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| "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." ARISTOTLE....(384 BC 322 BC) |
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| You’ve heard me talk about piling rocks for over twenty years and how important this is to build your stroke skills. It is a wonderful exercise and those who follow it have improved their game dramatically. Pile Rocks for real........ Now I want to talk about un-piling rocks. These are rocks we have piled upon ourselves over the years. It took a while for us to gain this heavy load. Try to imagine a player competing while he has twenty rocks attached to his head. The image would be comical and perhaps a little sad. Each time he bends over a shot his head wants to crash in to the table. It is hard for him to concentrate with all that weight on his head.
Imagine the player trying to compete with these rocks attached to his head. These types of rocks need to be un piled and stored in a place where they can never be retrieved. We need to reach freedom to use all of our abilities. I wrote the book I Came to Win. Many players miss understand that book title. It does not mean you think you are going to win the tournament. What it means is you don’t have those rocks in your head and you are able to give one hundred per cent to winning. It also means you understand that winning and losing are not something you can control. You don’t know if you are going to win. You don’t know if you are going to lose. But you can know that you will look good competing and by that I mean you will deliver one hundred per cent on each shot you face. As long as you do that, you are an I Came to Win player. Next time we meet in the finals take the rocks off your head and battle to the finish. Once the rocks are cleared you will have the ability to see the shot you are facing. We never face more than one shot. It is always in the moment for players who have no rocks in their head. See you in the finals. |

| So much has been written about the stance. Here is a clip when I was in Russia a few years ago. My how time has flown. I was teaching the key points of a good stance and set up to a group of Russian players. As you can see, I was a few pounds heavier. I had a great time in Russia for over a month. I taught at the Moscow University and also taught on live TV. This game has taken me around the world. Click here to view the clip.... |

Enjoy your time at the table. It is nice to playing pool in an air conditioned pool room be back in the states. Those rooms in the Philippines are hot and the cloth is damp. Not long ago I talked to a pool player who said he was not going to play the Thursday night tournament because the race was too short. Many players tell me they are not going to play because they don’t have a chance to win. “Too many good players in that tournament for me,” They complain. In the past five years over three thousand rooms have closed their doors. We need to support our local room and we need to promote this game. I played in a local Tuesday night tournament which featured a race to two. Anyone can win that event. One of the local players, who understand the game, told me he knew he could not win this tournament. “But I can play almost all night for just twelve dollars and I just might beat you in a short race”. I wish players would learn that it is not all about winning. It is more about having a good time. There is a young girl who enters this tournament and when she gets knocked out she stays and plays all night long. She is the darling of the tournament. She enjoys her time in the room and learns more about the game. Don’t belittle the good players. One statement I do not like to hear is that “so and so is too good for this tournament and all he wants to do is rob it”. I won the last Tuesday night Nine Ball tournament. I played until one o ‘clock in the morning. First place was 85 dollars. That is six hours of playing. This is not robbery at all. Respect the better players and make it a point to learn from them. They worked hard for the game they have and deserve your respect. Go play in a tournament and look for the three promises of pool. One, you will learn something. Two, you will spend time with your friends. Three, you will perform. All this for twelve bucks! But you need to pay attention and experience the three promises of pool. Don’t let your preoccupation with winning and losing cloud the wonderful experience that is waiting for you when you support your local room. Make it a point to go first class. Always thank the tournament director for his dedicated work. He loves the game and wants to help out. I have met so many wonderful tournament directors in my journey. Have a good time, learn, perform and look for me in the finals. I hope I am there with you but if not, I still had a good time. Local tournaments give you a good chance to work on the specifics of this game. On some nights I like to work on my safeties or on another occasion I work on being aggressive. Of course I want to win, but I am not going to ruin a good time by being concerned about winning and losing. With this attitude I have won the last three tournaments I played in. So maybe I am on to something. Many times we miss shots because we are trying too hard. We need to be natural and just let the shot happen. When you don’t care about results, or at least are not preoccupied with results you almost always do better. When you draw one of the better players, RIDE THE NINE. It is so much fun to see the look on their face when you crap the nine in. Go out and surprise the room owner this week. Get a group. They work so hard to promote this game. Show up with four other friends and enjoy yourself. I will look for you in the finals. |
