According to people that have been around even longer than I have,supposedly the "rolls" will even out.
It sure doesn't feel like it from my perspective.
I have no idea why,but at the times when I need something to go my way,it almost NEVER happens.
If I miss a ball unexpectedly,I'm the guy that goes nights or weeks without lucking a ball in to continue my run.
Usually,my misses or whatever mistakes wind up in a place where the only way my opponent can f**k it up is if they just quit trying.
On the other hand,it feels like my opponents can repeatedly miss balls,and it either goes in so they can keep swinging,or it winds up in a spot where even a kick or jump is tough,or just flat impossible.
If my cue ball has to get into traffic to get on the next ball,I'm the guy that seems to have the ball get in such a bad spot that people just go DAYUM.
My opponents? Even the bad players seem like they can go all night and make mistakes,but getting a roll bad enough that it costs them outright seems impossible.
There are times when everything was going good,I'm playing well,the balls are cooperating,and out of nowhere,something will go wrong like the pool gods just step in and TAKE IT from me,almost like I'm being punished for some trangression in life away from the table.
A few weeks ago I played a set in the local handicap 9 ball tournament where I broke and ran out 7 times going to 9,where my opponent was only given 2 innings period and only 1 offensive shot. That's good enough to beat anyone on the planet an individual race to 9.
Then my next 2 matches I lose to a 4 and a 3 with no drop off in concentration or skill level. The balls just stopped doing anything to help me.
Last night I played 2 reasonably solid sets on the winner's side. I played a 7 and won 9-2 where I never missed a ball I felt like I was supposed to make,and finished with 3 racks in a row.
My next match is a young boy that is a 3 handicap. He is particularly dangerous when it comes to shooting wild and lucking in the 9 a couple times and I have lost to him a couple times on just random shit.
He goes up 2-1 just due to pure luck. He scratches on the break,and I only allow him to pocket ONE more ball and win 9-2.
My next match is tougher and even though I was still in a position to win,I somehow manage to hang a 9 ball to get on the hill. My opponent wins the next game with a jellied-up combo on the 9.
The reversal of the rolls or whatever you want to call it continues in my next match as well,against the only player there with a higher handicap.
Now I realize that it doesn't take much to lose playing him,but when he comes up dry on the break 7 times in a row and leaves me a tough kick where the 9 is hung up in the corner with no escape and winds up with a combo with ball in hand 8 games out of 10,and I lose 10-2.
How does the one mistake I made in the earlier match translate to a 12 game stretch where the whole match just gives itself to my opponents with such little resistance?
Most of the time I feel like I have to play PERFECT to win a match let alone a whole tournament because despite trying as hard as I can to stay upbeat and positive going into it,that at some point bad luck or whatever you want to call it will intervene and take it from me.
These times leave me feeling like some invisible force steps in and says "we can't let him play good AND get a few rolls too,something must be done" and next thing I know I'm frustrated and acting out,feeling like I let the whole world down because something I never saw coming happened.
Anyone else get this? Tommy D.
It sure doesn't feel like it from my perspective.
I have no idea why,but at the times when I need something to go my way,it almost NEVER happens.
If I miss a ball unexpectedly,I'm the guy that goes nights or weeks without lucking a ball in to continue my run.
Usually,my misses or whatever mistakes wind up in a place where the only way my opponent can f**k it up is if they just quit trying.
On the other hand,it feels like my opponents can repeatedly miss balls,and it either goes in so they can keep swinging,or it winds up in a spot where even a kick or jump is tough,or just flat impossible.
If my cue ball has to get into traffic to get on the next ball,I'm the guy that seems to have the ball get in such a bad spot that people just go DAYUM.
My opponents? Even the bad players seem like they can go all night and make mistakes,but getting a roll bad enough that it costs them outright seems impossible.
There are times when everything was going good,I'm playing well,the balls are cooperating,and out of nowhere,something will go wrong like the pool gods just step in and TAKE IT from me,almost like I'm being punished for some trangression in life away from the table.
A few weeks ago I played a set in the local handicap 9 ball tournament where I broke and ran out 7 times going to 9,where my opponent was only given 2 innings period and only 1 offensive shot. That's good enough to beat anyone on the planet an individual race to 9.
Then my next 2 matches I lose to a 4 and a 3 with no drop off in concentration or skill level. The balls just stopped doing anything to help me.
Last night I played 2 reasonably solid sets on the winner's side. I played a 7 and won 9-2 where I never missed a ball I felt like I was supposed to make,and finished with 3 racks in a row.
My next match is a young boy that is a 3 handicap. He is particularly dangerous when it comes to shooting wild and lucking in the 9 a couple times and I have lost to him a couple times on just random shit.
He goes up 2-1 just due to pure luck. He scratches on the break,and I only allow him to pocket ONE more ball and win 9-2.
My next match is tougher and even though I was still in a position to win,I somehow manage to hang a 9 ball to get on the hill. My opponent wins the next game with a jellied-up combo on the 9.
The reversal of the rolls or whatever you want to call it continues in my next match as well,against the only player there with a higher handicap.
Now I realize that it doesn't take much to lose playing him,but when he comes up dry on the break 7 times in a row and leaves me a tough kick where the 9 is hung up in the corner with no escape and winds up with a combo with ball in hand 8 games out of 10,and I lose 10-2.
How does the one mistake I made in the earlier match translate to a 12 game stretch where the whole match just gives itself to my opponents with such little resistance?
Most of the time I feel like I have to play PERFECT to win a match let alone a whole tournament because despite trying as hard as I can to stay upbeat and positive going into it,that at some point bad luck or whatever you want to call it will intervene and take it from me.
These times leave me feeling like some invisible force steps in and says "we can't let him play good AND get a few rolls too,something must be done" and next thing I know I'm frustrated and acting out,feeling like I let the whole world down because something I never saw coming happened.
Anyone else get this? Tommy D.
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