You denying it?
Do You Need To Be Very Smart To Play Really Well?
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You denying it?
Excellent point! Intelligence and ability are manifested in myriad ways. Being "intelligent" is certainly not confined to your IQ score. My first job in the mental health field - 38 years ago!! - was evaluating children determined by their teachers to be problem children or slow learners. Invariably, they (children) manifested differing types and manifestations of intelligence. My job was to help the teachers adjust and the children to accept and honor their gifts.
You said a mouthful...........
I don't know how you do it but you come up with some of the best statements.
But then again a player has to be smart enough to understand what you mean and dumb enough to try and apply it.
That's what I call pool smart.
This is what some players just don't have.
I have a little test that a player can take to see if they are pool smart.
Maybe I'll share it on here some time.
It's kind of a fun thing.
Lots of questions Brian.
No, you don't have to be smart, especially book-smart, to play pool well, even 1 pocket. and No, it doesn't really matter.
Now if you're talking about visual intelligence, that's another matter.
JoeyA
I don't know how you do it but you come up with some of the best statements.
But then again a player has to be smart enough to understand what you mean and dumb enough to try and apply it.
That's what I call pool smart.
This is what some players just don't have.
I have a little test that a player can take to see if they are pool smart.
Maybe I'll share it on here some time.
It's kind of a fun thing.
I know that Mizerak held a BA, and was a high school English teacher early in his career...can't think of any others though.
I think intelligence helps in games where it is nearly as valuable as execution, i.e. 8 ball, one pocket, 14:1.
Knowing when to shoot and when to duck is a huge part of these games, and people with less than average intelligence generally can't do percentage calculations based on their own ability, the lay of the balls, etc., as well the better thinkers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
You know, kc... Re: the stupids, their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.
Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding.
Charles Darwin: "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
I played a lot of players that never made it to high school. It wasn't because they were stupid. It was because they wee making a living playing pool. How smart wee they?
I don't think smarts has anything to do with shooting pool. Allot of smart people can't play good at all, allot of not so smart people can. Humm, so what's up with that? It think it all boils down to the desire to be good, common sense, coordination, and practice, practice, practice...
You make a good point. I used to play chess with a guy that I could spot 8-4 playing one pocket. He always shot the 'right shot' playing one hole; his execution just wasn't up to par with his knowledge.
BTW, I never won a single game of chess against this guy, and we played a lot.
You don't need to be book smart to play this game. In fact, most of my buddies are really book smart and got accepted into Ivy League colleges or received nice grants/scholarships and they don't play as well as I do. But then again, everyone's level of fundamentals is different. If you don't have solid fundamentals, no matter how smart you are you can't play at a high level.
The type of smart I say you need to play the game with is street smarts, which includes stuff like situational awareness, noticing patterns, and cause and effect like Minnesota Fats, also known as Double Smart or Triple Smarts. :thumbup:
The type of smart I say you need to play the game with is street smarts, which includes stuff like situational awareness, noticing patterns, and cause and effect like Minnesota Fats, also known as Double Smart or Triple Smarts. :thumbup:
To some people common sense is setting a straight shot on a hanger after ball in hand and end up rolling both the cue ball and object ball into the pocket or having no shot afterwards.
