After 2 Week Break, Played Best Session in Years
- Thread starter ChrisinNC
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Happens to me whenever I take a break, come back in the zone, then I realize how tough this stupid game is and it goes downhill from there 
Example of this phenomenon happening right now in the Matchroom predator league.
Yesterday Albin Ouschan was playing really really good, he got the best record of the group but then during the final 4 he won the semis to reach the final and in the finals he got frustrated a bit during the match but lost hill-hill to Chris Melling, so he played very well during the whole day and in the final too.
He slept and woke up and today started to play, he lost his first two matches, now he's playing the third match against Kaci and it appears that he will lose this one too. I watched him today he missed fairly easy shots that I don't normally miss, he missed a straight 6 ball, and I also saw him miss the 3 ball cut shot which isn't something to his caliber should miss.
Here I'm just providing evidence of this phenomenon even more, you can see it everday! Not just us, even the pro's. So don't feel bad about it.
Yesterday Albin Ouschan was playing really really good, he got the best record of the group but then during the final 4 he won the semis to reach the final and in the finals he got frustrated a bit during the match but lost hill-hill to Chris Melling, so he played very well during the whole day and in the final too.
He slept and woke up and today started to play, he lost his first two matches, now he's playing the third match against Kaci and it appears that he will lose this one too. I watched him today he missed fairly easy shots that I don't normally miss, he missed a straight 6 ball, and I also saw him miss the 3 ball cut shot which isn't something to his caliber should miss.
Here I'm just providing evidence of this phenomenon even more, you can see it everday! Not just us, even the pro's. So don't feel bad about it.
I played a session again last night after taking off the last four nights since my good session last week. I played well enough to win every set, but not as strong as my session last week.
These past two sessions I’ve been reminded of something that is pretty obvious. It’s much easier to be relaxed and to play well once you get up a set or two in the session, which has has been the case my last two sessions. Usually when that happens, your opponent is struggling, starts pressing and not playing up to their potential. If you can stay focused and manage to keep the heat on, it can just continue to snowball on them.
The real test yet to be determined, is whether I can continue to play well when my opponent is playing strong and jumps up a set or two from the start. That’s a whole different ball game to test your discipline, your confidence and your mental strength.
In comparison to having a session in which I get off to a good start and dominate my opponent winning virtually every set as opposed having a session in which my opponent is playing well and jumps ahead a couple sets and I somehow manage despite their continued strong play to dig down and come back to finish ahead or even just to break even, I would feel more accomplishment with the latter, even if it doesn’t pad my wallet to the same extent.
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That's the grinding part of pool I enjoy. Get down a few sets/games/points and you reach down and just grind it out. Sometimes you come out of the grind on top and sometimes you don't
Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather just be up the entire time but when I do have to reach way down it's satisfying to make a come-back, even if you don't win.