Priorities rule. I commend you for doing what had to be done. I know few that never got the hang of that. And I have no respect for them.
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When age bites
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yes indeed. Getting older is the way to go... just never get to be OLD., I'm still in high school....and sometimes in Jr High School
Simply pleasures. Happiness is a new cue(s). Keep enjoying yourself. We only rock once.
I don't disagree with anything here. I'm 65 years old and looking at cataract surgery in the next month or two along with a bad back and arthritis. Hell, I have tendinitis in my hands from fishing, and I actually pulled a hamstring last year shooting pool. How sad is that?!
Having said that, living with all that beats the hell out of the alternative!
Having said that, living with all that beats the hell out of the alternative!
Absolutely. And it’ll always be like sex…. Do not have to be that good to enjoy it.
Getting older ain't pretty!
It sure isn't for the weak of heart!Getting older ain't pretty!
I’m hoping new cats will let me back in. My eyewear looks the Hubble and not as clear as I’d like it.
played this afternoon, beat 27 year old 150 to 110 in straight. I don't run in the 30's anymore,
but did manage 2 13's and a 15 today. Still fun at 77.
How about when someone you haven’t seen for a while does not recognize you? Been there. I say I’m same person just a little uglier.Getting older ain't pretty!
I've worn contacts for 40 years. Right now my vision is down to 20/60 corrected!
This week I was told that before the surgery I have to pull out the contacts and begin wearing glasses to allow my eyes to adjust so they can get accurate measurements for the lenses.
I can't make a straight in shot right now.
I haven't played like I used to since I took pool back up about 7 yrs back after about a 35 yr layoff. Im 73 now and my shooting has finally started to improve as I've gotten a little more focused on my practice and form, and added another night out of pool league with different people to shoot against.
Started getting back into it by playing with a senior get together for a couple years, then wife and I joined a league, for more formal competition.
We have a great league, and have gained many friends. My wife has a group of girls she shoots tournaments with and really likes that.
I maybe average a half hr a day practice plus league shooting and probably should do more, but it's what it is. I hope to get a little better yet as I have had a consistent improvement this year, but fishing season starts in another month so I guess it will have to wait till next
year. I will never sell my table, or be without a table again, even if we were to move as any future house would have to have an available space for a pool table.
Seek out some new people to play with, if you are still able to get out.
Started getting back into it by playing with a senior get together for a couple years, then wife and I joined a league, for more formal competition.
We have a great league, and have gained many friends. My wife has a group of girls she shoots tournaments with and really likes that.
I maybe average a half hr a day practice plus league shooting and probably should do more, but it's what it is. I hope to get a little better yet as I have had a consistent improvement this year, but fishing season starts in another month so I guess it will have to wait till next
year. I will never sell my table, or be without a table again, even if we were to move as any future house would have to have an available space for a pool table.
Seek out some new people to play with, if you are still able to get out.
dquarasr
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I assume you have a table at your home. Here's what ya do:
Ya put on Bird, or Diz, or Miles, or Trane, or Ray, or McCoy, or Monty, or Quincy, or Bags, or Wes, or Art, or . . . .
Ya go to the table and you shoot and listen. If the balls go in, great. If the balls don't go in, you're listening to great music. Win, win, win. One hundred years from now it ain't gonna matter whether you made that ball.
Another thought: Age? It's just a number. You know that saying: "You're only as old as (the women) you feel." LOL!!!
Seriously, extract joy outta what you can with the years you have left. It doesn't matter if you're not as good as you were. You're still good. Embrace it, play around your limitations, and just f'ing have fun.
Ya put on Bird, or Diz, or Miles, or Trane, or Ray, or McCoy, or Monty, or Quincy, or Bags, or Wes, or Art, or . . . .
Ya go to the table and you shoot and listen. If the balls go in, great. If the balls don't go in, you're listening to great music. Win, win, win. One hundred years from now it ain't gonna matter whether you made that ball.
Another thought: Age? It's just a number. You know that saying: "You're only as old as (the women) you feel." LOL!!!
Seriously, extract joy outta what you can with the years you have left. It doesn't matter if you're not as good as you were. You're still good. Embrace it, play around your limitations, and just f'ing have fun.
Goldcrown, I've worked with you for years now and let me tell you straight off, Your stroke is far better than you think.
When you settle down, focus on what you want out of your shot, and allow your muscle memory to execute the shot without getting your mind involved in the "how to", you do just fine. You just have to extend that process more consistently.
Your shot selection and strategy has grown tremendously over the past two years. You are far quicker in determining the right thing to do and from far more complex situations then ever before. It is hard to recognize self improvement because we always are demanding more from ourselves no matter our current level. So feel better about your game. We all have those ups and downs to deal with.
Your main issues will be best resolved with greater experience, adjusting to the errors, and learning to repeat what you know works.
Sounds simple but it takes time and clear thinking. Let's work together on it and build your confidence back up.
Cheers,
Tommy Tsunami
When you settle down, focus on what you want out of your shot, and allow your muscle memory to execute the shot without getting your mind involved in the "how to", you do just fine. You just have to extend that process more consistently.
Your shot selection and strategy has grown tremendously over the past two years. You are far quicker in determining the right thing to do and from far more complex situations then ever before. It is hard to recognize self improvement because we always are demanding more from ourselves no matter our current level. So feel better about your game. We all have those ups and downs to deal with.
Your main issues will be best resolved with greater experience, adjusting to the errors, and learning to repeat what you know works.
Sounds simple but it takes time and clear thinking. Let's work together on it and build your confidence back up.
Cheers,
Tommy Tsunami
A new set of AudioEngine 5+ wireless just came in this week... It's starting to give me that Healing Feeling.....
Thank you TRW... I'm in the game... would never leave no matter what... I'm in the re-wiring stage. Reconstruction.... there's only one way out........................ I mean 8ways out
Bass man, it was really great reading that you regularly play with your dad. I get to play with my son one time a year when he and a friend show up for turkey hunting. I do see him more than that, mainly out fishing, and I truly look forward to those times. My son plays only about 5-10 games a year, and honestly is quite good at it. I can only imagine what could be.
We have a father son team in our pool league, with the father being the same age as myself. They are great people and I really envy what they have together. If it is something you like doing with your dad, keep it up if at all possible. He may not directly tell you how much he enjoys it, but I can assure you he does.
We have a father son team in our pool league, with the father being the same age as myself. They are great people and I really envy what they have together. If it is something you like doing with your dad, keep it up if at all possible. He may not directly tell you how much he enjoys it, but I can assure you he does.
Guy Manges
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I may not play pool anymore , age and life, the love for the game's art will never change... when I started watching pool play I watched to enjoy and still do. My favorite games to watch is Chinese 8 Ball, I'm not a rail bird and I don't sweat out game's. I ( me ) only like watching good pool... I was the same way when I played pool... I liked to play good pool and so much bad pool... I watch Chinese 8 Ball because it gives me all or as close as I can get to the old eight ball games, color of balls, cloth and table, Rules, Respect for the games, Good viewing, where I can get involved... you know I think that I am glad that I can enjoy pool play for some one else as much as I do for myself... We will be dead, But pool will still be... Play good pool ... Guy
I'll be 71 next month and feel like I'm improving still. I quit playing for a few years when I was in my late 50's cause it was getting too hard to get up for work in the morning. I started playing again a couple years ago now that I'm retired. I'm roughly 500 Fargo but lately have been getting 8 ball break & runs much more often, at least 1 every time I play and a few times 2 in a row.
