Help me out here. This is possibly one of those easy cheesy "If you look inside, you'll find the answer." type things.
So I practice at the pool hall by myself 2-3 times a week. The rest of the time is with buddies because I'm not paying a full tab more times a week than that. Lol.
During these practice times, I tend to do a ball control drill that I recently learned. But, that's beside the point.
Lately, I've been letting them all roll out onto the table and just shooting to pot em. Oh, and position play when the amount of OB's run low.
Anyhow, I did that and a little more tonight. The pool room manager who I've become friends with, asked if I wanted to shoot a couple games. I beat him 2 times. Of course he is easily a B player, an A player when he plays with all he has and then some. I am a D player, becoming a C player, but I won't put myself there until consistency develops. BTW: I won by him scratching on the 8 and a couple other goofy fouls. Not to mention he knows my speed so he was banking the 8, which he still did tremendously at.
This brings me to my question.
40-50% of the time of these all by myself sessions I fall into stroke. More 40% than 50%. I'm in rhythm and unstoppable... well, as long as I don't play anyone above a C. Lol. I go on small runs here and there. 4 balls, 5. Sometimes up to 8 or 9 if I really find my stroke.
Other nights, such as tonight, I'm horrid. The little Asian geometry master inside of me slept in and maybe caught a flu. My cuts were terrible, my straight on shots were disgusting, but those are always bad, and it was all in pieces. Here and there I'd catch my rhythm for a moment and sink 2 or 3 in a row. Know the angle, chalk up, rhythm stroke, get down, warm up strokes, tip contact point check, wind up, pull the trigger, follow through, stay down and watch the magic happen.
But, most of the night I'd try that again and it wouldn't turn out the same. It came out all bad, sometimes missing the pocket by miles, sometimes missing the OB by miles. I almost wished I had left my equipment at home.
It's on and off. More off than on. Maybe it's just me slowly plowing forward into improvement, maybe it's the stress I've been under lately due to a manager who plays favorites and for some strange reason I didn't end up on her good side, maybe this vicious cycle will continue for eternity. Lol... I hope not.
I'm sure many of you have experienced this. What makes it more frustrating is that before I quit I was a mid range B player, so missing all these shots I know I can make is even more unbearable.
... help???
So I practice at the pool hall by myself 2-3 times a week. The rest of the time is with buddies because I'm not paying a full tab more times a week than that. Lol.
During these practice times, I tend to do a ball control drill that I recently learned. But, that's beside the point.
Lately, I've been letting them all roll out onto the table and just shooting to pot em. Oh, and position play when the amount of OB's run low.
Anyhow, I did that and a little more tonight. The pool room manager who I've become friends with, asked if I wanted to shoot a couple games. I beat him 2 times. Of course he is easily a B player, an A player when he plays with all he has and then some. I am a D player, becoming a C player, but I won't put myself there until consistency develops. BTW: I won by him scratching on the 8 and a couple other goofy fouls. Not to mention he knows my speed so he was banking the 8, which he still did tremendously at.
This brings me to my question.
40-50% of the time of these all by myself sessions I fall into stroke. More 40% than 50%. I'm in rhythm and unstoppable... well, as long as I don't play anyone above a C. Lol. I go on small runs here and there. 4 balls, 5. Sometimes up to 8 or 9 if I really find my stroke.
Other nights, such as tonight, I'm horrid. The little Asian geometry master inside of me slept in and maybe caught a flu. My cuts were terrible, my straight on shots were disgusting, but those are always bad, and it was all in pieces. Here and there I'd catch my rhythm for a moment and sink 2 or 3 in a row. Know the angle, chalk up, rhythm stroke, get down, warm up strokes, tip contact point check, wind up, pull the trigger, follow through, stay down and watch the magic happen.
But, most of the night I'd try that again and it wouldn't turn out the same. It came out all bad, sometimes missing the pocket by miles, sometimes missing the OB by miles. I almost wished I had left my equipment at home.
It's on and off. More off than on. Maybe it's just me slowly plowing forward into improvement, maybe it's the stress I've been under lately due to a manager who plays favorites and for some strange reason I didn't end up on her good side, maybe this vicious cycle will continue for eternity. Lol... I hope not.
I'm sure many of you have experienced this. What makes it more frustrating is that before I quit I was a mid range B player, so missing all these shots I know I can make is even more unbearable.
... help???
