What age is a Poolplayers prime?

manwon said:
I think that a great deal of what determines a persons prime is how they treat themselves. Do they eat well, do they use Drugs or Alcohol on a regular basis, do they stay in good or bad physical condition.

I think these factor's will determine a players prime much more than their age!!!

JIMO
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+1 This sounds spot on Sir. It's amazing what eating healthy and working out will do for ya. Guys like Hugh Hephner will probably live till he's 100, burnin up all those young babes all day with drugs to boot.
 
I think it varies with each case. Some people when they retire don't hit their prime for pool until then. But some college students such as my self, may, my self included, hit their prime here, or will hit it very soon.
 
Here's another thought- This started talking about top players, but what about shortstop level and lower?

Someone mentioned TF Whittington. I remember that guy (sharp dresser, mustache, very soft spoken/courteous, nice guy). He definitely had some game.

I agree that the prime for a top player might be somewhere between, say, 30 to 50, but I know plenty of older guys that still play a notch below the top players. That is still pretty sporty play. One local guy, Joe Frady, comes to mind. It still takes a pretty good player to beat Neptune Joe.


Eric
 
Eric. said:
Here's another thought- This started talking about top players, but what about shortstop level and lower?

Someone mentioned TF Whittington. I remember that guy (sharp dresser, mustache, very soft spoken/courteous, nice guy). He definitely had some game.

I agree that the prime for a top player might be somewhere between, say, 30 to 50, but I know plenty of older guys that still play a notch below the top players. That is still pretty sporty play. One local guy, Joe Frady, comes to mind. It still takes a pretty good player to beat Neptune Joe.


Eric
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At the tournament where he beat Corey, Someone broke his window out
of his car and stoled his cues and the police came in the pool room to get a statement during his match. And he still performed at an extremely high
level. RIP to a man who changed the rules. On a side note.... I did not know TF personally but I will never forget how impressive he was at
that age or for that matter any age.
 
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My guess is, for absolute peak perfomance, a combination of mental acuity, attitude, maturity, physical fitness (endurance, energy, strength, flexibility) , self-control, self disipline, and peak nervous sytem performance, for most men the age would be 30 to 40.

Even if a player maintains their physical ability, I think we lose our mental edge as we age. It may not be so obvious in pool but judging by most player's accomplishments, they seem to slow down after that and decline noticibly after 50.

I think sleep has a lot to do with it. As I've aged, I haven't lost strength yet, but I notice I don't sleep as well as I used to and I don't have the same daily energy or ambitions I used to have. I think that is why we lose some ability to focus. Sometimes I have to drink Red Bull just to stay awake, then I have to play with the caffeine jitters.

Chris
 
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TATE said:
My guess is, for absolute peak perfomance, a combination of mental acuity, attitude, maturity, physical fitness (endurance, energy, strength, flexibility) , self-control, self disipline, and peak nervous sytem performance, for most men the age would be 30 to 40.

Even if a player maintains their physical ability, I think we lose our mental edge as we age. It may not be so obvious in pool but judging by most players accomplishemnts, they seem to slow down after that and decline noticibly after 50.

I think sleep has a lot to do with it. As I've aged, I haven't lost strength yet, but I notice I don't sleep as well as I used to and I don't have the same daily energy or ambitions I used to have. I think that is why we lose some ability to focus. Sometimes I have to drink Red Bull just to stay awake, then I have to play with the caffeine jitters.

Chris
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Have you tried 5 hour energy. It works amazing. Not to be confused with
imitations
 
peteypooldude said:
At the tournament where he beat Corey, Someone broke his window out
of his car and stoled his cues and the police came in the pool room to get a statement during his match. And he still performed at an extremely high
level. RIP to a man who changed the rules. On a side note.... I did not know TF personally but I will never forget how impressive he was at
that age or for that matter any age.
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Thanks for the nice comments about Mr. Whittington. He dressed GREAT, had a lot of class (and super competitive fire). :yes:
 
Cuaba said:
Tate, you've got a few years on me, but last time we played you robbed me.
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There you go tellin' stories again. I would like to play one on one next time you come here - should be a good match.

Chris
 
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