^^^^^,what he said spimp. on the bright side there is always next year.:grin:
played my napa laggers choice league sat. i won the lag and chose 8 ball of course.
5-3 match and i won 5-0. i did not play that great...my opponent just played worse.
if you have been keeping up with my ramblings you know that i quit being captain of my sunday night apa double jeapordy team and turned it over to my g/f.
after our beat down in both 8 and 9 ball last week my g/f asked my advice on matching up last night. last week we lost 8 ball 12-2 and 9 ball 68-32.
to keep this short i just want to point out some matching up i suggested instead of the whole enchilada.
3rd match they threw a 5 in 8 and an 8 in 9 ball. my g/f asks what to do. i said throw our 4 on their 5 and you play the 8. .... she is a 3. our 4 wins 3-1 and she loses.15-5.
i told her to throw me right away after she lost. all they had available was 2-3' s due to the 23 rule their 6 could not play. their 5 was still playing 8 ball so they had no choice but to throw their best 3. i won 15-5...same score their 8 beat her by. she wanted to throw our last 3 against their last 3 since there 5 was still playing 8 ball. and i said no throw our other 5 and lets put them away. he wins 16-4 with us winning 9 ball 55-45. we lost 8 ball 7-6.
oh yea... i played their 7/8 in 8 ball and won 3-2.
after wards she and i sat there and talked. i pointed out 4 things to her about the difference between this week and last week.
1. this weeks opponent is a lot stronger than last weeks.
2. this weeks opponent had a supposed advantage of playing on 9 footers every week. we only play on 9's when we face this team twice a session. yet we won 9 ball and only lost 8 ball by 1 point.
3. you have to know your opposing players playing ability vs who you have available.
4. you have to stop and think who is available to play and who is not under the 23 rule after every match up.....and in the case of double jeapordy will a certain player be available for either 8 or 9 at a given time.
the key point in our match ups was the 3rd round when they threw their 8 and my g/f wanted to throw me...being the best player on our team. i told her i may or may not have won but i was willing to sacrifice a sure loss for a sure win instead of maybe 2 losses in a row. if i lost to their 8 i dont think either of our 3's can beat their best 3.
she is starting to realize that you have to do a whole lot of thinking about matching up if you want to be competitive. :wink:
