Wasteing Precious Hours

[markz]

That would be me. And I refer to freeing yourself from the straight jacket of pressure/tension not actually not giving a damm.

Not like any of us are playing in the World Final lol

[Shockerz]

Good points. The chap you played was obviously a knuckle dragger. Imagine being given a juicy handicap against your mate in golf. Then imagine that after he's hit his shot off the tee down the fairway, you also have the right to pick up his ball from where it lies and throw it into the worst rough you can find. Would that be fair?

But that's how is works in snooker because we play the same balls. There's no handicapping in pool, darts, tennis, table tennis or squash. My point has always been; handicaps are appalling. If you need a start, try a lower division instead. Players should be in each division on merit. Handicaps are a disincentive to practice and improve and players actually chuck frames towards the end of the season (if their team has nothing to play for and no relegation to fear), so that their handicaps stay the same or are improved. One first division team told me they all do this.

I run 6 competitions annually in one of the clubs and the same people moan about handicaps and it just drives you mad about the whining.

One guy (team player who's had a 60 and 70 break in the last week) was moaning about his poor handicap of 15 (mine was -23), clearly a bandit and after discussion we gave him the same which was very generous.

He deliberately lost in the first round of every competition so his handicap would go up this year and he told me that's why he did it. We did the handicaps recently and gave him the same handicaps as last year as he'd thrown the comps, when I told him in front of everyone I actually thought he was going to commit a murder!

If I'd have had that sort of handicap I'd have kept quiet if I was him. People eh!

[itsnoteasy]

That would be me. And I refer to freeing yourself from the straight jacket of pressure/tension not actually not giving a damm.

Yep I agree CC, I also really liked your post about solo practice how its just fantastic to let your arm go and start to flow, without any of the tension from match play, just to disappear into your own wee world, nothing can beat it.

[Shockerz]

As for wasting practice time, like I said, play yourself, one side cautious/%s, the other side more adventurous, keep frame scores and take it seriously. See which side of you can win.

I normally find playing against yourself a little boring and would rather do exercises but I like the idea of an adventurous you playing a cautious you and scoring as over a few frames you will have a good idea who may be better.

Will have to give that a go as you can't lose lol!!

[Shockerz]

Not like any of us are playing in the World Final lol

Really?

When I was a kid I scored the winning goal in many FA Cup finals and when on my own now I'm beating many of the best players in the world or people I dislike; I'm 53 now and never gonna grow up.........it's very over rated!

Gotta go, just about to run in the Olympics.....

[Big Splash!]

I run 6 competitions annually in one of the clubs and the same people moan about handicaps and it just drives you mad about the whining.

One guy (team player who's had a 60 and 70 break in the last week) was moaning about his poor handicap of 15 (mine was -23), clearly a bandit and after discussion we gave him the same which was very generous.

He deliberately lost in the first round of every competition so his handicap would go up this year and he told me that's why he did it. We did the handicaps recently and gave him the same handicaps as last year as he'd thrown the comps, when I told him in front of everyone I actually thought he was going to commit a murder!

If I'd have had that sort of handicap I'd have kept quiet if I was him. People eh!

So, not just a bandit (what a handicap term that is!) but a stupid bandito for telling you as well? lol

BANDIT! Probably the funniest word in the snooker lexicon. Used so many times after a player loses heavily to someone he shouldn't have lost to because the chap is a bandito!

Have you seen this bloke holding a cue in your league?

[Cue crafty]

Not like any of us are playing in the World Final lol

Lol, no - the context of the reply was to what I think was a young player being frustrated by getting beaten by a lower level friend who didn't practice whilst he himself did.

I remember that tension myself from younger days, it's a form killer when you have a "wooden arm" because of it.

So to be fair Omar has looked at my advice out of context. No biggy, there are many threads.

[Shockerz]

So, not just a bandit (what a handicap term that is!) but a stupid bandito for telling you as well? lol

BANDIT! Probably the funniest word in snooker lexicon.

I saw him play a pretty decent player once in a 1 frame league match and put him off the whole way through (he's pretty punchy) until he eventually stuck the final black over the middle pocket.

As the guy was cueing he unscrewed his cue as loud as you like and threw it in his case whilst the guy was about to cue. The guy asked if he was giving up and he said, "Well you won't miss that" and then shook his hand.

The guy in hand said thanks for the game and then went round to the black and deliberately missed it and then said, "It's a good job he'd already conceded."

I nearly coughed a kidney up whilst reffing on the other table! Brilliant.

[Big Splash!]

I saw him play a pretty decent player once in a 1 frame league match and put him off the whole way through (he's pretty punchy) until he eventually stuck the final black over the middle pocket.

As the guy was cueing he unscrewed his cue as loud as you like and threw it in his case whilst the guy was about to cue. The guy asked if he was giving up and he said, "Well you won't miss that" and then shook his hand.

The guy in hand said thanks for the game and then went round to the black and deliberately missed it and then said, "It's a good job he'd already conceded."

I nearly coughed a kidney up whilst reffing on the other table! Brilliant.

That's quality mate!

[markz]

I saw him play a pretty decent player once in a 1 frame league match and put him off the whole way through (he's pretty punchy) until he eventually stuck the final black over the middle pocket.

As the guy was cueing he unscrewed his cue as loud as you like and threw it in his case whilst the guy was about to cue. The guy asked if he was giving up and he said, "Well you won't miss that" and then shook his hand.

The guy in hand said thanks for the game and then went round to the black and deliberately missed it and then said, "It's a good job he'd already conceded."

I nearly coughed a kidney up whilst reffing on the other table! Brilliant.

And the other guy went off bashing his own head like Tony Drago lol

[markz]

So, not just a bandit (what a handicap term that is!) but a stupid bandito for telling you as well? lol

BANDIT! Probably the funniest word in the snooker lexicon. Used so many times after a player loses heavily to someone he shouldn't have lost to because the chap is a bandito!

Have you seen this bloke holding a cue in your league?

I'm tempted to do this Splasher as I've not joined a side yet, was gonna try sneak in div 6 so I could enter the other comps with a 50+ handicap. Only problem is tedisbill has said he will grass me up. Snitch lmao.

[itsnoteasy]

I'm tempted to do this Splasher as I've not joined a side yet, was gonna try sneak in div 6 so I could enter the other comps with a 50+ handicap. Only problem is tedisbill has said he will grass me up. Snitch lmao.

Do you all play in the same league Markz?, is that with Tom and Pottr as well?

[Cue crafty]

I saw him play a pretty decent player once in a 1 frame league match and put him off the whole way through (he's pretty punchy) until he eventually stuck the final black over the middle pocket.

As the guy was cueing he unscrewed his cue as loud as you like and threw it in his case whilst the guy was about to cue. The guy asked if he was giving up and he said, "Well you won't miss that" and then shook his hand.

The guy in hand said thanks for the game and then went round to the black and deliberately missed it and then said, "It's a good job he'd already conceded."

I nearly coughed a kidney up whilst reffing on the other table! Brilliant.

Fantastic! If that was on YouTube it would have the title " How to frustrate a knob" lol.

[Big Splash!]

I'm tempted to do this Splasher as I've not joined a side yet, was gonna try sneak in div 6 so I could enter the other comps with a 50+ handicap. Only problem is tedisbill has said he will grass me up. Snitch lmao.

Haha, that would be so funny. You'd win frames by 150pts El Bandito! lol

[Shockerz]

And the other guy went off bashing his own head like Tony Drago lol

That was a hell of a video wasn't it! Felt really sorry for him (Tony Drago that is!).