Why do you do that?
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Be glad you haven't. If I've seen it once I've seen a hundred times.
Freddie <~~~ even just yesterday
Related to this is when you call a shot (let's say for simplicity it's a sharp long table cut shot) and the opponent says, "Good shot."
Me not get.
Freddie <~~~ "Nice try" after a miss comes in a close second
I know ONE very top player who REGULARLY stands at the table after missing a shot for longer than necessary, keeping the incoming player from approaching the table. You almost need a bulldozer to get this guy to leave the table after finishing his inning.
The other guys that make me laugh are the ones who after missing a shot, get down in their shooting stance and shoot an air shot as if they had another chance to shoot the shot they just got finished missing.
All of these examples are examples of intimidation and shouldn't have to be dealt with.
After you miss a shot and the object balls have stopped rolling, you should walk back to your seat, sit still and keep your mouth shut unless you want to tell your opponent they are about to shoot the wrong ball.
When your opponent is at the table and misses a shot, you should not approach the table before all of the balls stop moving. After that, just lead with the pointy-end of your pool cue.
i bring my own chalk and i like chalking my tip. i dont think there's a problem with chalking after i shoot.
now, the part where my opponent looks at the shot he left does not bother me at all. he wants to look at how he performed and the situation that he made, so i dont think that's a problem. sometimes i even ask him, "is there a shot?" and then i let him peek at the position of the CB/OB that he left.
sometimes these "nuisances" are part of training your focus. kids running around, people talking, karaoke singing, people yelling for bets (on other tables), or people watching like a foot away from the table - are just some of the stuff that i deal with when i play.
i remember on time we had to play with our wet flip-flops because it was raining and the table was on a concrete at my friend's backyard. we had to walk really really slow around the table so we dont slip - the floor was wet and a bit muddy so it was really slippery. the worst part was trying to figure out where the smell of dog s#!t was coming from (somewhere under the table).
Lesson: concentration and focus is part of pool training. :thumbup:
now, the part where my opponent looks at the shot he left does not bother me at all. he wants to look at how he performed and the situation that he made, so i dont think that's a problem. sometimes i even ask him, "is there a shot?" and then i let him peek at the position of the CB/OB that he left.
sometimes these "nuisances" are part of training your focus. kids running around, people talking, karaoke singing, people yelling for bets (on other tables), or people watching like a foot away from the table - are just some of the stuff that i deal with when i play.
i remember on time we had to play with our wet flip-flops because it was raining and the table was on a concrete at my friend's backyard. we had to walk really really slow around the table so we dont slip - the floor was wet and a bit muddy so it was really slippery. the worst part was trying to figure out where the smell of dog s#!t was coming from (somewhere under the table).
Lesson: concentration and focus is part of pool training. :thumbup:
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As for things that annoy me...
As written previously - people who watch from a feet away. I hate that. And I am talking about the audience, not the one who I'm playing, especially if they are staring in your face...
As for the players, I really hate it when they stand near you while you are shooting instead of staying in their seat. I always go further from them to give them space and if they get up fast and block my way to my seat I will just step back from the table and make sure I'm not a nuisance.
As written previously - people who watch from a feet away. I hate that. And I am talking about the audience, not the one who I'm playing, especially if they are staring in your face...
As for the players, I really hate it when they stand near you while you are shooting instead of staying in their seat. I always go further from them to give them space and if they get up fast and block my way to my seat I will just step back from the table and make sure I'm not a nuisance.
I know ONE very top player who REGULARLY stands at the table after missing a shot for longer than necessary, keeping the incoming player from approaching the table. You almost need a bulldozer to get this guy to leave the table after finishing his inning.
The other guys that make me laugh are the ones who after missing a shot, get down in their shooting stance and shoot an air shot as if they had another chance to shoot the shot they just got finished missing.
All of these examples are examples of intimidation and shouldn't have to be dealt with.
After you miss a shot and the object balls have stopped rolling, you should walk back to your seat, sit still and keep your mouth shut unless you want to tell your opponent they are about to shoot the wrong ball.
When your opponent is at the table and misses a shot, you should not approach the table before all of the balls stop moving. After that, just lead with the pointy-end of your pool cue.
I agree if its for a prolonged time or quite a few times, its unnecessary. But say for example, if I play a safety and I'm not sure how close it is to being able to hit it clean, I will look at it. The main reason for this is I want to know what I should be looking for that would indicate a foul on my opponent. If its something that would be obvious like hitting an obstructing ball, then I walk away. But if its something that requires some knowledge I will inform my opponent or ask for someone to watch the shot.
Don't be in such a hurry to run to the table.....it'll help work on patience when you're stuck in the chair while someone is running out
Talking to someone loudly on the sideline when I am down on my shot.
Putting chalk and or powder all over the table and balls.
Some expert on the sideline saying how they would have run the rack after I have already runout.
A banger that shoots like he firing a cannon on every single shot.
Playing a lower rank that moves my balls all over the table.
A lucky ass safety.
Playing a person with Body Oder( John)
Walking in my line of sight to put money on the table.
Loud drunks people.
and worse of all playing the drunk slow person...:angry:
Putting chalk and or powder all over the table and balls.
Some expert on the sideline saying how they would have run the rack after I have already runout.
A banger that shoots like he firing a cannon on every single shot.
Playing a lower rank that moves my balls all over the table.
A lucky ass safety.
Playing a person with Body Oder( John)
Walking in my line of sight to put money on the table.
Loud drunks people.
and worse of all playing the drunk slow person...:angry:
All but two...
I would agree with everything on your list but for two...
I have no problem with people speaking their native tongue.
I believe "ugly" is in the eye of the beholder.
I would agree with everything on your list but for two...
I have no problem with people speaking their native tongue.
I believe "ugly" is in the eye of the beholder.
Make up your mind.:grin-square:
I was playing a well known player last sat that played the same three rap song for 3 hrs and danced and sang to it while we played 200 a game 1 hole. Rap makes me want to commit hairycarry to begin with.... Then his stakehorse decided he liked my seat better than the one he had been sitting in for hrs. If one can fade that he is truly shark proof!
When someone takes their cue and bounces up and down like a pogo stick while I'm trying to shoot. IT'S NOT A POGO STICK. It's especially infuriating when it is their own cue and not a house cue. I know I should let someone treat their cue the way they want to but when I see someone with a nice cue doing this I feel I should be allowed to get it taken from them by calling a service similar to child services.
Why do people insist on doing this? They also seem to be the same people who put the chalk upside down on the rail too. One more thing, a guy boring his tip into the chalk over the felt.
This is your opponent encouraging you to take fliers. Shannon Daulton did this to me several times at DCC one year. The more improbable the shot I'd call, the more he would praise my choice.
Its annoying when my opponent starts practicing on the next table as I am shooting. Stop that, dude.
Sorry Corner - guilty - but only as a way of acknowledging I hear them.
Mine that I haven't seen here yet:
-Not washing hands after using the bathroom
-Practicing jump shots over and over and over
-Not equally contributing for the jukebox
-Drink/bottle in corner pocket while you rack with the 8ball perched on top then flip it in it's hole with your fat dirty thumb, slide the rack forward, spin it, slam it back in the table, and ask if "we" are playing last pocket - all before I break your effing loose rack.
Hilarious!!!! You said just hearing people speaking spanish annoys you. I love it! Bothers me too but why I don't know. Just does. Lmao
I don't care for people that want to discuss religion at the bar/ pool table after they obviously have had too many. Just seems really tacky.
i bring my own chalk and i like chalking my tip. i dont think there's a problem with chalking after i shoot.
now, the part where my opponent looks at the shot he left does not bother me at all. he wants to look at how he performed and the situation that he made, so i dont think that's a problem. sometimes i even ask him, "is there a shot?" and then i let him peek at the position of the CB/OB that he left.
sometimes these "nuisances" are part of training your focus. kids running around, people talking, karaoke singing, people yelling for bets (on other tables), or people watching like a foot away from the table - are just some of the stuff that i deal with when i play.
i remember on time we had to play with our wet flip-flops because it was raining and the table was on a concrete at my friend's backyard. we had to walk really really slow around the table so we dont slip - the floor was wet and a bit muddy so it was really slippery. the worst part was trying to figure out where the smell of dog s#!t was coming from (somewhere under the table).
Lesson: concentration and focus is part of pool training. :thumbup:
i think arps got it wrong or is trying to be a pacifist. I carry my own chalk also but don't have it when i didn't plan on playing so it becomes a problem (but it still does when i have my chalk, even when i'm not playing). I even see this at pro tourneys and at TAR, when the shooter has to go and ask for chalk or wait till the guy brings it back.
your opponent checking his leave, he'll know if i hit the ball how good he did. and i don't ask him if i can see it, i'll know when i get there (what if you can't see it are you not going to shoot the ball)
kids running, karaoke, people yelling? you must be talking about your bar league or you go to the room to early or on the wrong nights. but these are not focus issues my friend, it's pool etiquette, I don't quit remember the old time players doing this and which is prob why most of these guys are posting some of the same complaints. None of us expect these things to happen at a tourney or when serious pool is being played.
Focus? you must be the same guy who continuously ask "what do i have" right after an 8 ball break, right after i just shot strip and ran 5-6 balls........... WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE