OK, with summer here I've neglected to put enough time into my game. My speed is off, rolling to short or too long; bumping balls that were never meant to be bumped, etc.
I found this out in the last two tournaments I have entered. Let me back up a few months and give you a run down. This particular tournament only gets from 15 to 30 players, but it is a tough field. Maybe 5 to 7 players have no chance of winning but those players do have a chance of finishing in the money. Former road players and area money player dot the landscape trying to make some money games on the side.
I finished first twice and second once in three consecutive tries. I even started playing 14.1 with our own Joe Koontz in three trips to his house but life has intervened.
I have played twice now in 4 weeks both in the above mentioned tournament. Two and out; one win and out. I want to play so badly but life has thrown my time to work and family. A manpower shortage at work has me picking up more hours and wifes health problems has me doing plenty to pick up the slack at home. Man oh man do I miss playing!!!
I can't wait for league to start, and July/August is usually a tournament tear time for me.
I want to be ready for league and I usually reach my goal of finishing in the top five. Tournament play really fine tunes everything for me as practice is at most once a week for 30-45 minutes (not enough IMO.)
This is more of a rant as I need to call up Joe and resume our 14.1 and get back into tournament play as well. I know time on the table is the cure. I also know there have been other threads before alluding to the same problem I'm having. Link me, or give me a quick formula you have tried that works to get the game back.
Signed, "Used to winning money not losing it."
I found this out in the last two tournaments I have entered. Let me back up a few months and give you a run down. This particular tournament only gets from 15 to 30 players, but it is a tough field. Maybe 5 to 7 players have no chance of winning but those players do have a chance of finishing in the money. Former road players and area money player dot the landscape trying to make some money games on the side.
I finished first twice and second once in three consecutive tries. I even started playing 14.1 with our own Joe Koontz in three trips to his house but life has intervened.
I have played twice now in 4 weeks both in the above mentioned tournament. Two and out; one win and out. I want to play so badly but life has thrown my time to work and family. A manpower shortage at work has me picking up more hours and wifes health problems has me doing plenty to pick up the slack at home. Man oh man do I miss playing!!!
I can't wait for league to start, and July/August is usually a tournament tear time for me.
I want to be ready for league and I usually reach my goal of finishing in the top five. Tournament play really fine tunes everything for me as practice is at most once a week for 30-45 minutes (not enough IMO.)
This is more of a rant as I need to call up Joe and resume our 14.1 and get back into tournament play as well. I know time on the table is the cure. I also know there have been other threads before alluding to the same problem I'm having. Link me, or give me a quick formula you have tried that works to get the game back.
Signed, "Used to winning money not losing it."