FYI,
I went down to the table yesterday. Decided to try looking at the OB last. Broke a rack, and the first shot I had was somewhat on the easy side. Missed a half mile.
r/DCP
Most bangers miss easy shots, it’s not a surprise, it’s expected.
FYI,
I went down to the table yesterday. Decided to try looking at the OB last. Broke a rack, and the first shot I had was somewhat on the easy side. Missed a half mile.
r/DCP
Cue ball, object ball, ..?
Mark Williams just closes his eyes. 12 foot shot into a 3,5 pocket.
Watch all or go to last 20 seconds:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pobc0qDwgz8
Good points. Except maybe stress. Not into that. That kind of experience is the biggest source of compromise and bad decisions. (see death row)
To be sure, learn to fade the pressure but seriously, look inside for what motivates you.
@ Megatron
Consider a multi A pro vs a league 3 (beginner) no compensating handicap. The pro could phone in the victory.
Now put multi A pro in with a soup of multi A pros and their "mental powers". Something miraculous happens. The majority will dog their way to attrition. That could be just a couple errors; same thing. Where did the pool go? Point being, it's the skills (rhetorical stupid).
So if who you beat is what it is, then it is I who disagree with you.
Current hottie Josh Filler is a good example of what I mean. He compromises his offense as sparingly as possible. He puts all the treachery and stress where it belongs (in the trash IMO) and takes advantage of the lack of return fire; de facto setting the spread closer to that hypothetical multi A pro vs the beginner.
And yes stress, by engaging the survival mechanism puts the possibility of bad decisions at 50% give or take.
What's this junction for? I thought you could play?/!11??
etc...
Accomplishment is more than the record books. I choose improvement over scalp count every time.
That's funny. Because I don't remember saying anything about having to win, just becoming better.
And I learned more and made more progress as a player by forcing myself to play against better players. Sure, at first they could beat me with one hand tied behind their back. But eventually I learned to put the stress towards the back of my mind, to learn to find an even strain in spite of all the stress.
I don't believe there's a way to really improve until you learn how to fail, and why you're failing. Not if you want to break through that plateau to mastery.
The key to winning is forgetting you are playing anybody at all.
You are playing the table.
If you are not at the table you are not playing...you are sitting.
When you are at the table, it is you and the table...your opponent is sitting.
The key to winning is forgetting you are playing anybody at all.
You are playing the table.
If you are not at the table you are not playing...you are sitting.
When you are at the table, it is you and the table...your opponent is sitting.
The key to winning is forgetting you are playing anybody at all.
You are playing the table.
If you are not at the table you are not playing...you are sitting.
When you are at the table, it is you and the table...your opponent is sitting.
See, winning IS the point of sports. That's also its fail. It's nice you got the mechanics of jockdom sorted out but what is the fail in competition? I come up with losing. I wasted enough time with the predator crowd to learn what I need to work on. How to win ain't it.
What is the "predator crowd"? Never heard that before.
And if all you get out of failure or losing is "losing," then you're not paying attention, because failure and losing are learning opportunities. Figure that out and you're well down the path to improvement.
And, he's obviously not looking at the cue ball on the first one either, although we can't tell if he is looking at the object ball or not.
The key to winning is forgetting you are playing anybody at all.
You are playing the table.
If you are not at the table you are not playing...you are sitting.
When you are at the table, it is you and the table...your opponent is sitting.
When it is your move playing chess your opponent is just sitting. So you are not playing your opponent but the board. I wonder why chess players haven't figured that out!
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They have not figure out what make sense, observation is on mark. Tried Chess from time to time, never did well at it, I was to busy to learn the strategy, moves, and last had the ability to predict other person strategy. IMHO Chess is like Pool if you want to be great it must be life's work.
Never did well at chess? Why is that? Didn’t have a coach or buy and read a chess book. I got 3 times more pool books then chess books, but without the chess books I’d be lost, and would have taken a lifetime to get beyond beginner level. Nothing cuts the learning curve like good coaching.
Then report it if that's how you feel.
By the way, Gene is an instructor with good information, and that seems to upset you because you can't get the info for free. Would you do your job and not get paid?