I like to play pool as much as I can so when my friend of 20+ years want's to play me I accept. The problem is he's too fidgety and awkward at the table and he can't hit a straight in shot half the time. I've tried for the last decade to give him advice on how to play and such (fundamentals) but he's too proud to listen to me (he's 50) and want's to win his way or no way.
Now here's the problem: lately he's been getting very upset and taking it out on others in the area of the table. "that guy was standing too close to me" "this guy was too loud" and so forth. This usually leads to him calling someone out to the point where they're gonna fist fight before I step in and calm him down. This happens too much as of late and I'm getting tired of it. I think I just need to quit playing pool with him but then he'll be even more obnoxious about it and it just goes further down the drain from there.
Anyway's.....sorry about the "Dear Abby" post but I figured maybe someone here has a serious idea on how I could get him to play without acting like an 8 year old.
Now here's the problem: lately he's been getting very upset and taking it out on others in the area of the table. "that guy was standing too close to me" "this guy was too loud" and so forth. This usually leads to him calling someone out to the point where they're gonna fist fight before I step in and calm him down. This happens too much as of late and I'm getting tired of it. I think I just need to quit playing pool with him but then he'll be even more obnoxious about it and it just goes further down the drain from there.
Anyway's.....sorry about the "Dear Abby" post but I figured maybe someone here has a serious idea on how I could get him to play without acting like an 8 year old.