I played an intentional foul in order to get my opponent to ultimately get three fouls and lose 18 points.
Good, right? Part of the game, right?
Yeah. My opponent was my 10 year old daughter. LOL I feel like I kissed Pol Pot on the mouth. Or threw at my son during the Father-Son Little League game. (He was crowding the plate!)
I spot her 75 points in a race to 100, and she's my main competition as I learn the game. I can run 9 or 10 balls with some regularity, but my best run is only 17. Our strategies are very different. She only needs to make a few balls per rack, and so she leaves me with the difficult breakout shots, has no problem making the break ball when it isn't the break shot, etc. I have to deal with clusters, set-up for the next rack, etc. She's more than happy to take the ball I leave in the jaws, shoot a few more, and call it a win. She's been beating me lately. She's improved to the point where I have to play defense more and more. It's good training for me, but yesterday, I had the chance, with all balls behind the head string and her on a foul, to play for the points. She knew the rule, and she missed the shots.
I feel somewhat ashamed. Yet, I threw the game at the end because I saw how badly she felt about the point hit.
Maybe there's hope for me.
Maybe I'll beat her at hopscotch tomorrow.
Good, right? Part of the game, right?
Yeah. My opponent was my 10 year old daughter. LOL I feel like I kissed Pol Pot on the mouth. Or threw at my son during the Father-Son Little League game. (He was crowding the plate!)
I spot her 75 points in a race to 100, and she's my main competition as I learn the game. I can run 9 or 10 balls with some regularity, but my best run is only 17. Our strategies are very different. She only needs to make a few balls per rack, and so she leaves me with the difficult breakout shots, has no problem making the break ball when it isn't the break shot, etc. I have to deal with clusters, set-up for the next rack, etc. She's more than happy to take the ball I leave in the jaws, shoot a few more, and call it a win. She's been beating me lately. She's improved to the point where I have to play defense more and more. It's good training for me, but yesterday, I had the chance, with all balls behind the head string and her on a foul, to play for the points. She knew the rule, and she missed the shots.
I feel somewhat ashamed. Yet, I threw the game at the end because I saw how badly she felt about the point hit.
Maybe there's hope for me.
Maybe I'll beat her at hopscotch tomorrow.
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