I played a guy in our club this evening. He wants so bad to play straight pool, but he's a complete beginner. The guy couldn't sink 3 balls in a row if his life depended on it. When he does, it's a major feat for him.
He's a nice enough guy, and he tries really hard, so I played with him. But really, even with the best of intentions, he was a complete bromide, and the game was dreadful. And as always when I play someone like this, my own game was godawful: I originally planned to slow down a lot to let him play and not kill the fun of straight pool for him, but I didn't even have to. My best inning yielded 5 points or something. And each rack dragged on and on and on for-bloody-ever as he missed balls and I seemed to try my hardest to play even worse. Bleh...
I don't know why, when I play games like that, my speed seems to hit rock bottom. I miss the simplest shots, I can't see anything right anymore, miscue all the time, etc... I try to concentrate a bit and things get worse. I try to loosen up and it doesn't work any better. The only remedy is to play someone who provides a challenge, and even so, it takes me a good half hour to get out of the gutter and play okay again.
It's really sad, I'm reputed a fairly solid player, and I consistently fail to perform with the worst ranked players in the league, because I'd rather be stuck in an elevator for 3 hours than play these guys. Is it just me or does this happen to you too?
He's a nice enough guy, and he tries really hard, so I played with him. But really, even with the best of intentions, he was a complete bromide, and the game was dreadful. And as always when I play someone like this, my own game was godawful: I originally planned to slow down a lot to let him play and not kill the fun of straight pool for him, but I didn't even have to. My best inning yielded 5 points or something. And each rack dragged on and on and on for-bloody-ever as he missed balls and I seemed to try my hardest to play even worse. Bleh...
I don't know why, when I play games like that, my speed seems to hit rock bottom. I miss the simplest shots, I can't see anything right anymore, miscue all the time, etc... I try to concentrate a bit and things get worse. I try to loosen up and it doesn't work any better. The only remedy is to play someone who provides a challenge, and even so, it takes me a good half hour to get out of the gutter and play okay again.
It's really sad, I'm reputed a fairly solid player, and I consistently fail to perform with the worst ranked players in the league, because I'd rather be stuck in an elevator for 3 hours than play these guys. Is it just me or does this happen to you too?