Which of these characteristics is the most important to a pool player?

The Desire to WIN..Determination...

Maybe you can lump these two with Heart...Think of the person who was down 0-8 in a race to 9 and then come back and wins the set 9-8. This is only rooted in the Desire to Win...determination and Heart...

The question is asked in a manner of the knowing that the competitor is already highly skilled and of professional ability...

Take a moment and ask yourselves...these two guys are about to compete and are of equal ability...now ask yourself which one really Wants To Win???

I bet you would bet on the More determined player...

Thanks again,

Mr. J.
 
Jigger said:
OK Maniac & PoolBum, we gotta bet! I'll bet the blind guy can pocket a ball --- You bet on the quadrapalegic with perfect vision making a ball!:D ;)

Was kind of assuming some reasonable degree of vision in my earlier post when I mentioned hand/eye coordination.
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I didn't see 'arms' or 'legs' among the original choices. In that case I'll take the quadraplegic and you can have the guy with no head and no pulse.
 
This is a combination of different things, but no one has mentioned:


KILLER INSTINCT


I wish I had more of that.
 
I stand by my original answer....

I think that we are coming to two different definitions of the first option/answer. IMO, the choice says: 1.) Vision. It doesn't say good vision, clear vision, or even 20/20 vision. It just says "vision". It may not be what the OP intended, but I am going to literally take this as meaning "the ability to see". Therefore I stand by my original answer and will still put up a bundle of $$$ to anyone who wants to put up their blind player against my player with any one of these "other" attributes :D !

Maniac
 
#10 muscle coordination, but not to the exclusion of any of the others, just the most important. If it was knowledge, Strickland, Sigal, Hall and Mathews would be unstoppable. If it was vision, or strength or stamina the young guns would rule. When all is said and done, in any sport, you have to be able to do it, over and over again with extreme precision and that is the result of having muscle control that delivers exactly what is needed when it is needed.
 
Under vision comes depth of field, eye-hand coordination, peripheral vision, reaction time, and visual acuity - but most importantly, if you have these plus a good stroke, etc., etc., the most important thing is your head - read Jim Loehr, the sport psychologist - without a good head - you'll always be mediocre. My trouble is that I have a good head but nothing else.
 
PoolBum said:
I didn't see 'arms' or 'legs' among the original choices. In that case I'll take the quadraplegic and you can have the guy with no head and no pulse.
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That's some kinda funny $h!t right there :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D !!!

Maniac
 
bomber said:
As a former baseball player and current coach of both baseball and football, I have studied athletics of all kinds throughout my life. There are striking similarities in all athletic contests. There are certain characteristics that athletes share whether it is baseball, golf, or billiards. I have listed some of these characteristics below. I would like to know which of these charactersitics is the most imporant to a pool player and why?

1. Vision
2. Wrist action
3. Strength
4. Stamina/Endurance
5. Intelligence/Knowledge
6. Spatial IQ
7. Conditioning
8. Patience
9. Determination
10. other? (you make the call)

You can only pick one. I know that a combo. of all these is important, but for arguement sake, lets try to decide the number one factor.
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I'd say determination, because with that the player can achieve most of the other characteristics you mention.

But we see in some humans, often with a degree of autism, a hypersensory ability, such as freak musicians who can hear every note from 50 played and repeat it in an instant, where the worlds best musicians cannot come close to such abilities.

So some have some inherent brain / sensual abilities for determining potting angles or speed of shot required for perfect positioning. Practice can help, but for some they sense the speed and angles far more intuititively.

There are players who make quality breaks within hours or weeks of starting the game, other who rise to similar levels only after years of tenacious effort.

If one is determined enough, I believe they can be a great player (mid-pro) level at least. But maybe the elite few have some special mental gift that gives them an edge.

Colin
 
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