Letting Go

[gpeezy]

As many pool players that have brought themselves to a level of what i call competetive play (getting into the money in tournaments,winning gambling seesions,ect.) have felt a time where they Let Go.Its when the game you play in practice at home or in those deadstroke days start coming out of you in tournaments and in action.When you really decide you play just as good as you think you do,confidence that can't be takin away.I'm seeing that in Shane Van Boening.He's has as many know been doing well lately.I remeber watchin him a few years back in the action room behind the Splash Bar in the Rivera in vegas (which is no longer there) when I was in Vegas about 4 years ago,maybe 5.I watched him play for quite a while.I noticed he had a great stroke,great eye and most of all he was always very calm around the table.I said then he would be a great player, good to see I was right.I know Shane gets talked about enough on here but the whole Letting Go,he is a prime example of it right know.

 

[8-Ball Player]

As many pool players that have brought themselves to a level of what i call competetive play (getting into the money in tournaments,winning gambling seesions,ect.) have felt a time where they Let Go.Its when the game you play in practice at home or in those deadstroke days start coming out of you in tournaments and in action.When you really decide you play just as good as you think you do,confidence that can't be takin away.I'm seeing that in Shane Van Boening.He's has as many know been doing well lately.I remeber watchin him a few years back in the action room behind the Splash Bar in the Rivera in vegas (which is no longer there) when I was in Vegas about 4 years ago,maybe 5.I watched him play for quite a while.I noticed he had a great stroke,great eye and most of all he was always very calm around the table.I said then he would be a great player, good to see I was right.I know Shane gets talked about enough on here but the whole Letting Go,he is a prime example of it right know.

Yes, Shane seems very calm and collective around the pool table. I was just watching him during the 10-ball world championships. At first I thought he would lose, but he made minimal mistakes throuout the entire game, which is what brought him out on top against these top players.

Your right, once players know there ablility to play it beyond anything they ever dreamed of, they let go, and take off. Some dont, and you never see these players, and some do, like Shane. I am rooting for him all the way to the top.

Good thoughts.

 

[BRKNRUN]

Interestingly....There are a couple other posters on this board that have the same charictaristics as SVB...

Louis Ulrich has the same calm..(almost bored looking) demeaner at the table.....very relaxed rythum... Definatley a trait I try to emulate...

Also...litte known tidbit of usless information that when I point out people (from Arizona) say ..."you know...your right"

Bryan Mordt (although emmersed in cue making these days) used to shoot a very solid game of pool...SVB comes to Arizona from time to time...On the occaision that he walks through the door or have seen him playing, I (ALWAYS) do a double take because his demeaner, appearance, size, shape, stance, stroke look so much like Bryan it is scary.....

I swear one could be the stunt double for the other...