Gentlemen Moves

the420trooper said:
OK, I get what you're saying, BUT...If an opponent telling you "good shot" is enough to actually get inside your head, then maybe you should learn to focus better.

Pool is not golf; distractions are part of the game, and the person who deals with them the best usually wins. I've played under conditions that would drive most people crazy...loud redneck bars are great for focus training. :) Learning to block out the BS and making the shot anyway is part of becoming a player.

It would be great if everyone shut up and stood still while I'm shooting, but it hasn't happened yet, and I don't expect it to, so I deal with it.
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You're missing the point Michael.

This is about being a gentlemen and being courteous to other players. Of course you should focus and of course you should not let those things bother you. That's what being a gentlemen is all about.

Will the gentlemen want to match up with someone that is rude and sharks him? Probably not.

Some sharkers will keep escalating their moves when they can't crack you. Even gentlemen WILL blow eventually. After all, we ARE human.

Ray
 
The Saw said:
Here's a good one.... Don't blow smoke up my *ss telling me how its so great that I will bet high like you like to and how you have gamble like I do. After you pass when I say bet and then call around town to get staked and form a corporation to do so..... What ever happened to betting high and betting your own?

Cleary, show them my shirt.....
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enzo said:
I know this is my own problem, but I cant stand it when somebody doesn't "stop in time" as you put it, and freezes there. It doesn't shark me or distract me in the least when somebody naturally walks by my shot, even if they are a foot from the object ball. Run for all i care. I HATE the "stopping". I simply just get up and refocus after this though.

Am I the only one??
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I prefer people maintain a fluid motion. Just keep moving. The dead stop things can be distracting. I usually just stop and wave em by. You must stay in control when you're at the table.

One time I was at a tournament and Charlie Bryant was on the rail. He had a group around him asking him questions etc. He was giving tips to them and being a little loud. :shocked: I waited for just the right time and I injected a funny comment about the loudness. We all laughed and I went on to win the match.

Have a good time, stay in control when your playing.

Ray
 
Michael...Clear your PM's please! :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

the420trooper said:
OK, I get what you're saying, BUT...If an opponent telling you "good shot" is enough to actually get inside your head, then maybe you should learn to focus better.

Pool is not golf; distractions are part of the game, and the person who deals with them the best usually wins. I've played under conditions that would drive most people crazy...loud redneck bars are great for focus training. :) Learning to block out the BS and making the shot anyway is part of becoming a player.

It would be great if everyone shut up and stood still while I'm shooting, but it hasn't happened yet, and I don't expect it to, so I deal with it.
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Bigtruck said:
You're missing the point Michael.

This is about being a gentlemen and being courteous to other players. Of course you should focus and of course you should not let those things bother you. That's what being a gentlemen is all about.

Will the gentlemen want to match up with someone that is rude and sharks him? Probably not.

Some sharkers will keep escalating their moves when they can't crack you. Even gentlemen WILL blow eventually. After all, we ARE human.

Ray
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Here's a story to illustrate my point...I was playing 10 ball the other night with a good friend. The score was 9 games to 8, my favor. I was shooting a tricky cut on the 10 ball to win the set, and my opponent was scuffing his tip like there was no tomorrow. ( He was directly in my line of sight.)

I missed the 10, and other guy broke and ran out to win. I don't blame him at all, it was my shot, and I could have chosen to get up and "reset", but instead I shot when I was distracted...My fault, not his.
 
the420trooper said:
Here's a story to illustrate my point...I was playing 10 ball the other night with a good friend. The score was 9 games to 8, my favor. I was shooting a tricky cut on the 10 ball to win the set, and my opponent was scuffing his tip like there was no tomorrow. ( He was directly in my line of sight.)

I missed the 10, and other guy broke and ran out to win. I don't blame him at all, it was my shot, and I could have chosen to get up and "reset", but instead I shot when I was distracted...My fault, not his.
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Yes it was.

But it was not polite for him to scuff in front of your shot. It's not YOU blaming him, it's him realizing what he's doing is wrong.

Ray
 
enzo said:
I know this is my own problem, but I cant stand it when somebody doesn't "stop in time" as you put it, and freezes there. It doesn't shark me or distract me in the least when somebody naturally walks by my shot, even if they are a foot from the object ball. Run for all i care. I HATE the "stopping". I simply just get up and refocus after this though.

Am I the only one??
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Nope, I'm exactly the same.
 
The other night one of the wait staff told me he got shit for walking past a table. He said, "F em, I get paid to wait on people, not stop and wait on shots.

When I walk past a table, I look to see if anyone is down on a shot and I will stop, but far enuff back so they probably don't even know I'm there.

There are distractions where ever you play, movements from other players, people talking/ walking, loud crappy music. I tune into the game and everything else out the best I can.

If someone setting a beer glass down to loudly is going to shark me, then I have more problems with the game other than the game itself.

I 100% agree on people stopping dead in their tracks, I usually get up off the shot and wave them on. It makes me feel that someone is waiting for me to make a shot and I don't like to feel hurried. I'd rather they keep walking.
 
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Quiet Please!!

Bigtruck said:
Ryan,

I hate it when it's dead quiet. I like some chatter, noise and music. It's when my opponent is chattering that I don't like. Even if it's innocent, it gives the impression of impropriety.

The most common shark move is the "loud talker" who chatters to his rail buddies the entire game. When he's not in a match you never hear him. :thud:

Ray
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Guns, rock and roll and old age. Hearing loss is such a blessing! If that aint enough I also have ringing in my ears. Someone posted that in Zimbawe or some third world country they crowd right up to the pocket. I promise I can clear that covey with one shot. LOL. Be nice, life is short and manners are contagious.
 
Mr. Wiggles said:
Guns, rock and roll and old age. Hearing loss is such a blessing! If that aint enough I also have ringing in my ears.
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I'm much the same way. WAY too much rock'n'roll at the only acceptable volume for a young person (LOUD), both playing it in a band, or working as DJ back in the day when the DJ would talk between most every song, so I had headphones on every 3-5 minutes. (Yep, you guessed it, turned up too loud.)

Funny thing is that I have to concentrate when someone is talking to me from across the room, but when I'm playing pool, my rabbit ears work too well! I hear all the chatter and whispers. Damnedest thing...
 
Not an oldtimer, but...

Don't dart to catch my scratch or yours, and don't roll it my way on the felt so I have to dash to stop it from hitting a ball in play.
 
au2ag said:
Not an oldtimer, but...

Don't dart to catch my scratch or yours, and don't roll it my way on the felt so I have to dash to stop it from hitting a ball in play.
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Right, don't put your hand in the pocket to catch a scratch, let it fall. If your hand is there it may look like contact was made to keep it from falling weather it did or not.
 
Don't tell me that you have 3 1/2 hours to play but pull up after 1 because you're 4 games up and I'm getting in stroke... "Got a work call" (but the phone never rang) :angry::confused::frown: LOL Thanks for the action, T! :rolleyes:
 
Don't fire air barrels.... If you're broke enough to fire air you should just jump off a cliff and do us all a favor.
 
"Nice Shot"

"Nice Shot", I love it! Great thing to say after every shot your opponent tries.

"NICE SHOT!"
(Damn, that really was a nice one)

"Nice Shot!" with just a little surprise in your voice.
(Nice shot, I wonder how the hell you happened to make it)

"nice shot"
(that any six year old could make)

"Niiiice shot"
(Ya really lucked that one in Bubba)

"Nice Shot" While holding one foot off the floor and shaking vigorously.
(The poop is deep enough I gotta clean my boots)

"Nice shot" When they missed by a country mile
(well it was nice for one of us anyway!)


There are dozens more variations of "nice shot" in betwixt and between these. If it happens to bug somebody because I have said some variation of "nice shot" after every shot they have tried for the last two or three hours they are probably the oversensitive sort that should be playing chess, and not chess with Bobby Fisher types either!

Hu

PS: JoeyA, I just found my flourescent orange micro-fiber rag, no more waving white towels when you are shooting. You should be so lucky! :grin: :grin: :grin:
 
ShootingArts said:
"Nice Shot", I love it! Great thing to say after every shot your opponent tries.

"NICE SHOT!"
(Damn, that really was a nice one)

"Nice Shot!" with just a little surprise in your voice.
(Nice shot, I wonder how the hell you happened to make it)

"nice shot"
(that any six year old could make)

"Niiiice shot"
(Ya really lucked that one in Bubba)

"Nice Shot" While holding one foot off the floor and shaking vigorously.
(The poop is deep enough I gotta clean my boots)

"Nice shot" When they missed by a country mile
(well it was nice for one of us anyway!)


There are dozens more variations of "nice shot" in betwixt and between these. If it happens to bug somebody because I have said some variation of "nice shot" after every shot they have tried for the last two or three hours they are probably the oversensitive sort that should be playing chess, and not chess with Bobby Fisher types either!

Hu

PS: JoeyA, I just found my flourescent orange micro-fiber rag, no more waving white towels when you are shooting. You should be so lucky! :grin: :grin: :grin:
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ShootingArts is BACK!!!!!! And all is well in AZ land again.

I missed you, you dirty old expletive inserted here... :D
 
Hi u guys out there. Greetings from Germany. Didnt read the whole thread, so i dont know if some1 already mentioned, if so - my fault. Im fighting against windmills to teach the people in my club how to chalk correct. Most of them dig holes into the chalk, so that the piece is wasted within 10-14 days coz u cant use it properly coz of one deep hole in the middle of the chalk. I hope u know what i mean, but my english is not that good to describe what i mean - but i would bet some bucks that some1 of u knows what i mean. There are a lot of candidates (and not only hobby players) in every pool hall or pool club who rape the chalk the way i mean...
 
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