I'm going to kick the dog

[itsnoteasy]

Right just about at the end of my tether with myself ,today I missed a red on forty nine, a black on forty three and a pink on thirty eight with the Reds split beautifully , I think my brain doesn't want me to succeed, I must have had twenty, at a low guess, forty breaks and not gone on to make something decent and that's just in the last few weeks, there have been tons on let alone fifties, it's starting to get to me now.
The strange thing is ,I'm not nervous ,I don't feel like I'm getting that winning line feeling, but I always miss that crucial shot, or play an awfull positional shot when sometimes it's harder to muck it up than play it right, what is wrong with me.
Rant over

[Byrom]

Every shot you miss is the crucial one - forget this way of thinking concentrate on the rhythm of your play and the shot in front of you cue through the ball and try and play the right shot - it will come - as sure as the wife will say not tonight I have a headache - you can rest your head on the pillow safe in the knowledge that one night soon you will get lucky and enjoy it all the more when it does arrive.

Now go to my thread and help me out -

http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...bid-from-world

[tedisbill]

Yeah, what Byrom said basically. I think we all go through the same thing at one point. My highest break went from 56 to 80 in one go lol. For ages my highest break was 80 and I'd never had a 60 odd or 70 odd.

But I just think, try not to worry about it. The breaks will come, they just will. I'm going through the same thing myself at the moment and I know how frustrating it is.

[itsnoteasy]

Cheers Ted, I'm hoping I kind of do what happened to you and go from the fifties up to a high number in one go, it's so frustrating just now, I woulnt mind if I was getting nervous or twitching, it's happening at a subconscious level, although today on the forty nine I did have an excuse, I was playing my father in law , and he was keeping the score in his head then all of a sudden pipes up with "ooo forty nine" lol, I have no excuses for the others though,and to be honest it's a poor excuse for that one.

[tedisbill]

Cheers Ted, I'm hoping I kind of do what happened to you and go from the fifties up to a high number in one go, it's so frustrating just now, I woulnt mind if I was getting nervous or twitching, it's happening at a subconscious level, although today on the forty nine I did have an excuse, I was playing my father in law , and he was keeping the score in his head then all of a sudden pipes up with "ooo forty nine" lol, I have no excuses for the others though,and to be honest it's a poor excuse for that one.

Ha! To be honest, that's something I always do. If I was playing you in practice, I just wouldn't call your score out loud at all. That can sometimes help.

[itsnoteasy]

To be fair I asked for it, at the start of the frame I said, I have had enough of this Alan I'm going to knock a fifty in this frame, so I supose I got what I deserved for boasting.

[tedisbill]

To be fair I asked for it, at the start of the frame I said, I have had enough of this Alan I'm going to knock a fifty in this frame, so I supose I got what I deserved for boasting.

Well, you potted enough balls for a fifty, just didn't actually get that "magic" number.

[j6uk]

i like talking about breaks and how they work out, and there are differing kind of breaks all with there own narrative. theres always an introduction, middle 'the creative part', and then the conclusion
almost all high breaks from a player whos never made a ton involve the colors, with the most common pattern being the last half of the open reds with most of the colors for a 70 or 80
the main obstacles for this improving player apart from nerve would be: getting the right side of the ob positionally, opening the reds, clearing paths and shot selection

[Leo]

Right just about at the end of my tether with myself ,today I missed a red on forty nine, a black on forty three and a pink on thirty eight with the Reds split beautifully , I think my brain doesn't want me to succeed, I must have had twenty, at a low guess, forty breaks and not gone on to make something decent and that's just in the last few weeks, there have been tons on let alone fifties, it's starting to get to me now.
The strange thing is ,I'm not nervous ,I don't feel like I'm getting that winning line feeling, but I always miss that crucial shot, or play an awfull positional shot when sometimes it's harder to muck it up than play it right, what is wrong with me.
Rant over

It will come fella, once you've made a bullseye a ton is only around the corner.

[j6uk]

it took me well over a dozen bullies and half a dozen red raced cue-javelin throws to get lucky.. after that i really started to respect, study and practice the game properly, like i would anything else now

[alabadi]

Right just about at the end of my tether with myself ,today I missed a red on forty nine, a black on forty three and a pink on thirty eight with the Reds split beautifully , I think my brain doesn't want me to succeed, I must have had twenty, at a low guess, forty breaks and not gone on to make something decent and that's just in the last few weeks, there have been tons on let alone fifties, it's starting to get to me now.
The strange thing is ,I'm not nervous ,I don't feel like I'm getting that winning line feeling, but I always miss that crucial shot, or play an awfull positional shot when sometimes it's harder to muck it up than play it right, what is wrong with me.
Rant over

don't worry as everyone has said it will come mate, this is what i keep telling myself too, (and everyone else for that matter) who sees me play. this sometimes can make things harder because i am expected to make higher breaks or play better.
and to be honest same as you most times i'm not nervous or consciously thinking of it, so it might be subconscious.

i think as others have said just don't think of high breaks when you play don't expect anything and just play with no worries, what will be will be. at least you are consistent and each break is close to 50, we are only talking a few balls here are there. eventually it will just happen when you least expect it, you may find when it does, you will bypass the 50 odd altogether and get a 60 odd or 70 odd.

i use to think when will i make a 30 break, made plenty of 28s and 29s and thought its never going to happen , then playing a mate out of the blue made a 48. now i'm thinking i should be making a 50+ break but its proved more difficult than i thought.

keep at it fella, can't wait for your post MY FIRST TON.....HEEEEHAAAAA

[vmax4steve]

I was playing my father in law , and he was keeping the score in his head then all of a sudden pipes up with "ooo forty nine" lol, I have no excuses for the others though,and to be honest it's a poor excuse for that one.

A long time ago now, I was playing a mate who had just knocked in a ton against me; next frame he gets in again but misses on forty, I step in and clear the table, a ten red clearance. Believing he was keeping the score in his head, and a little full of myself, I asked him what the break was, " I wasn't counting" came his reply.

It just might have been a ton, was certainly very close to one as I took only blacks and pinks but the selfish git then said that he didn't expect me to clear up, tried to count back when I was on the colours but couldn't remember exactly what I'd potted.
To me that was inexcusable and I never played him again.

So you see itsnoteasy, it could be worse.

Another time I was playing another mate who was potting well and had cleared up to the last red, potted it and left himself dead straight on the black but had a perfect angle on the pink to run through for the yellow. I had the score in my head, wasn't counting out loud, but he insisted that I tell him what he was on and refused to carry on until I told him. Ninety one I told him, so he then rolled in the black, had a swipe at a long yellow and missed it.
I asked him why he didn't take the pink and go up for the yellow and he told me that he wanted to beat his highest break which at the time was ninety two, and believe it or not he was well pleased that he had.
That sort of mindset I don't understand.

[j6uk]

the players who make tons are a breed apart, yes a few have lucked it but, it don't just come. its not like finding a bird

[itsnoteasy]

Thank you everyone for the support, I am not the type of person who normally lets things get to him, but I feel this is getting ridiculous now, I have always thought ,it will happen when I'm good enough, and if it doesn't it just means I have to work harder, to tell the truth it's not even a fifty I'm bothered about as I am kind of looking past that now ,I can see on the table a big break is on and then BANG stupid shot.but I got a glimpse into the frustration that this game can bring and although I will never be a cue thrower as it's not in my nature I can sure appreciate how easily it could be done, saying that if I ever get good enough to get stuck up in the nineties I might get picked for the Olympic javelin squad, you never know lol.
Vmax you should have went to his home and kicked his dog, that's just awfull, I would have made him stay and go through the break untill you both agreed a total for it, I know that wouldn't be ideal but I would have needed a figure for it, to get robbed of a century which is a great milestone in snooker is just about unthinkable.I have a friend who is a really really good player but drifts off when I'm at the table and counts my breaks wrong all the time, (not just a little, I have been in the twenties and he's called out SIX yes SIX lol )I find it very hard to play against him (not just the fact that he kicks my but all the time)as when Im playing I'm trying to make a break and at the same time listen to make sure he's counting properly, so my mind isn't fully on the job.

[itsnoteasy]

i like talking about breaks and how they work out, and there are differing kind of breaks all with there own narrative. theres always an introduction, middle 'the creative part', and then the conclusion
almost all high breaks from a player whos never made a ton involve the colors, with the most common pattern being the last half of the open reds with most of the colors for a 70 or 80
the main obstacles for this improving player apart from nerve would be: getting the right side of the ob positionally, opening the reds, clearing paths and shot selection

I like this J6 thanks