My Worst Day of Pool Ever

Shortside K said:
If I was capable of crying, I would've right then and there. But all I could do was hang my head in shame. I won only 2 of my 6 games that night. I couldn't even look my teammates int he eye because even THEY had no words of encouragement for me. To them, its, "We know you can play well so do your job. If you lose, you don't belong with us.". When the game was over I packed up my stuff, put on my jacket and walked out without saying goodbye to anyone.

I could describe the feeling as "being in highschool and having your GF break up with you".

Let's see.... how can I put this?
I think you need to step back and "read what you have written in your posts" and think about how you sound.

You sound like you are very young. I'm not trying to put you down, but you need to realize you are heartbroken over a couple of games of 8-ball.
Sheeeeesh.
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I'm only 22 and pool is fairly new to me. I've lost before but back then I didn't know what I was doing. I research and practice and basically live in the poolhall now, and set my bar considerably higher than I used to. I guess I just thought I'd be better than this at this point... more consistent. Losing isn't such a big deal, but this time it seemed more important in that my team is vying for first place in the league and my teammates really had their hopes up. I felt like I was playing not only for me but for them and if I couldn't pull the wins out when it mattered then I'm not to the level that I want to be.

I appreciate your post, but this actually happened last Sunday and I think I'm over it know...No, I KNOW I'm over it now. My heartbroken feelings towards the game are more about my standards for myself and not "the game" which I still love. Because I want to be the best I can be, and just because I visualize myself winning every game doesn't mean I will. I'm okay with that now.

Looking back on the whole thing, I figure: If I'm not as good as I want after days and days of practice, then I just need months and months of practice. Simple as that. I'll try harder and forget that this whole thing ever happened.
 
What happened to you is very common. You overplayed.
With all the practice and the excitement of that new Varney cue, you just burned yourself out.

Get some rest and you will be fine.

You are a great player.

When you go back to the table, throw some balls out and just pocket them for a while, the stroke you know and love will come back to you.

:)
 
Varney Cues said:
POOF!!!
You are now a bottle of water! :D :D :D
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Just send me your cue to the poolroom:

Amsterdam Billiards & Bar
110 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003

Put it to my attention.


Thanks!
 
Keep in mind you have an acquired sense of humor joe. lol
Hah at least you can't blame the cue :D
I want to get mine wrapped by RAT... Gotta wait until the end of February before I have enough in my billiards account though :(
 
Inzombiac said:
Last weekI played pool every single day for at least 2.5 hours. I thought I was doing good by bringing a notebook and doing practice drills on my weak shots. During the week I played lots of different people in games and beat them all. I felt on top of the world with my new cue and seemingly new game.

Then came my Sunday league match. We only had 3 more games before end of session and my team was seated on top, but not by much. We needed to shut down the next 3 teams to clinch 1st. The team we played was a new team to the bar, but they had some pretty solid players... who liked to laugh and joke and drink the entire time. I knew I could beat them just because I was so focused on my game. But as the games went on it became obviously clear that I didn't have it together. I missed run after run... easy shot after ridiculously easy shot. I didn't know what happened, because I wasn't scared of the competition by any means, but I was having a meltdown. The other team played almost as bad as I did, and I could've run the table so many times. If I was capable of crying, I would've right then and there. But all I could do was hang my head in shame. I won only 2 of my 6 games that night. I couldn't even look my teammates int he eye because even THEY had no words of encouragement for me. To them, its, "We know you can play well so do your job. If you lose, you don't belong with us.". When the game was over I packed up my stuff, put on my jacket and walked out without saying goodbye to anyone. I haven't been back to the poolhall since. I don't know how I'm gonna play or how I'm gonna recover. All I can say is that I'm shaken... I feel drained of all skill and natural feel of the table. It used to be so simple: I'd look at the table and I'd immediately know what i was gonna do, my hands would do it and the ball would hit pocket. Now I feel nothing. Worse off is I don't even know what caused it.

How do I recover from this?
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The answer is simple. This team was loose and having fun. The let the game play itself so to speak. Where on the other hand for you, you had a lot of emotion in you and viewed this as a must win.

You have to balance your emotion. Not enough emotion = no motivation and your play suffers. Too much emotion = anxiety and your play suffers.

If you feel your pressing too much in a match, LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS! Find a way to tone your emotion down but not too mush remember your fine tuning that emotion.

If you feel like your just going thru the motions and you really want to play better you must find the reason you enjoy playing pool in the first place. Find what motivates you to play this game.

The mental game is the hardest trial and error process our pool game has to go thru...
 
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renard said:
LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS!
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Francis: My name is Francis but everyone calls me Psycho....Anyone calls me Francis and I'll kill ya. Any of you guys touch my stuff and I'll kill ya. Any of you homo's look at me in the shower and I'll kill ya....
Sgt Hulka: Lighten up Francis!

:D I just love that movie....

McCue Banger McCue
 
BASICS....ITS ALL ABOUT THE BASICS ;) .....When everything goes bad just go back to the simplest form of your game, and build back your confidence, usually a day or two at the room and you are there.

Everybody goes through it.....the question is, how good will you become from overcoming this? ITS ALL UP TO YOU :) :) YOU CAN GET WORSE OR BETTER!!!!


GOOD LUCK AND LET US KNOW WHEN YOU BACK BACK INTO STROKE ;) :)
 
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