League play causing apathy?!

[Jersey]

I love the camaraderie of pool players myself.

I've only been playing since 10/04 so I guess I'm one of the weaker players you refer to and am an SL3 in APA.

AT my level anyway I gain a lot of knowledge as I watch very carefully the SL 5/6/7 players and how they play.

I think ahead of time how I would play something and imagine the likely result and then compare the 2.

Not to brag but I am a better shotmaker than most players with a higher SL that I have seen but I am nowhere as good at position play and that is my weakness. A good player who can keep me hooked drives me up a wall, but if I get an open table I can hang with most better players.

My next biggest weakness is to always try to think of a way to make a shot and not shoot the safety when it's there. That's a mental block I have and it is only now SLOWLY starting to sink in.

I have also learned a fair amount from this forum and others and would like to thank the members for imparting their knowledge upon me.

LWW

Hang in there LWW it will come, as for my lower SL players, I tell them to play percentages...can you make that shot 85%+ of the time?...if not, safety play for better position or ball in hand. I see a lot of people with this problem, you must remember 'The Safety', is a legal and 100% legitimate Billiard shot. You are not playing weak playing Safe, quite the opposite, you are playing strong. Wanna see your SL sky rocket?...start playing defense when you play higher ranked players than yourself. Keep shooting and never stop watching/learning.