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Shoebat
Sometimes reading it is more digestible than hearing it. Was hoping you guys would add some to the list. Or even argue with the list- that's fine, too. Some are debatable/ circumstantial come from several sources.
-- Learn to be trustworthy. There will be a lot of times when your word is all you've got.
-- Play a weaker player tougher and tighter than normal. If you let him get to the table, anything will happen.
Part 2: No complaining about his slops. You let him on the table in the first place. Let somebody just run up and slam balls around, and something will eventually go in.
-- There is absolutely no cause to complain about the table or the environment: you and you opponent are playing in the same place on the same table. No matter how bad any of it is, this match becomes a competition to see which of you is better at focusing and adjusting.
Part 2: It ain't the stick. It's the player. Really.
-- See the money and pay after every set. Some %$#'s will shoot blanks on a cheap set- especially if you're a girl or too little to fight.
-- Pool hurts. Losing hurts. Learning hurts. Real bad. Every great pool player there is has literally shed tears over pool in some quiet, private moment. Getting through all that pain can make you so much stronger, smarter, and calmly determined. Or it can make you too scared to leave your comfort zone of playing weak players in weak tourneys making weak shots and positions over whining beers. Or it can just make you quit. Which will it be?
-- Never shoot blanks. If you don't have the money on you right now, don't play.
--Sometimes a few irrational but determined efforts to fly the nine is just what you need to throw off your opponent's game and get you back to focusing and aiming.
-- Never break a true gambler- throw him back some of his losses and he'll run out and beat his little fish so that he can afford play you again.
-- You're giving more to a weaker player when you play him tough than when you give him a shot or let him win a game. You're showing him how it should be done and you're giving him and his game respect. If that weaker player is a woman, she will definitely notice and be hurt and offended when you play her easy.
--Never bet a man his own trick. If he wants to bet he can four- rail a combo or pull your card out of his ear or even jump over the moon, don't bet.
-- It's a tournement. He's on the hill and you've got nothing. If you're just going to give up, just go ahead and shake his hand now. If you've got any heart at all, it's time to play hard. You have to ALWAYS believe that you can always make that match into a sweet win.
-- Learn to be trustworthy. There will be a lot of times when your word is all you've got.
-- Play a weaker player tougher and tighter than normal. If you let him get to the table, anything will happen.
Part 2: No complaining about his slops. You let him on the table in the first place. Let somebody just run up and slam balls around, and something will eventually go in.
-- There is absolutely no cause to complain about the table or the environment: you and you opponent are playing in the same place on the same table. No matter how bad any of it is, this match becomes a competition to see which of you is better at focusing and adjusting.
Part 2: It ain't the stick. It's the player. Really.
-- See the money and pay after every set. Some %$#'s will shoot blanks on a cheap set- especially if you're a girl or too little to fight.
-- Pool hurts. Losing hurts. Learning hurts. Real bad. Every great pool player there is has literally shed tears over pool in some quiet, private moment. Getting through all that pain can make you so much stronger, smarter, and calmly determined. Or it can make you too scared to leave your comfort zone of playing weak players in weak tourneys making weak shots and positions over whining beers. Or it can just make you quit. Which will it be?
-- Never shoot blanks. If you don't have the money on you right now, don't play.
--Sometimes a few irrational but determined efforts to fly the nine is just what you need to throw off your opponent's game and get you back to focusing and aiming.
-- Never break a true gambler- throw him back some of his losses and he'll run out and beat his little fish so that he can afford play you again.
-- You're giving more to a weaker player when you play him tough than when you give him a shot or let him win a game. You're showing him how it should be done and you're giving him and his game respect. If that weaker player is a woman, she will definitely notice and be hurt and offended when you play her easy.
--Never bet a man his own trick. If he wants to bet he can four- rail a combo or pull your card out of his ear or even jump over the moon, don't bet.
-- It's a tournement. He's on the hill and you've got nothing. If you're just going to give up, just go ahead and shake his hand now. If you've got any heart at all, it's time to play hard. You have to ALWAYS believe that you can always make that match into a sweet win.
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