The reason I ask is that over the past year(s) I've been witness to quit a few people who have used pool as a form of therapy. My first hand experience was with my mother-in-law after her second husband died. She's from the old school where the only thing she knew how to do was cook, clean, worry. She didn't even know how to balance a check book.
When he died, she was a basket case. I had her join my wife's APA team to try and help get her mind on something else other than grief and over the next few months I saw major improvements. At age 68, she's no pro, but she's getting better and better at pool.
I even witnessed a man (not sure of his illness) take on a known good pool player in the local area and clean his clock by running a table in 2 or less innings. He looked as though he had multiple scerosis by his manerisms. His practice strokes where the worst, but when he did his final stroke, he was (more often than not) dead on and had position for next shot.
Just goes to show that billiards is one of the few sports that a man, woman, child, or handicap can play and enjoy.
When he died, she was a basket case. I had her join my wife's APA team to try and help get her mind on something else other than grief and over the next few months I saw major improvements. At age 68, she's no pro, but she's getting better and better at pool.
I even witnessed a man (not sure of his illness) take on a known good pool player in the local area and clean his clock by running a table in 2 or less innings. He looked as though he had multiple scerosis by his manerisms. His practice strokes where the worst, but when he did his final stroke, he was (more often than not) dead on and had position for next shot.
Just goes to show that billiards is one of the few sports that a man, woman, child, or handicap can play and enjoy.