frustrated when you find out you're not as good as you thought you were?
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That is not joke advice. You are what you eat.
Besides, is there a point in your pool LIFE THAT YOU WILL BE HAPPY (dAMN cAPS lOCK!) with your development? Do you feel you will say, 'that's good enough', in regard to your level?
I think we'd all say there is not...so what does it matter? Suck it up and do your best, Nancys.
stop being a little girl an fix it. oh, and have fun too!
I need two games going to 7.
Damn John, only two? Thought you needed more
:thumbup: ! Really not sure which is better for the OP. Being cocky and crowing too much or being too shy and not getting what he needs.
Lyn
lol - nicest invite I've had this week. Sounds like my kinda club.
pj <- so smart I play chess without the dice
chgo
No doubt there are a lot of aspects of your game that we instructors seek to make consistent. That's an important part of what we do. But every player, including world-class players with textbook form, have variance in play.
Here's what I think when I hear someone claim to be "inconsistent."
Suppose we take a C-level player, whatever that is. It would be normal for that player's performance to look like this:
5% of the time -- D+
15% of the time -- C-
60% of the time -- C
15% of the time -- C+
5% of the time -- B-
As an instructor, I know that all I have to do to sell my GQW-can't-fail-system drizzled-with-snake-oil is to say, "I see you as a C+/B- shooter who just lacks consistency." That player will latch right onto that comment like I have some special insight and see them for who they really are...
It's easy pickin...
I say be honest with yourself. It may be a little rough at first. But you'll establish a new baseline, and you'll be no worse off for the wear...
It's all about the journey...
I find that pre shot routine is the key to consistency. I think a comfortable pre shot routine builds confidence and consistency. The problem is you cannot choose a particular pre shot routine. I think is has to evolve. Watch as many A players as you can and observe their pre shot routines and incorporate what works for you. This and time on the table I think will help you step up your game.
Dunning–Kruger effect
loving how this thread is going. many pearls (more than i've quoted) in just the first two pages . good on ya, AZB!
(i stumbled upon this a couple of months ago and after reading, i went and listened to the Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" about 20 times in a row. that song has driven me nuts for 30 some years, but now i see the genius within and really like it)
Dunning–Kruger effect (wiki)
Historical antecedents
Although the Dunning–Kruger effect was formulated in 1999, Dunning and Kruger have noted similar observations by philosophers and scientists, including Confucius ("Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance"),[2] Socrates ("I know that I know nothing"), Bertrand Russell ("One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision"),[10] and Charles Darwin, whom they quoted in their original paper ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge").[1]
Geraint Fuller, commenting on the paper, noted that Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in As You Like It ("The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole" (V.i)).[13]
loving how this thread is going. many pearls (more than i've quoted) in just the first two pages . good on ya, AZB!
(i stumbled upon this a couple of months ago and after reading, i went and listened to the Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" about 20 times in a row. that song has driven me nuts for 30 some years, but now i see the genius within and really like it)
Dunning–Kruger effect (wiki)
Historical antecedents
Although the Dunning–Kruger effect was formulated in 1999, Dunning and Kruger have noted similar observations by philosophers and scientists, including Confucius ("Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance"),[2] Socrates ("I know that I know nothing"), Bertrand Russell ("One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision"),[10] and Charles Darwin, whom they quoted in their original paper ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge").[1]
Geraint Fuller, commenting on the paper, noted that Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in As You Like It ("The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole" (V.i)).[13]