Artie Bodendorfer said:
tHE ONLY tONEY i CAN THINK OF WAS A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER. Tony Herlin. I think he was from California and went to UCLA. But I dont no if thats the Toney. He use to buy a bag of popcorn in bensiger and watch me play. If the popcorn machine was their to long the popcorn would be full of bugs. And that was not very tastie to look at but you had to cheeck the bag befose you at the pop corn. Playing correct one pocket looks like suffercation. Because your oponent is always locked up and has nothing to shoot at. And if I played a session 6 ahead the were realy in trouble. I havant said anything about that part of the game yet. You win the million dollaer quistion. I put him in a position were he had no choice but to sell out. And people dont understand it because the have never seen anyone play that style. Even the players today dont play that style. And you have to no what you are doing. And it takes to much concentration and work to play that way. And you are putting a big strain on your mind and its a lot easier just to shoot by inatincte judgment and general direction. And thats why I only played it in a freez out and so maney games ahead. BUt if I would show it and explain it people would realy be surprised. And the would open their ears and eyes wide open. Because the would see and understand what I was doing and why I would have won. But just to play that way cheap all I would do is loose all my action. And I had the Hustle and larceney to go with it.I love your last sentance its so correct and beautifull. And your the first person that has given the correct answer. And you get the price for the day. You have the best answer I herd. Very Good. Keep up the good thinking. Great thinking. I hope you understand what you wrote? Thanks for the great answer.Maybe other people can focus on youre last sentance. And the can figure it out to. Because I no everyone is gitting smarter.
OK, Artie. Now for my second question which I did not post earlier. Thanks for answering my first question. Actually, I just have a comment about your last post, not relly a question this time.
I have though very long and hard about what you have been writing for the last week or more. And I have asked myself, how can you beat an opponent that can outshoot you and outbank you, and who plays good position and safeties. That is stuff you wrote that you did consistently and here is what I came up with.
The way to win is to get your opponent working to help you, make him help you, give him no choice but to help you. Because if both players are working for the same guy, how can that guy lose?
So, my guess about your secret to perfect one-pocket for the past week has been that you keep playing mistake free while looking for that oppotunity during the game to put him in a position where all he can do is shoot a shot that helps you - maybe he moves for you, breaks the stack for you, leaves a position for you, etc. Or sells out for you as you wrote above. That oppotunity probably doesn't come up more than a few times per game against a good player, so you'd have to concentrate and be patient.
Of course, that may not be the secret to perfect one-pocket. It would take great skill and thought to pull it off consistently. But it seems to me that the general strategy could not be beaten. You turn the game from the way most people play - player v. player - to both players serving one player's plan and goals.
I'm going to work on that way of thinking in practice for a while to see how it works and then I'm going to try it out in a game if I think I can do it. Maybe I'll be reporting back that I not only played a game mistake-free, but perfectly also.
I love the mental challenges of this game! It is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your elegant thoughts here. It has been very stimulating for me to examine them and use them to build a sound, personal philosophy towards the game.
Skin
P.S. I realize what I said is basically what SinCityTee and you wrote. Not trying to claim an original thought here. Just putting what I was thinking also down on paper. It's means you're making sense to people, Artie.