youngstown
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Shooters and others
Be the ball.
MM
Be the ball.
MM
Passion and natural ability will HELP lead just about anyone to their goals in life.
Sports is a perfect example. BUT, there must be some form of test for all the effort. Competition can come in many forms and this is where you can find the TEST of your Mettle. (def: a person's ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way.)
Gambling you get to choose your opponent, the game, spot, the rules, where, the table and time limit, if needed.
In Tournaments, almost all the decisions are made for you once you decide to pay the entry fee.
Both Tests are measured in how you finished. Gamble, when finished you have won the wager.
Tournament, if you finish in the top 25% of the field you get money. The higher the finish, the more money.
The TEST is what's important.
The experience of TESTing your passion and what you've been practicing is what toughens your Mettle.
Be the ball.
MM
Be the ball.MM
It is more fun to work on your strengths than your weaknesses.
I'm not usually a knocker, but the next time I hear him give someone that speech ,it's gonna be awful hard not to remind him how fast he hit the door, when he had his chance to stretch his wings !
that's right.... in fact, Dick Lane told me "practice your weaknesses" . that's how he got so good.... and on that note, today i was practicing straight-in corner to corner shots with the cueball frozen to the rail. Thorston recommends using this as a practice drill to check your stroke by following the object ball into the pocket. super difficult but rewarding when you do so.
I'm not saying this is what you do , I am just using your premise for an intro to an example.
I'm in the pool room one day and in comes a guy who is 4 or 5 balls better than anyone in the room.
He's an arrogant blowhard which makes it even worse.
Last I heard he still lived with his parents and moved his girlfriend in a few years ago ,I am guessing him in his early 30s.
He's never had a job anyone knows of and only comes around on rare occasions to play in weak tournaments or try to pluck a fish out of the water.
Anyway, he's been all around the room making games he would be stealing at and he finally tells this young guy with more heart than brains that he is going to have to extend himself to get any better.
The kids about to go for it, and in walks a real player.
He immediately goes up to blowhard and offers him a pretty big spot , of course blowhard says he would play any time but he has to go.
I'm not usually a knocker, but the next time I hear him give someone that speech ,it's gonna be awful hard not to remind him how fast he hit the door, when he had his chance to stretch his wings !
That old "you have to gamble, or extend yourself" talk is a pyramid scheme.
Sausage, I tried the exercise you suggested - straight-in corner to corner, cue ball frozen to the rail - to check my stroke. Just as I feared, it's not so good.
Yep, me too lol.
Sausage, I tried the exercise you suggested - straight-in corner to corner, cue ball frozen to the rail - to check my stroke. Just as I feared, it's not so good.
corner to corner
how do you freeze the cue ball to the rail??
there is a pocket in the corner
i obviously dont understand the cue ball object ball placements
i apologize for being so dense...