I am so frustrated. I played in the Norwegian 9-ball Championship this weekend, and after playing the first rounds and qualifing for the last 32 and the single elimination, I had an early Sunday morning match against a supposed better player then me.
He is a really fast player, and shoots hard, and is easily frustrated if things isn't going his way. Because of this I was really happy when we got to play on the finaltable with really tight pockets. I played good and went up 5 - 2, after giving him some safeties and teazer's, allowing him to miss some difficult shots and get frustrated.
Suddenly I missed position on the 9 in the next rack, and he won the safetybattle and gained some confidence again, and after some more racks he proceeded to tie the match at 7 - 7.
Then I take the lead again 8 - 7, race to 9. Then this happens: (Check Cuetable below)
Page 1:
I am too afraid of shooting to hard on the 8 and ends up way to short on the 9
Page 2:
I choke on the matchball and miss the 9
Page 3:
My opponent completely MISS the 9-ball, but because he had some leftspin on the cueball he hit the 9 on it's way back!!! Incredible! And he is rewarded with a tough layout for me!
Page 4 & 5: I hit the 9 and it rolls over to the pocket, but it ends in the jaw. If someone had farted against the 9 it would have dropped. It couldn't be closer to the pocket. My opponent makes it, and then breaks & run to win the match!
I am SO FRUSTRATED. First I play bad positon, then I miss badly (those damn nerves ruins my game
).
Then God tortures me with letting my opponent completely miss the ball, then hit it on it's way back and leaving me a difficult shot.
I think I can't sleep the next couple of weeks. When I missed the 9 the second time I swear I could hear Keith McCready saying:
He is a really fast player, and shoots hard, and is easily frustrated if things isn't going his way. Because of this I was really happy when we got to play on the finaltable with really tight pockets. I played good and went up 5 - 2, after giving him some safeties and teazer's, allowing him to miss some difficult shots and get frustrated.
Suddenly I missed position on the 9 in the next rack, and he won the safetybattle and gained some confidence again, and after some more racks he proceeded to tie the match at 7 - 7.
Then I take the lead again 8 - 7, race to 9. Then this happens: (Check Cuetable below)
Page 1:
I am too afraid of shooting to hard on the 8 and ends up way to short on the 9
Page 2:
I choke on the matchball and miss the 9
Page 3:
My opponent completely MISS the 9-ball, but because he had some leftspin on the cueball he hit the 9 on it's way back!!! Incredible! And he is rewarded with a tough layout for me!
Page 4 & 5: I hit the 9 and it rolls over to the pocket, but it ends in the jaw. If someone had farted against the 9 it would have dropped. It couldn't be closer to the pocket. My opponent makes it, and then breaks & run to win the match!
I am SO FRUSTRATED. First I play bad positon, then I miss badly (those damn nerves ruins my game
). Then God tortures me with letting my opponent completely miss the ball, then hit it on it's way back and leaving me a difficult shot.
I think I can't sleep the next couple of weeks. When I missed the 9 the second time I swear I could hear Keith McCready saying:
"It's like a nightmare, isn't?"
