Focus and the "jackass-shooting-pool syndrome".

[12310bch]

For any 6 or under , maybe everyone 9 and under, this link is a must read.

http://www.billiardworld.com/jackass.htm

Here is an excerpt: "You make your choice for the first shot and try to concentrate on the object ball, which is, at most, only twenty or thirty yards away. As you lock your eyes on the object ball, what's left of your brain keeps playing reruns of the previous miscue. The target pocket keeps shrinking and you suddenly realize you have Parkinson's disease. At least you hope it's Parkinson's disease and not an attack of "jackass-shooting-pool syndrome".

I've never heard ,"It," described better. :rotflmao1:

 

[Jal]

For any 6 or under , maybe everyone 9 and under, this link is a must read.

http://www.billiardworld.com/jackass.htm

Here is an excerpt: "You make your choice for the first shot and try to concentrate on the object ball, which is, at most, only twenty or thirty yards away. As you lock your eyes on the object ball, what's left of your brain keeps playing reruns of the previous miscue. The target pocket keeps shrinking and you suddenly realize you have Parkinson's disease. At least you hope it's Parkinson's disease and not an attack of "jackass-shooting-pool syndrome".

I've never heard ,"It," described better. :rotflmao1:

This is one of the first articles I read about pool after getting on the internet. Very, very funny. Although it hits close to home (the jackass part), I especially got a kick out of the last line. He is missed.

Jim

 

[btoneill]

I suffer from this daily!

 

[p00lp00l]

Haha, just finished reading. That was awesome thanks for the post

 

[justadub]

That is a good read, and applies to me big time.

Thanks for the link.

 

[Mt. Cheverest]

I'll have to pay him a visit I live right across the water.

 

[jwpretd]

I'll have to pay him a visit I live right across the water.

Unfortunately, and to our great loss, Jim Meador died about ten or twelve years ago.

 

[Katie Girl]

Last night during and after a local 8 ball tournament, I was told that I have "nerves of steel" and that I'm "fearless" when I play. One master player shouted out into the room every time I won a game, "The unstoppable force!" Funny, that master player just happened to be the one to end my winning streak, sending me home in fourth place.... I guess he was the immovable object.

 

[12310bch]

Katie Girl, do you mean he was your opponent and he beat you?