Annoying habits of the pros

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Chris Santana
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I've been watching a lot of pool again lately, and there are two habits that many pros, especially the Filipinos (including Bata himself) do that annoy the heck outta me.

I'm talking about a missed shot or a missed safety followed by the player remaining at the table, getting back down where they shot the cue ball, and taking 3-4 "ghost" strokes at the table. What does this accomplish? It's an annoying habit and not necessarily one that will help their stroke the next time they come to the table.

The other thing I see them doing is when a shot is made or a safety played, but the cue ball doesn't land in the intended spot/area, or they get snookered, they point their cue or finger or make a gesture at that spot. This really only happens when there are spectators in the area, and it's as if they feel stupid and want to tell the crowd "I'm not stupid - I was trying to get the cue ball right HERE!" .. To me this is annoying because it's clearly obvious what their intentions were and there's no need to point it out.

What habits do you see the pros guilty of that annoy you?
 
I usually start to pick up whatever dumb habit I see pros do a lot. Lately I've found myself tapping my bridge hand fingers during my practice strokes and my shot, I think because I've seen pros do this a lot. :mad:
 
SkyscraperChris said:
I've been watching a lot of pool again lately, and there are two habits that many pros, especially the Filipinos (including Bata himself) do that annoy the heck outta me.

I'm talking about a missed shot or a missed safety followed by the player remaining at the table, getting back down where they shot the cue ball, and taking 3-4 "ghost" strokes at the table. What does this accomplish? It's an annoying habit and not necessarily one that will help their stroke the next time they come to the table.

The other thing I see them doing is when a shot is made or a safety played, but the cue ball doesn't land in the intended spot/area, or they get snookered, they point their cue or finger or make a gesture at that spot. This really only happens when there are spectators in the area, and it's as if they feel stupid and want to tell the crowd "I'm not stupid - I was trying to get the cue ball right HERE!" .. To me this is annoying because it's clearly obvious what their intentions were and there's no need to point it out.

What habits do you see the pros guilty of that annoy you?
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I disagree, I think they can check if they stroked off line. I see why it can be annoying though. you want annoying, watch kid delicious play. danny basavich
 
I hate when a player put the chalk on the table upside down. I saw Efren doing this over and over, Shane would put it back right but Efren would turn it back over. It makes a huge mess and gets all over everything.
 
trinacria said:
I disagree, I think they can check if they stroked off line. I see why it can be annoying though. you want annoying, watch kid delicious play. danny basavich
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I don't think they are really checking if they're offline due to the fact that they are 't actually getting down, getting into a stance, or aiming; they quickly get down and stroke the cue a few quick times and walk away.

Danny is annoying too, but he's a character and that goes a long way!
 
TheMarsMan said:
I hate when a player put the chalk on the table upside down. I saw Efren doing this over and over, Shane would put it back right but Efren would turn it back over. It makes a huge mess and gets all over everything.
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+1...and anyone who uses that white power hand chalk...FML it gets all over the table and balls creating a mess!!
 
SkyscraperChris said:
I've been watching a lot of pool again lately, and there are two habits that many pros, especially the Filipinos (including Bata himself) do that annoy the heck outta me.

I'm talking about a missed shot or a missed safety followed by the player remaining at the table, getting back down where they shot the cue ball, and taking 3-4 "ghost" strokes at the table. What does this accomplish? It's an annoying habit and not necessarily one that will help their stroke the next time they come to the table.

The other thing I see them doing is when a shot is made or a safety played, but the cue ball doesn't land in the intended spot/area, or they get snookered, they point their cue or finger or make a gesture at that spot. This really only happens when there are spectators in the area, and it's as if they feel stupid and want to tell the crowd "I'm not stupid - I was trying to get the cue ball right HERE!" .. To me this is annoying because it's clearly obvious what their intentions were and there's no need to point it out.

What habits do you see the pros guilty of that annoy you?
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I just saw a guy do this in my Master's league last week! He is a B player, which is the lowest handicap they have there. He kicked at a ball, and missed it by about a foot. He got right back down and took about 4 practice strokes. Made me laugh. I winder if he thought his stroke was the problem...
 
“Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Steel
 
Something that does not bother me but really seems to annoy people is the way Mike Dechaine chalks his cue. Personally I don't see what is so annoying about it but figured I would throw that out there to bust MD's balls seeing that is what we do with each other :grin:

Something I do find annoying is when someone like Earl misses a shot and then just swipes like 6 balls conceding the game. As a fan I want to see all the runouts and the patterns used to get out. I mean if it is a road map it is not so bad but still annoying.
 
Efren is not picking his nose all the time.
He's rubbing his mole under his right nose for luck.


Kid Delicious- Slow, slow, slow and milks the crowd
You now who - Always crying
 
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