Postshot routine!

Stones

Stones

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There has been quite a bit of discussion on AZ about "preshot routine".

I thought I would discuss my "postshot routine" from the tournament this last weekend.

It went something like this:

"Whack", the f-word bomb, stomp my feet, roll my eyes to the ceiling and say "You've got to be sh*tting me!".

I can say I was very consistant. LOL

Stones
 
but when you make a ball then you don't have a postshort routine you go right into your preshot routine, I'm sure you had a few of those as well! :grin:
 
Stones said:
There has been quite a bit of discussion on AZ about "preshot routine".

I thought I would discuss my "postshot routine" from the tournament this last weekend.

It went something like this:

"Whack", the f-word bomb, stomp my feet, roll my eyes to the ceiling and say "You've got to be sh*tting me!".

I can say I was very consistant. LOL

Stones
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I usually jump up and down screaming YES and then do the "Tom Cruise Color of Money" with my cue.

I used to practice the same post shot routine as you but it is slowly fading into the past :)

BVal
 
when playing nine ball I usually look up and say "Sooo soooorrryyyyyy" with a wide grin ;)

anyhow to post something more substantial (though I am not sure if this is wished for)... my common "procedure" after a shot that requieres a "next one" would be to close off my mind for a second, kinda like a "instant meditation" to get the last shot out of my mind (specially when the shot did NOT work to well or was extremely complicated one that really worked)
 
Avathar said:
when playing nine ball I usually look up and say "Sooo soooorrryyyyyy" with a wide grin ;)
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Sounds like several people I know LOL.

On a serious note, it is good to get in the habit when things dont go as planned to try to figure out what you could have done differently to get better results next time.

I know a few people that should play better than they do, and one of the reasons is they always blame bad outcomes on things other than themselves. And without ourselves accountable and trying to learn from each mistake we will just keep making the same mistakes over and over.

Woody

P.S. to keep things light as I think was the intention of the thread, I typically just cuss under my breath and take a seat after I figure out what I did wrong.
 
3rd Person

I usually talk to myself in the third person. I say "Joe, you stupid KKKJLJUHU!!!" :eek:

It worked for my parents!
 
Stones said:
There has been quite a bit of discussion on AZ about "preshot routine".

I thought I would discuss my "postshot routine" from the tournament this last weekend.

It went something like this:

"Whack", the f-word bomb, stomp my feet, roll my eyes to the ceiling and say "You've got to be sh*tting me!".

I can say I was very consistant. LOL

Stones
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oh amazing your post shot routine is EXACTLY the same as mine! sometimes i throw in a phrase i heard hillbilly use at turningstone: "what a moron i am" but i am have trouble replicating the southern accent. i wished i could use archer's post shot routine of slamming the chalk down on the rail b/c i missed position but 1.5 mm...

brian
 
On busy nights my preshot routine involves tapping my foot and rolling my eyes waiting for a scrub to finish agonizing over which wrong shot to play, then jabbing him in the kidneys with the butt of my cue. I follow up by saying "oh! jeez sorry I didn't see you there. Lemme just take care of this shot real quick and then I'll get out of your way."

My postshot routine is to get tackled by oblivious teens as I'm trying to stand up and walk around to my next shot, followed by swearing because I just dropped the chalk.
 
I've noticed that my post-shot routine involves blaming the dogs. Why do they have to scratch right before I scratch?
 
Haha, yes I have one of those too. Assuming post-shot routines only happen when you miss (otherwise you go right into your pre-shot routine) mine usually involve some form of strong language and a piece of chalk flying into a wall/floor.
 
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s0lidz said:
Haha, yes I have one of those too. Assuming post-shot routines only happen when you miss (otherwise you go right into your pre-shot routine) mine usually involve some form of strong language and a piece of chalk flying into a wall/floor.
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Mine is immediatly missing saying to myself " ok i know what i did wrong, i know what i did" sit down get back up...and completly forget what I knew I did wrong and do it again...
 
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