The Working Pro Player
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wayne said:
For some reason, it seems folks believe that if you work "in billiards", then you are just practicing all the time. Very untrue.
Jimmy M. said:I don't follow the pro tour, but I most certainly am a working stiff!
Jimmy, I sure wanted to mention you, however you never show up to any tournaments. Just Golf Courses
RANDY LAMAR from portage wi accually plays a little better then MIKE BANDY and randy works 50 hours a week
LAMas said:
Nope no table at Tiger. But I have one in my home office
CrownCityCorey said:
What exactly do they do?
I was probably the highest ranked player in the WPBA that has ALWAYS had a fulltime job (since college) in an unrelated field AND was raising 2 kids.
They're grown now (but not out of the house, lol), but back then, I was not only a single mom and sole supporter (no child support), I had no family to back me up for free nights. Also, no husband to watch them if I wanted to go out. I only started playing on a league night when they were old enough to be on their own. Their dad took them on the weekends and that was the only time I got out - I got my practice in the tournaments, usually!
At one point, I was working 2 - 16 hour shifts on the weekends and ran a daycare from my home. The daycare kids would be on my doorstep at 7 am, when I came back home from working at the hospital. Those days were rough!
Add to that, I founded the regional tour here in the NW, along with house pro-ing at Jillian's and most of my free time was gone.
If people criticize my skills compared to the top women, well, I haven't been in the poolroom much! It's actually a miracle that I have attained the level that I have and I am very thankful that I have achieved any wins at all!
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Breedlove manufactures furniture
Actually, George Breedlove is not a carpenter, but has a small company that manufactures "unpainted" furniture. There are many stores around the country that sell this stuff. Playing on the IPT will not affect his business.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Actually, George Breedlove is not a carpenter, but has a small company that manufactures "unpainted" furniture. There are many stores around the country that sell this stuff. Playing on the IPT will not affect his business.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
wayne said:
has been consistently improving inspite I am legally blind in one eye,old and feeble.I am actually a 9 ball player and started playing one pocket few years prior to the beating I received from you.Five months ago I played billy palmer.After exchange of 5 or 6 consecutive high level moves I was getting paralyzed and clueless.He just tortured me.How are u hitting them?
Jamie Farrell makes pizzas 10 -12 hrs. a day
Jmaie Farrell runs two businesses, one of which is a pizza parlor and he misses a ball every other Wednesday.
Jmaie Farrell runs two businesses, one of which is a pizza parlor and he misses a ball every other Wednesday.
I would throw in Eddie Adams and Tommy Sanders.
Not sure exactly how much either is playing these days. Eddie is/was
a great semi unknown player.
Not sure exactly how much either is playing these days. Eddie is/was
a great semi unknown player.
JG-in-KY said:They used to say John DiToro was the best working pool player in florida. He actually had a job, however I couldn't vouch for how hard he worked.
^ Yup. John is deffinetly the best full-time job having pool player 'round. Also a very cool guy
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
JG-in-KY said:They used to say John DiToro was the best working pool player in florida. He actually had a job, however I couldn't vouch for how hard he worked.
You mean John "The Bull", "Tony Tide", "Mr PotatoHead" DiToro? He was my mentor as a youngster and I firmly believe he was one the best ever with a full time gig!!!
Tommy-D said:
Mike Bandy was a monster about 10 years ago. I backed Antonio Lining against him 15 ahead on the bar box for a lot of jelly beans. Antonio gave him the 7 the first set, and Mike took it down in about 4 hours. He played flawless. The next time they played Mike got the 8 in a 15 ahead match and Antonio won in 3 hours. Just to let you know how good Antonio's bar box game was. He offered to play Matlock 15 ahead on the small track and 15 ahead on the big track giving 3 to 2 on the money. I put him in a $50 bar box ring game with Johnny Archer, Tony Ellin, and Danny Medina and Antonio ran 16 racks to break the game. The last thing is the most amazing thing in pool I ever seen. He played the bar box ghost race to 20 without ball in hand spotting the ghost 10 games and won 20 to 13!!!!. He kickede in 3 balls after the break during the set.
I am not sure about that. I always believed that Louis Viera could make John his HO if John would play him, and Louis works like a sick hours at his shop.JG-in-KY said:They used to say John DiToro was the best working pool player in florida. He actually had a job, however I couldn't vouch for how hard he worked.
pro with a job
Dee Adkins has a roofing company and does the work on the roof himself too. I know this because we put my roof on last year and I have not recovered yet. He told me he would play anyone in the world even if they worked on the roof with him for a week. I have done concrete work and other stuff but putting the roof on was the hardest thing I have ever done as far as physical work. Dee also plays great and has been playing a lot now for the IPT.
Dee Adkins has a roofing company and does the work on the roof himself too. I know this because we put my roof on last year and I have not recovered yet. He told me he would play anyone in the world even if they worked on the roof with him for a week. I have done concrete work and other stuff but putting the roof on was the hardest thing I have ever done as far as physical work. Dee also plays great and has been playing a lot now for the IPT.
Having been a free man (no job) for 20 years, this month, I can add a little insight into how working full-time affects one's goals and behaviors...
One might think that having little to do all day would be a benefit to one's pool game. But...there's always a "but," isn't there?---but, if one doesn't control one's time, then freedom can actually be a negative as drifting becomes normal.
It is sooooo easy to piss away time when there aren't any "forced" deadlines or jobs to do. When one is working at a job, one's life is consistently on schedule, and this predetermined schedule can actually "force" one into practicing more effectively.
I say this from experience....e.g., here I am on AZ instead of out staining the fence before the sun shines on it. Is this good or bad and am I managing my time most effectively for pool playing?
Jeff Livingston
One might think that having little to do all day would be a benefit to one's pool game. But...there's always a "but," isn't there?---but, if one doesn't control one's time, then freedom can actually be a negative as drifting becomes normal.
It is sooooo easy to piss away time when there aren't any "forced" deadlines or jobs to do. When one is working at a job, one's life is consistently on schedule, and this predetermined schedule can actually "force" one into practicing more effectively.
I say this from experience....e.g., here I am on AZ instead of out staining the fence before the sun shines on it. Is this good or bad and am I managing my time most effectively for pool playing?
Jeff Livingston