I know...I didn't take it literally either. My response was more of a general answer to those that may have that feeling. Sometimes you just start typing and go down a rabbit hole!
Does Anyone Ever Get to the Point of Saying...
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No. Even when I'm hitting them pretty good and maybe run a rack out that looked impossible, I know that I got on the wrong side of the 7 and still made it work. It was good enough but not best possible.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Only if I'm firing on all cylinders. If I could play my best game all the time I'd be real good. But I guess that goes for everybody!
My Air Force training taught, "any landing you can walk away from is a good one." I try to bring that attitude to my pool game.
Sometimes incredibly hard shot execution was required because I butchered the simple natural.
From an earlier post, Brunswick1901 didn't so much say that he can't play any better but that he couldn't play anywhere as good as he once had played and so he quit. This is the case where a player doesn't play better or stays the same ---he worsens.....:
From the post Why I quit after playing almost everyday for 30 years:
Why I Quit After Playing Almost Everyday for 30 Years
After I learned to play the game at a decent level, I saw a old guy trying to play pool, it looked like he was just learning the game. I was shocked when one of the guys said, "He used to be a great player!". I decided that when I lost the...
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I have, I once ran a whole rack playing nine ball and I said , that's the best I can do. I dogged the break the next game.
Rusty in Montana
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In all honesty I won't allow quite thought like that to enter into my mind , I'm to much of a competitor who lives for a challenge .
But then I'm also a realist and know I may never beat Shane Van Boening or Earl Strickland but I'll go down swinging for the fence just the same .
But then I'm also a realist and know I may never beat Shane Van Boening or Earl Strickland but I'll go down swinging for the fence just the same .
Not me. Flawless top to bottom, front to back, at will... failing that I could GAF.
The story is always the same.... or very close. We practice & practice, buy new stuff, read new books & we have Better days, Good days & Good ole days where you play well & don't get the rolls.... Many a player has suffered the same situations. Many have given up, only to try again.. Many have settled in & just accept what comes.
Pool is a game where Consistency is Omnipotent. Do you practice banking, playing leave, cue ball position, using the rails & caroms? Do you practice the first shot in every game, The Break Shot..? Do you know how to do these things well... I'd bet not. How many has an Instructor, How many have used Video Analysis, to find their weak points. Learning to do better is a definite possibility, but you have to WANT TO..
Not all of our Champions are NATURALs, some actually learned to be a Champion. Some had good Instructors & some practiced well & learned through repetition. Some do better, under pressure. Our practice has to become Perfect Practice in order to rise in skill level... That's an AXIOM.
If you want to play better, then you will need to do something different, than what you've done so far... Good Luck to all...
Pool is a game where Consistency is Omnipotent. Do you practice banking, playing leave, cue ball position, using the rails & caroms? Do you practice the first shot in every game, The Break Shot..? Do you know how to do these things well... I'd bet not. How many has an Instructor, How many have used Video Analysis, to find their weak points. Learning to do better is a definite possibility, but you have to WANT TO..
Not all of our Champions are NATURALs, some actually learned to be a Champion. Some had good Instructors & some practiced well & learned through repetition. Some do better, under pressure. Our practice has to become Perfect Practice in order to rise in skill level... That's an AXIOM.
If you want to play better, then you will need to do something different, than what you've done so far... Good Luck to all...
sudocrushms
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I had a great hockey coach that always told us "Practice makes Permanent":
Practice poorly, you're going to play poorly.
Practice well, you're going to play well.
I'm quite confident that unless I win the lottery, I will never get any better. My age, the lack of time that I have to practice, my health...my ship has sailed insofar as pool is concerned. I'll still play, but I do not ever expect to get appreciably better.
(If I magically won the lottery and had nothing but time, perhaps I could get enough regular table time to get a little better.)
(If I magically won the lottery and had nothing but time, perhaps I could get enough regular table time to get a little better.)
Eh, so many aspects of pool I haven't tackled; no worries there...