The Guy that yells "Nice Shot"
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I miss the old wood floors pool halls use to have. If someone made a good shot his opponent would just tap the butt of the cue on the floor a couple of times.
I still do it, but on todays carpeted floors you cant hear it. :smile:
John
I still do it, but on todays carpeted floors you cant hear it. :smile:
John
When they use that nice/good shot bull on routine shots, I wait untill I drill a really good shot when they dot say squat. I then turn to them an in my best Robert deniro voice while shaking my finger with one eye squinting
Doc, YOU....YOUR GOOD DOC...your good you!
Doc, YOU....YOUR GOOD DOC...your good you!
I prefer the tap of the cue,even though you can't hear it you can still see it,it's all I do.
This is an area of game I'm consciously working on and can do it away from the table. Having moved to Boston in the last year the level of sharking and poor sportsmanship is at a pretty high mark. Where I came from, in Hoboken, NJ, players were much more cordial and about playing the game well and leaving it at that.
In our HLT a couple weekends ago our opponents were cheering loudly for our players to scratch, yelling nice shot after an easy shot where our player left himself hooked behind another ball. They had players walking around the table when our player was on the 8 ball and just about anything they could think of to get under our skin they did. And they did it successfully. As much as I tried to convince our team to ignore it, it got under their skin and we played unintelligent and mechanically poor pool and lost. I never got to shoot being saved for a possible sudden death rack and would have loved to have tested my nerves in that environment...
To me, the reality is that people can pretty much say or do whatever they want or feel like. Yes, it may make them complete douches, but at least you know what type of person they are. To let that person beat you who spends more time in learning to intimidate an opponent than he/she does in learning the game of pool is a disservice to the game itself. These games/matches need to be won and if you're game is at all affected by their actions, then it's an area that needs to be improved upon...
Ten years ago I was known to get rattled by the juggling and jangling of the quarters by an opponent when I was on the 8 ball. Whenever I played with friends I'd have them rattle quarters on my 8 ball shots just to get me over choking in that scenario. If you're thinking about what a douchey moron your opponent is, you're not thinking about the shot...
Although, I totally sympathize with your frustrations over annoying players like that. Playing in an environment where that type of thing doesn't exist is sure pleasant, but beating the piss out of those guys who are asses is even more enjoyable.
In our HLT a couple weekends ago our opponents were cheering loudly for our players to scratch, yelling nice shot after an easy shot where our player left himself hooked behind another ball. They had players walking around the table when our player was on the 8 ball and just about anything they could think of to get under our skin they did. And they did it successfully. As much as I tried to convince our team to ignore it, it got under their skin and we played unintelligent and mechanically poor pool and lost. I never got to shoot being saved for a possible sudden death rack and would have loved to have tested my nerves in that environment...
To me, the reality is that people can pretty much say or do whatever they want or feel like. Yes, it may make them complete douches, but at least you know what type of person they are. To let that person beat you who spends more time in learning to intimidate an opponent than he/she does in learning the game of pool is a disservice to the game itself. These games/matches need to be won and if you're game is at all affected by their actions, then it's an area that needs to be improved upon...
Ten years ago I was known to get rattled by the juggling and jangling of the quarters by an opponent when I was on the 8 ball. Whenever I played with friends I'd have them rattle quarters on my 8 ball shots just to get me over choking in that scenario. If you're thinking about what a douchey moron your opponent is, you're not thinking about the shot...
Although, I totally sympathize with your frustrations over annoying players like that. Playing in an environment where that type of thing doesn't exist is sure pleasant, but beating the piss out of those guys who are asses is even more enjoyable.
"Nice shot??? ... Really?"
If you recall, in the movie The Hustler, the first tiime Fast Eddie and Fats met, Fats walks up to the table as Eddie pockets a basic, routine shot. Fats smugly says, "Nice shot". Of course this wasn't meant to shark Eddie. It was just small talk before making a game.
Whenever I hear someone tell me that one of my simple shots was a "nice shot", I'll walk over to them and explain, "Ya know, I've had a lot of trouble making that shot in the past and I've tried really hard to overcome my tendency to miss it. Through a trial of a variety of aiming systems, I've become much more proficient in similar situations, but that particular shot is still not dialed in as good as I'd like. I'm not giving up on it though. Nosiree. Would it be OK if I set it back up again?"
If you recall, in the movie The Hustler, the first tiime Fast Eddie and Fats met, Fats walks up to the table as Eddie pockets a basic, routine shot. Fats smugly says, "Nice shot". Of course this wasn't meant to shark Eddie. It was just small talk before making a game.
Whenever I hear someone tell me that one of my simple shots was a "nice shot", I'll walk over to them and explain, "Ya know, I've had a lot of trouble making that shot in the past and I've tried really hard to overcome my tendency to miss it. Through a trial of a variety of aiming systems, I've become much more proficient in similar situations, but that particular shot is still not dialed in as good as I'd like. I'm not giving up on it though. Nosiree. Would it be OK if I set it back up again?"
I've always worn earplugs if I'm gambling, which is often. I've done this since about age 20 (40 now). It increases your focus and the conversation with yourself. If you're wearing earplugs and you hear a lot of talking, that talking is YOU in your head, which is what makes you dog more balls than any opponent's random shark ever will. If you want clarity of the truth regarding self talk and thought patterns, plug it up...that's effectively what Shane has and it has worked for him.
I remember reading Danny Basavich's book and him talking about guys putting their nuts on the table while he was down on the shot. Pretty soon, no physical movements sharked him. If you wear the ear plugs, then all you have to overcome is your tendency to be sharked by the nuts...
Just my very experienced opinion.
I remember reading Danny Basavich's book and him talking about guys putting their nuts on the table while he was down on the shot. Pretty soon, no physical movements sharked him. If you wear the ear plugs, then all you have to overcome is your tendency to be sharked by the nuts...
Just my very experienced opinion.
The WPBA telecasts seem to have tons of these kinds of spectators in the crowd.
.....and some green goes your way for that one! :grin::grin:
"Nice post"