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Why is it i keep remembering a commercial where 2 women are watching some dude play (all of them in elegant clothing), and then something distracts him and he tears a hole in the cloth as he shoots.

Seems like mainstream media also had the idea in their head that playing pool well, to the point where you have random women oooooing and aaahhhing at your greatness, took some form of concentration/focus.

I'm sure there is a good reason for it too.
 
Make the shot, then look right at them and say "nice try". I can ignore noise, but I hate intentional sharking, and would most likely say something after the fact.

On another note, the golf course I work at is right next to a shooting range, specifically, right next to a tough par 3. I guess if you can get used to a .357 or muzzleloader going off in your backswing, you can probably tune anything out.
 
Luxury said:
Good one Bob. Funny just last night I was watching Corey Vs Rodney and Rodney was about to shoot the a hanging nine and something I couldn't hear made him jump up and wait about a minute before he would shoot and Dilberto was clowning him saying how in all other sports the crowd can make noise and how silly pool players are.
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Well, and golf. In the playoff last Sunday (PGA Championship), someone made the mistake of taking a picture on Kaymer's back swing. I don't know why he was upset, it was only a $540,000 shot.
 
Luxury said:
Good one Bob. Funny just last night I was watching Corey Vs Rodney and Rodney was about to shoot the a hanging nine and something I couldn't hear made him jump up and wait about a minute before he would shoot and Dilberto was clowning him saying how in all other sports the crowd can make noise and how silly pool players are.
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In all the other sports one requires gross motor skills and the affect on the outcome from the noise is not statistically significant.
Pool and only some aspects of of golf require fine motor skills that require higher level of concentration on the task at hand.Concentration can easily be affected by the other environmental stimuli such as your opponent`s girl friend crossing and uncrossing her legs,potato chip bags etc.

PS:Oh,I forgot to mention about the guy with a cup full of icecubes and chewing them and producing that grating noise.:cool:
 
Hahahaha

spktur said:
Personally I think when I'm shooting everyone should exit the building and be at least 50 feet from the entrance or any window where I might see or hear them. They are welcome to come back and applaud after I have run out.
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This sounds like a guy I play!

For me, when I'm shooting bad, I'd blame a missed shot on anything. Potato chip bag, the song on the jukebox, etc., etc. But when I'm focused, concentrating and playing well, a Tijuana brass band can be warming up next to the table and I wouldn't notice it.

Ron F
 
Nostroke said:
I saw Earl in Cardiff stare down a woman with the potato chip bag and then he did the same to me as i had the nerve to shake out a tic tac during the commercial break. Swear to God. During the commercial break he got upset about it.
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During a commercial break? Dispensing a Tic-Tac? To say nothing about adjacent tables and the clack of pool balls... Man, oh, man, if someone is THAT sensitive to ambient noise they have NO business shooting pool- PERIOD- unless they are in their own isolation capsule!
 
If you are so sensitive that potato chips distract you, pool is not your sport. Pool halls are noisy places.
 
It seems to me that the appropriate solution to the problem is to put a microphone just above where the opponent is sitting. Any sound higher than 50dBA causes the shot clock to be reset to 0. Should the sound be made durring the extension period, both the shot clock and the extension are reset to 0.

Thus, as long as the oppnent is making noise, the shooter has an infinite amount of time to shoot, and can just wait.
 
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