Practicing: Lesser or Greater Players

[acousticsguru]

Playing cheap sets with a top player makes the pool world go 'round. You donate to the cause, but you force yourself to bring your best game. That's worth more than months of practice and going through the motions.

I don't ask for a spot. I'm not there to win small money. I'm there to battle and gauge my game. I don't throw money away, but a little pressure puts things into perspective.

Best,
Mike

A favourite memory of mine includes playing Buddy Hall so-called cheap games (a fiver the first three, then a tenner each for the rest) even for sixteen and a half hours back in 1991 when he was ranked #1 and was deemed "untouchable". I believe with today's experience I could glean more useful information than I could back then, and I distinctly remember my tailbone was sore, but I battled the whole way through, and didn't give up, and even impressed Buddy with my performance, of which admittedly, I remember very little. It may have been the more special for me because I happen to live in a country in which opportunities like these virtually never arise. What else can I say: I'd definitely do it again, any day.

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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