how is it possible that you can play so much . and then play like a complete bum. how can you feel like you are learning something one day then the very next day play like you know nothing. everything feels off. what does it actually feel like to rise through the levels. and why is it always a love/hate relationship….?
the learning curve.
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...like coming back to the game after a 17-year hiatus.....my game is long gone....but I nevertheless still love to play. It's not like riding a bicycle, it doesn't just come back to you......gonna take a lot of practice to even get half way back to where I was.
You and I are in close to the SAME boat. I know exactly what you mean. I am doing the same thing. I am getting better and better, LITTLE by LITTLE. I am SURE I will NEVER get back to where I once was or could have been should I have never quit, but I like to THINK I will play better and better the more I get back into it. Some days I believe it more than others.
It took a LONG road to get to my highest level before and it will take a long road to recover part of it again. The difference between then and now is I KNOW how to play the game I once played...it is just somehow getting the mind and body to DO IT.
JUST DO IT is Nike's motto. It DOESN'T work too well for ME.
It DOESN'T work too well for ME.
Some people say it works perfect for me.
The funny thing is you both are right.
I agree with the posts relating to coming back to the game after a long layoff. There is no question that there are a lot more resources to help you get better today than there were yesterday. I take pride in seeing improvement as I work on my game while knowing I'll never be an A player. One example is I've worked on my draw stroke which was always good if I was close to the object ball but now I can draw four diamond lengths from being three or more diamond lengths away from the OB.
Practice is the teacher ... sorry, I couldn't resist. :thumbup:
Practice is the teacher ... sorry, I couldn't resist. :thumbup:
Simple sound mechanics make it much easier to take time off and or correct issues as well as make improvements.
Love.... Hate.... its all about the passion in the end
I feel ya. I take breaks from pool when I have LOTS of those days where I'm just not feeling it. After 3 or 4 days, I'm snapping balls in like they got eyes. Don't sweat the yips. Yips breeds more yips. Just back off and regroup.
Practice really basic stuff. I mean very basic shots if you are having one of those days. Just pure form on straight in shots or super close cuts. Practice your break a few dozen times. Play a few games of one-pocket with the most infuriatingly slow shooting elder statesman in the room.... you know, a dude so old he farts dust.
Good luck!
Lesh
I feel ya. I take breaks from pool when I have LOTS of those days where I'm just not feeling it. After 3 or 4 days, I'm snapping balls in like they got eyes. Don't sweat the yips. Yips breeds more yips. Just back off and regroup.
Practice really basic stuff. I mean very basic shots if you are having one of those days. Just pure form on straight in shots or super close cuts. Practice your break a few dozen times. Play a few games of one-pocket with the most infuriatingly slow shooting elder statesman in the room.... you know, a dude so old he farts dust.
Good luck!
Lesh
I can tell you that the pressure from competing can make you forget things you have recently learned.
I cannot tell you how many times I've drawn my rock a table-length or made the 90-degree cut shot on the home table...but get in a match with somebody that plays good...I suddenly can't draw the cue ball 3-feet or cut a ball 75-degrees.
Just because you ain't doin' it don't mean it ain't there!!! (spoken in my best Texas drawl :thumbup
Maniac
I cannot tell you how many times I've drawn my rock a table-length or made the 90-degree cut shot on the home table...but get in a match with somebody that plays good...I suddenly can't draw the cue ball 3-feet or cut a ball 75-degrees.
Just because you ain't doin' it don't mean it ain't there!!! (spoken in my best Texas drawl :thumbup
Maniac
How much is "so much"? Two hours a day? Eight? Twelve? The people I know who got near pro speed pretty much played 16 hours a day. And, quit their jobs and got a divorce.
I think for me it takes about 3 weeks of playing 3or 4 hours a day to get back to dead stroke...when. have those days that are way off I practice my banks...because to make them your aim and speed have to be good...not to mention your focus...then after about 2 hours of banking I feel like I am focusing on a spot on my OB again
I play/practice 6-7 days a week at least 2 hours a day. I started shooting almost 2 1/2 years ago and I am much better than when I started but I am no where near an A level player. The improvements are starting to come very slowly now with plenty of bad streaks in between the good days.