The Better I Get the Worse I Am (sorta long)

[Luther Blissett]

Thank you BasementDweller for your well-written and incisive post. :smile:

I read every word and felt quite a deep sense of kinship and understanding at the end of it.

Hope to run into you at the top of the mountain one day. :thumbup2:

 

[pt109]

Just thought I would bump this.
One of the best posts in 2013.... by Basement Dweller....

...but it's still early in the year, BD
...don't throw away your thesaurus....

 

[BasementDweller]

I like your post, i love the growth potential as a pool player. I get better and better as a player. And at the same time my ego gets humbled the more i realize how bad i am. I make a ball and it sneaks in the pocket on the right but i wanted it to go in on the left
I feel just as bad as if i missed all togeather. Its like magic most people only see the show they dont see all the prep work. All the practice the pros do to make something so hard look so easy.. good post

If you haven't yet been humbled by this game then you are either a banger, who hasn't yet figured out how bad you are, or you are world champion. I imagine most world champions have been humbled somewhere along the line, but there may be a few odd balls amoung them.

 

[BasementDweller]

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I see you up on that mountain and I'm on my way, hot on your trail! :thumbup:

I like that. I guess I better start moving a little faster. Good luck.

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Moral: The less you know, the more you think you know. The more you know, the more you realize how freaking big the universe is out there, and how much you still need to learn.

I hope that made sense. It's harder to say without drawing the pictures of circles.

I loved your analogy and it made perfect sense. Thanks for sharing that.

Made perfect sense to me.

I like the poster quit for years and then took the game back up. I'm older, my eyes aren't as good as they were, my reflexes have dimiinisted, my stamina isn't as good, but I still love to play. I can't play as well as a lot of folks, but I play a damn site better than a lot too.:smile:

Still loving to play is the key I think. I know a lot of people that play this game that don't really love it. Somewhere along the line they change and the game becomes all about going home with the cash. That becomes the new love. The game gets lost in the shuffle.

 

[BasementDweller]

Wow, so true!!!!

....snipped the good story....

I'm getting better everyday but everytime I "get better" all suddenly, I noticed more flaws in my game.

I'm almost a AAA in the SCAB rating systems.

Thanks for the story. It sounds like you get it too. Best of luck on your journey.

Right after my first break and run and how long it took for me to get it I realized the exact thing you're talking about.

I felt great after finally getting it, but then I was like.. Wow. I really, really suck compared to the guys I watch on youtube every day... I couldn't do this three times in a row any given day, hell it took me forever just to get one!


But I will get three in a row consistently one day. Not sure when, but one day.

Sounds good ddadams. I'm sure you'll get there some day. There's no hurry. As a matter of fact, take your time, I don't want another person in front of me on my climb. :grin-square:

Awesome post, spot on. Pool: The sport that is loved by all for a short time but only some for life. Its one of the most frustrating games on earth when trying to master.

Great quote. Thanks for sharing that.

Ahhh, the elusive break and run. And then there are the times when you have about 2 or 3 balls left on the table and you start thinking "wait, I might really do this" and miss the next shot. With perfect shape. For me, it's almost been like that scene in the movie Old School.... link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYDzLUH1NE

Love that clip. I can't believe that movie is 10 years old already.

"What happend? I blacked out." LOL

Thank you BasementDweller for your well-written and incisive post. :smile:

I read every word and felt quite a deep sense of kinship and understanding at the end of it.

Hope to run into you at the top of the mountain one day. :thumbup2:

Glad you liked it. I'll see you up there. If you get there first, make sure you save me a spot.

Just thought I would bump this.
One of the best posts in 2013.... by Basement Dweller....

...but it's still early in the year, BD
...don't throw away your thesaurus....

I'll take it! Even if only for a week or two.

 

[gdc25]

Becoming a 7 in APA (8 ball) is basically the start of becoming a pool player. So basically even as a 7 in APA, you are really not a "good" pool player, but at the beginning stage of potentially becoming a good pool player. It's a gut check IMO, but oh so true compared to the top level players.

I find this... disappointing.

 

[TheThaiger]

bumpy bumpy.

 

[Spimp13]

I find this... disappointing.

Don't look at it as disappointing...but more motivation to improve. Regardless of how much you increase your skill level, as long as you enjoy playing the game at the end of the day win/lose that is what matters most.