How does it feel.????????????
How would you know how many times I've seen you play? Do you even know who I am?
As for getting big, I'm fat enough.
I'm not trying to put you down, I'm trying to state facts. I don't tell you you play bad or anything because I don't lie. You're a good player. I just think you're a touch overrated...mostly by yourself. I'm gonna refer to it as John Schmidt Syndrome.
My offer for you to come to Oshkosh and play Chris came with approval from Chris. So, wouldn't that be like working it out with Chris? Hmm...
I might not have any money. It's really hard for you to know that though since a) I don't think you have a clue as to who I am and b) nobody but myself and my wife really knows how much we have in the bank. It's really nobody's business.
And as for me not understanding when it comes to pocket size, you're probably right. I can't play a lick. But that doesn't really bother me. My world won't end if I'm not a good pool player. It's only a game, buddy.
Picking on someone is not my M.O.
I don't know who you are. I don't know how well you play. I don't know how much money you have and I really don't care to be honest.
I just wanted you to understand how rediculous it is to assume so much when you really know so little about me.
How does it feel?
John Schmidt is a pretty nice guy. How do you know he thinks he's better than what he is? He plays awful good. Nice guy too and a gentleman.
So is larry nevel. I'll bet you had fun with him too but that is just hearsay again but a good friend told me this.
If you want to make a game with someone it's not a good way to go by trying to piss them off.
These guys are players and have a top gear. they know how well they can play when they are there. I know what my top gear is also. I'm not there yet but I'm working on it. We don't think we are better than what we are, we just know that top gear and what we are capable of. What's your top gear?
When a player gets there it feels like the stick is part of your arm. You shoot the cue ball and it goes exactly where you want it to go. You get down to shoot a shot and it looks so easy that it's almost impossible to miss no matter what shot it is. It almost doesn't even matter if there is a tip on the cue or if it is a house cue you are playing with. It's kind of a magical feeling.
In Beloit this last weekend I got to play in a tournament after playing 5 to 8 hours a day for a week. The tables were diamond pro cuts. Not very forgiving. I played kind of average and got put in the losers bracket in my second match. Then it happened. I was running out the racks effortlessly. The one guy I played said to me, i don't know how you got into this losers bracket. your playing better than anyone I seen today. And he was right. But could I stay there? That is what makes us a winner. if we can stay in this mode.
Finally I was playing for 3rd and 4th against Dave Coles jr. Real nice guy and owner of this room. he can play let me tell you. We're tied up 4-4 and I break the balls and have a chance to run out. I can play safe but I opted to try to slide the cue ball between the 4 and the ten to get up to the other end of the table. If I execute this difficult shot I'm on the hill. If not I might lose because I will probably get hooked.
I just barely nicked the ten and never got back to the table. The difference was about a 1/16 of an inch.
But for about 4 or five hours I felt invincable chopping down players in that losers bracket. That's where we need to get to win a tournament or a match and be totally dominant.
This is something you cannot teach but a player needs to know how to get there. The only way to know is if you have ever been there. I do and I'm sure John and larry do too.
Earl Strickland has been a punching bag for a while. Sure he gets a little emotional and alot of people pick on him and maybe sometimes he brings it on himself but you know he's been there in top gear mode.
Earl traveling around the country with John and a few other players was pretty good for pool. This is a really tough thing to do and really hard to make any money at. These guys are doing this for pool. They are trying to promote the game. Give them a break, please.
I travel around the country teaching my Perfect Aim and it's an amazing technique. Most pool players are pretty stubborn and think there is no need for this but the players that I teach are opening up their eyes to a whole new world. The good that I am doing is hard to see overall to everyone else but many of these players are quietly winning tournaments all over the world and loving it. They are playing better than they have ever played in their lives.
This is what I do. this is why I came to Oshkosh to try and teach some pool players how to aim better than they could ever imagine. This is why I was so tired. On my way to Oshkosh I was trying to keep from falling asleep.
I know that I have one of the greatest tools in the world to offer all pool players. They just have to open their eyes for a few minutes and look. The answers are all there for them to see the shots better than they could ever imagine.
But it's just not myself. There are other teachers around the country that are helping players everywhere. Randy G and his group are doing a great Job. Scott lee is traveling around the country helping players everywhere. This is Huge for pool. Stan Shuffet is one of the great teachers in the world. I hear nothing but good things continually .There are thousands of these heros around the country helping players everywhere.
The better players play, the more they want to play and compete. it sucks to suck at something. Myself and teachers around the country need to love helping players or we couldn't do what we do. The reward isn't the money because it costs too much to travel around the country.The reward is knowing how much you improved this players game. Seeing that big smile when they can see the light as Rodney Morris once said the first time he saw Perfect aim.
I'm a player and sometimes my playing gets in the way of my teaching. Someone asked me once how do you teach and then when you run into a player ,play. To be honest it is pretty tough. That day I usually can't win if the player plays well. The second day is usually mine. At least that's the way it seems to go.
One thing I have seen is many of the top players in the world are trying to do things to promote pool and make it a better place for everyone. it's not like it was years ago. The pool image is getting so much better and all players seem to be leading the way.
Anyway. I guess I said enough. I got to go excersize and then go practice all day and night.
Bottom line. If I went around insulting players and people I wouldn't be doing very many lessons. If your trying to match players up or create a game don't insult or put the player down. This might make sense to you to do this but most players won't want to have nothing to do with it.
If someone does take you up on your offer after all the fireworks your probably in trouble because they know they are the favorite in spite of all the head games and just want to shove it down your throat. But if you have nothing at stake yourself it really doesn't effect you anyway. All you have is words though all so powerful.
Once I get to where I want to go with my game, only then will I even think about coming to Oshkosh to play someone there. because after all that has been said I would really feel bad coming unprepared. I will be at the top of my game. Winning would be the only option in my mind.
