This weekend I played for the first time in months and competed for the first time in a long time.
While i didn't win the tourney, I did cash but that's not why I'm proud of myself.
I've had a problem that is two fold. I tend to pay at the level of my opponent and I tend to have a problem closing out.
I started out the tournament doing both of those things. Well actually I started out simply not being able to easily close out. I'd play perfect and then let my opponent get to the hill before I closed it out.
I won my first match this way then lost my second match by playing at my opponents level.
Then I got on the stream table and started playing, well not bad but not at the level I should. I got down 4 to 0 in alternating break ten ball race to 6.
Iow, not looking good for me. I stopped, focused, disciplined myself and played perfect to get to the hill first.
Did the same thing on day two, got down 4 to 1. Stopped focused and disciplined myself and won 6 to 4.
I ending up averaging 2 to 3bnrs in an alternating break race to 6 for the tournament.
Now I just need to discipline myself to do it from the start and not wait till I'm down 4 games to do it lol...
Especially true since I got knocked out by a player who I was spotting two games and he only had to go to 4. Lol
Jaden
While i didn't win the tourney, I did cash but that's not why I'm proud of myself.
I've had a problem that is two fold. I tend to pay at the level of my opponent and I tend to have a problem closing out.
I started out the tournament doing both of those things. Well actually I started out simply not being able to easily close out. I'd play perfect and then let my opponent get to the hill before I closed it out.
I won my first match this way then lost my second match by playing at my opponents level.
Then I got on the stream table and started playing, well not bad but not at the level I should. I got down 4 to 0 in alternating break ten ball race to 6.
Iow, not looking good for me. I stopped, focused, disciplined myself and played perfect to get to the hill first.
Did the same thing on day two, got down 4 to 1. Stopped focused and disciplined myself and won 6 to 4.
I ending up averaging 2 to 3bnrs in an alternating break race to 6 for the tournament.
Now I just need to discipline myself to do it from the start and not wait till I'm down 4 games to do it lol...
Especially true since I got knocked out by a player who I was spotting two games and he only had to go to 4. Lol
Jaden