It is hard to imagine that story about you being true. You are so mild mannered.
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Breaking your cue.
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It is hard to imagine that story about you being true. You are so mild mannered.
To answer the OP...
I understand your point, and I guess I agree with it. Nobody should ever break a cue, but if it's going to happen, I would guess that it would be around the time the player first starts to run a rack every now and then. That's where I was.
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Yep, a lot has changed since then. I'll never forget that night. I was playing scotch doubles 9-ball, with Dario Sanchez as my partner, against Bobby Rice and his partner (can't remember the name) at Yesterdays in Bryan, TX.
I went back the next day and apologized to everyone that was there, playing or watching. I was incredibly embarrassed, almost to the point of crying, but I really was sorry, and it seemed like the right thing to do.
I was kind of shocked by their reaction. They were all very supportive and actually took the time to sit down and talk to me about how to better deal with my emotions. That was a really cool experience, for which I'm am extremely grateful. I learned a lot about myself and (and people in general) those next few weeks.
That's also when I started learning to play left-handed...
Sorry going back to the original question:
I was probably a few years into playing reguarly and started to get to where I played decent. ( in 9 ball a break and run every now and then ) - Started to gamble at this time as well. Was young and definately let my emotions get in the way too often.
When I was 23 I had a table in the garage. The garage had some concrete walls. I was playing with a $30 cheapy cue from sports authority and missed a 8ball worth $5. I swung the cue like a baseball bat right into that concrete wall.
I haven't done anything like that since but I do admit it felt good
I haven't done anything like that since but I do admit it felt good
The only time I broke a cue was when the plastic rings around the connectors on my stick somehow loosened, cracking the rings which I had to repair.
I have seen opponents fling their stick across the room - that's pure bad sportsmanship.
I have seen opponents fling their stick across the room - that's pure bad sportsmanship.
I have broken 3 short cues in the last year at my house.
Never broke a playing cue.
Never broke a playing cue.
A guy i know broke a southwest over his knee a few weeks ago. It shattered at the forearm. Apparently, it can be fixed although I have no idea how.
Of the people i've witnessed break cues, they are generally not nearly as good as they think they are and tend to blame missing simple shots on the table.
I've never broken a cue, but i have been known to beat a driver into the ground and send a few clubs down the fairway. (maybe i'm not nearly as good as i thought...)
Of the people i've witnessed break cues, they are generally not nearly as good as they think they are and tend to blame missing simple shots on the table.
I've never broken a cue, but i have been known to beat a driver into the ground and send a few clubs down the fairway. (maybe i'm not nearly as good as i thought...)
I broke a cue butt on the frame of my sisters' boyfriends' truck rear window after he let one of his buddies talk shit and throw a beer bottle in her direction. I only paid $1 for the cue through the buddy-hook-up program (clearance item at Sears, placed there for me), and the message it sent was well worth the sacrifice.
I've never come close to breaking a cue because of a game.
I've never come close to breaking a cue because of a game.
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I saw a guy harpoon a cuetec into a sheet rock wall,,, twang
Damm cue tec was bullet proof.
I just sold nice McDermott to one of the guys on the pool league.
he used it as a golf club or base ball batt , but broke the butt into,
he asked me if I would warranty it.
We have one player in town that breaks a dozen cues per year.
He doesnt buy anything but bar cues anymore.
I have seen some nice cues get busted by their owners.
No I havent broke any of my cues.
MMike
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I saw a guy harpoon a cuetec into a sheet rock wall,,, twang
Damm cue tec was bullet proof.
I just sold nice McDermott to one of the guys on the pool league.
he used it as a golf club or base ball batt , but broke the butt into,
he asked me if I would warranty it.
We have one player in town that breaks a dozen cues per year.
He doesnt buy anything but bar cues anymore.
I have seen some nice cues get busted by their owners.
No I havent broke any of my cues.
MMike
I'm no saint...
I've been known to toss my cue on an adjacent table after a poor shot while uttering a profanity under my breath. A friend of mine pretends to use his Lucasi as a white stick (a stick used by the visually impaired) after dogging an easy shot.
I remember playing league for the bar my buddy owned. This guy on the other team couldn't make anything happen the first two games (it was BCA format). I remember him having a nice Schon. But I don't think any cue would have helped him that day.
Third game he plays my buddy, Junior, the bar owner. Breaks, comes up dry (again), and my buddy starts to get out on him. Junior chokes on the ball before the 8, and when this kid gets up to the table, he's almost drooling (nothing's touching, no pockets are blocked, etc.). Should be an easy out for this kid, I'm thinking. This is redemption for him after the first two games. He gets out with a run, and his team is gonna feed off of that for the remainder of the night.
The kid surveys the table, picks (in my opinion) the right 1st shot, leans down, takes a couple practice strokes, and MISCUES !! Shakes his head, and goes back to the bar and sits down.
Now, I don't know if he broke up with his girlfriend that day, got fired, or what. All I know is that the gods of pool simply had no mercy with this kid on this night.
Junior makes the last ball and the eight. The kid shakes Junior's hand, walks back to his stool, picks up his Schon, grabs the butt end like a baseball bat, and swings for the cheap seats into the DART MACHINES !! Pieces of shaft went flying everywhere !! This kid swung the cue so hard that a couple large chunks of the shaft flew BEHIND THE BAR, 15 feet behind the line to stand for throwing darts !!
He shoved the butt end of the Schon (with about 3 inches of shaft left on it) into his case, and stormed out, never saying a word.
All of us, even the guys on his team, just kinda stood there for a minute digesting everything. A few of us (mostly the guys from his team) started to pick up the pieces of shaft, and as we got closer to the dart machine, noticed the 3/4 inch dent in the machine from the butt. It was one of the most unbelievable things I'd ever seen (at the time).
I still have the piece of the shaft from the first four inches of the tip. I turned it into a pocket chalker. And every time I miss a shot, I look at my chalker and remember that story...
I've been known to toss my cue on an adjacent table after a poor shot while uttering a profanity under my breath. A friend of mine pretends to use his Lucasi as a white stick (a stick used by the visually impaired) after dogging an easy shot.
I remember playing league for the bar my buddy owned. This guy on the other team couldn't make anything happen the first two games (it was BCA format). I remember him having a nice Schon. But I don't think any cue would have helped him that day.
Third game he plays my buddy, Junior, the bar owner. Breaks, comes up dry (again), and my buddy starts to get out on him. Junior chokes on the ball before the 8, and when this kid gets up to the table, he's almost drooling (nothing's touching, no pockets are blocked, etc.). Should be an easy out for this kid, I'm thinking. This is redemption for him after the first two games. He gets out with a run, and his team is gonna feed off of that for the remainder of the night.
The kid surveys the table, picks (in my opinion) the right 1st shot, leans down, takes a couple practice strokes, and MISCUES !! Shakes his head, and goes back to the bar and sits down.
Now, I don't know if he broke up with his girlfriend that day, got fired, or what. All I know is that the gods of pool simply had no mercy with this kid on this night.
Junior makes the last ball and the eight. The kid shakes Junior's hand, walks back to his stool, picks up his Schon, grabs the butt end like a baseball bat, and swings for the cheap seats into the DART MACHINES !! Pieces of shaft went flying everywhere !! This kid swung the cue so hard that a couple large chunks of the shaft flew BEHIND THE BAR, 15 feet behind the line to stand for throwing darts !!
He shoved the butt end of the Schon (with about 3 inches of shaft left on it) into his case, and stormed out, never saying a word.
All of us, even the guys on his team, just kinda stood there for a minute digesting everything. A few of us (mostly the guys from his team) started to pick up the pieces of shaft, and as we got closer to the dart machine, noticed the 3/4 inch dent in the machine from the butt. It was one of the most unbelievable things I'd ever seen (at the time).
I still have the piece of the shaft from the first four inches of the tip. I turned it into a pocket chalker. And every time I miss a shot, I look at my chalker and remember that story...
I've only ever seen bangers break their cues.
I guess I suck cause I've never even considered breaking my cue.
I've never broken a cue, but I do commit minor abuse at times rapping the cue on the rail or tossing it on the floor next to the chair instead of leaning it carefully. I always regret it because it's rude to my opponent and makes me look like a child, and sometimes puts little dings in the shaft.
But each time the thing that drives me to cue violence is the thought screaming in my head "I AM SO MUCH BETTER THAN TO PLAY LIKE I JUST DID!!!" I think you're right, Hu, that whenever I think that exceptionally unhelpful thought, I'm wrong.
Maybe I need a different, more helpful thought to take its place and drown it out whenever I commit some egregiously costly error that I am surely far too good to ever commit. I wonder what that thought is for me.
-Andrew
usually isn't our best game we need to bring up
Andrew,
I don't have an answer for your thought. For awhile I forced a smile, a grin, even a laugh at the stupid thing I just did and then I blew it off, that isn't my norm. After awhile the amusement at my foolish blunders got real and they lost their impact before I was back sitting in my chair. Some fella grins and rubs the back of his head. Seems to work for him. Accepting the blunder and moving on is about the best we can do when we make one.
One thing I think we can all work on is bringing up our worst game and our average game. Without a radical change of some sort those that have been playing a bunch of years aren't suddenly going to jump their "A" game up significantly. What we can improve are the days we are playing poorly. We usually start with one problem or a problem in one area. It gets our attention and suddenly we have problems in multiple areas because we no longer have our attention on the game. Sometimes just struggling and eking out a win or two can turn around a bad day just from the shift in attitude. I have gotten pretty fair at bending my own attitude by extending the time frame. If I'm playing poorly this match in a tournament, maybe I have played well overall today. This week? This month? Push comes to shove I am a huge winner lifetime, I can't play enough in the rest of my life to come out loser.
I know you are a winner. You can always substitute that for any negative thought based on short term events.
Hu
Andrew,
I don't have an answer for your thought. For awhile I forced a smile, a grin, even a laugh at the stupid thing I just did and then I blew it off, that isn't my norm. After awhile the amusement at my foolish blunders got real and they lost their impact before I was back sitting in my chair. Some fella grins and rubs the back of his head. Seems to work for him. Accepting the blunder and moving on is about the best we can do when we make one.
One thing I think we can all work on is bringing up our worst game and our average game. Without a radical change of some sort those that have been playing a bunch of years aren't suddenly going to jump their "A" game up significantly. What we can improve are the days we are playing poorly. We usually start with one problem or a problem in one area. It gets our attention and suddenly we have problems in multiple areas because we no longer have our attention on the game. Sometimes just struggling and eking out a win or two can turn around a bad day just from the shift in attitude. I have gotten pretty fair at bending my own attitude by extending the time frame. If I'm playing poorly this match in a tournament, maybe I have played well overall today. This week? This month? Push comes to shove I am a huge winner lifetime, I can't play enough in the rest of my life to come out loser.
I know you are a winner. You can always substitute that for any negative thought based on short term events.
Hu
temper temper
Sitting watching a young player playing Scott Kitto to win the losers side and get in the finals against Jeff Carter at leisuretime billiards a few yrs. back .This baby i mean young man misses the nine to win and snaps his cue dead in half at the joint, throws it in the garbage can. Scott misses and the kid looks at me and says can i boorow your cue? Are you ******* kidding me i laughed so hard i thought he was going to punch me .
Sitting watching a young player playing Scott Kitto to win the losers side and get in the finals against Jeff Carter at leisuretime billiards a few yrs. back .This baby i mean young man misses the nine to win and snaps his cue dead in half at the joint, throws it in the garbage can. Scott misses and the kid looks at me and says can i boorow your cue? Are you ******* kidding me i laughed so hard i thought he was going to punch me .