MAYBE SLOW PLAYERS WILL GET THE MESSAGE
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Actually, they feed off your pain.
if you pay enough.....
You are now Slow Eddie FeltsomeI played a guy at Felt some last pocket 8 ball not long ago. I felt bad, he really didnt have a chance. when we finished two set sets he said, "you play real good but man, do you shoot slow". I guess I lost my action
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People who play slow when it seems there is nothing to be really contemplating probably do it in other areas of their lives. They are procrastinators. It's who they are. I'm not sure they can change.
Also, if they are good players and have found success in their slow play I would not expect them to change.
Many people don't trust their own instincts and constantly reexamine everything. They fear making mistakes. Lots of reasons and not all they need to be condemned for.
I would not take it personal.
Also, if they are good players and have found success in their slow play I would not expect them to change.
Many people don't trust their own instincts and constantly reexamine everything. They fear making mistakes. Lots of reasons and not all they need to be condemned for.
I would not take it personal.
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I think most of this conversation is referring to 9-ball one pocket and 8 ball. Try playing straight pool with a really slow player. The first time I met Freddy the beard we played 9 ball. He beat me and I suggested straight pool, my best game.
I had not really noticed how slow he was playing during the 9 ball games until we were playing straight pool. I ran some balls right off the bat like 40 or 50 before playing safe. When Freddy got a shot, and I remember this like it was yesterday, he ran 89. It took like 45 minutes hardly two balls a minute.
I sat at the bar and had lunch. A chili dog and a Coke and some fries while he was still shooting.
It wasn't a perfect run. He banked a few balls here and there got a lucky roll here and there but he was at the table so long it was unbearable.
He won the game and although I had no fear of playing him straight there's no way I was playing another game.
I'll have to pull a YouTube video of him playing. I don't know how he played in later life. When he was young he had this habit of rotating the cue in his fingers between strokes. His delivery on every shot no matter how easy was very slow.
You know, part of the same conversation about slow play. One player who was constantly complained about for playing too slow was Buddy Hall.
In an era when you had guys like Ronnie Allen, Keith, Sigel and others who played fairly quickly, Buddy took a minute just walking around the table. His stroking routine was also very slow and deliberate. Once down on the ball though he hardly ever missed. I'm sure that annoyed them also.
I had not really noticed how slow he was playing during the 9 ball games until we were playing straight pool. I ran some balls right off the bat like 40 or 50 before playing safe. When Freddy got a shot, and I remember this like it was yesterday, he ran 89. It took like 45 minutes hardly two balls a minute.
I sat at the bar and had lunch. A chili dog and a Coke and some fries while he was still shooting.
It wasn't a perfect run. He banked a few balls here and there got a lucky roll here and there but he was at the table so long it was unbearable.
He won the game and although I had no fear of playing him straight there's no way I was playing another game.
I'll have to pull a YouTube video of him playing. I don't know how he played in later life. When he was young he had this habit of rotating the cue in his fingers between strokes. His delivery on every shot no matter how easy was very slow.
You know, part of the same conversation about slow play. One player who was constantly complained about for playing too slow was Buddy Hall.
In an era when you had guys like Ronnie Allen, Keith, Sigel and others who played fairly quickly, Buddy took a minute just walking around the table. His stroking routine was also very slow and deliberate. Once down on the ball though he hardly ever missed. I'm sure that annoyed them also.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Do you guys remember the video from a few years ago where the guy chalked up and stood up probably 20 times or more on each shot? I forget who it was but it was almost some kind of OCD thing. He played alright but I could never stand to play that guy.
middleofnowhere
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I found a video online of Freddy playing Eddie Burton in 1991. It was almost like deja vu the camera zoomed in a few times when Freddy was leaning up table and there's the cue spinning in his fingers. It really made me smile remembering that. You have to read the post this is attached to to know what I'm referring to.
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