed, I felt quite good when I first started playing today, and maybe it was because Chang Cuo was watching the game, which made me a little more excited. But well...
Ling Zhi looked at his left hand. He knew very well that the bioelectricity that Zhao Shiyan passed on to him played a big role in his ability to start without slowing down. This at least ensured that he could hit the ball from the beginning.
It's very straight, so you don't need to spend more time looking for the feel of the club.
It's just that my positioning is still very rough.
Next, Lingzhi gave up the table to Chang Cuo and asked him to try the snake ball. This time it was Lingzhi's turn to help him pick up the ball.
It's just that Chang Cuo seemed a little careless. After trying 5 times, he could only clear out 3 sets of red and black combinations in a row at most, which surprised Ling Zhi for a time.
Is this the strength of the players signed by Feiyu Billiards?
But Ling Zhi immediately thought of something again and expressed his understanding of Chang Cuo's performance just now.
Ling Zhi remembered that Chang Cuo had just said that he was not here to participate in the competition, so he must not have conducted targeted training before the competition. Under such conditions, it is almost impossible to play well as soon as he comes up.
But Lexus is different.
Ling Zhi has been undergoing targeted training for two consecutive months. At this time, if he is asked to try the snake color, it is simply a matter of hands.
The training time passed quickly, and it was already 12 o'clock in the blink of an eye.
Li Mengyao came over and told Ling Zhi that the club had prepared a working meal for the referees at noon. Originally, Li Mengyao did not want a working meal and wanted to go out to eat with Ling Zhi, but the referee said that due to time constraints, he had to explain more details while everyone was eating.
, so she can’t go out to eat with Ling Zhi.
Ling Zhi didn't mind and comforted Li Mengyao to work hard and not worry about herself.
Just like that, Ling Zhi went out to have something to eat. When he came back, he found that there were many more people in the ball room, and he also met some acquaintances.
In addition to Chang Cuo, Yao Guangzhi was also there, as well as some other golfers who had some impressions of what they had seen in Pengcheng, and...
Ling Zhi looked around the scene, and suddenly his eyes froze.
If he felt a little uncomfortable when he first saw Chang Cuo in the morning, then now he saw a character who made him even more uncomfortable: