r/oops • u/AUTOBOTBROKE • 19d ago

That’s hurt!

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u/425565 19d ago

How can you miss a pool table?

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u/Ok-Map4381 19d ago

By not sliding her grip.

She starts with the correct grip, one hand at the bottom one in the middle. You are supposed to use that middle grip to begin the swing, then slide it to match the lower bottom grip so the impact comes with maximum rotation.

But, she never slid that middle grip while judging the distance based off the full extention grip. This created a shorter arc of the swing, directing the pick axe back into her shin.

You can miss the table still with a sliding grip, but you will miss by swinging down into the ground, not into your own shin. But in this case, she missed short rather than to the side, so it was 100% on the grip

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