bluewolf
07-20-2003, 03:52 AM
What David (Blackjack) said about Earl got me thinking about this in a round about way. When ww and I got married, he was on a team of engineers, sl4s, and a couple of sl3s and one sl5. Now, at this time I was not even playing yet but he talked to me about his frustration in trying to teach these guys strategy or how to read the table, know when to go for it, when to play safe, how to know the correct order of balls to sink.
He was wondering if it was a right brain/left brain thing.And some of his fellow 7s think this is something you have or havent and it cannot be taught.
Now I have noticed two things.Two players,both initially looked/look to not have much talent. One of these sl3s hung on everyword WW said. He learned how to read the table, has advanced and keeps getting better. Of course, he also puts in table time.
There is a woman I beat early on who is a low sl. I saw her play a week ago and something was different. She was still a very weak shooter but, she was trying to read the table. She was trying after the break, to pick the set of balls that would be to her advantage. She was trying to figure out the correct order to shoot the balls in. She looked from one ball to the next one she needed to get on. She does not have the shape skills, but she is thinking. I thought this was pretty neat.
Then when David mentioned drive,determination, in talking about Earl, it was like a light bulb came on. Perhaps this ability was not some elusive thing like different brains. Other than time and experience, perhaps like the original sl3 who just keeps playing stronger each session, it is determination along with time on the table, with some experience in competition thrown in.
I now wonder if those who say you have either have got this ability or not are wrong.That it isnt about different brains either. It is pure and simple. Those sl4 engineers are quite comfortable where they are. The sl3 had drive and that it is not something woowoo but determination and willingness to work harder to become better.
WW started teaching me this stuff early on and I am okay in that area for the time I have played, while others who played longer are not.
Are these players who are weak at reading the table weak in part because they have not been taught, do not have drive or is there a grain of truth in what those sl7s say that some have it and some do not?
Not something I think about too often,but David kind of added a new possibility, one which should have been obvious, drive, determination, with a little guts thrown in.
Thought this might be an interesting topic.
Laura
He was wondering if it was a right brain/left brain thing.And some of his fellow 7s think this is something you have or havent and it cannot be taught.
Now I have noticed two things.Two players,both initially looked/look to not have much talent. One of these sl3s hung on everyword WW said. He learned how to read the table, has advanced and keeps getting better. Of course, he also puts in table time.
There is a woman I beat early on who is a low sl. I saw her play a week ago and something was different. She was still a very weak shooter but, she was trying to read the table. She was trying after the break, to pick the set of balls that would be to her advantage. She was trying to figure out the correct order to shoot the balls in. She looked from one ball to the next one she needed to get on. She does not have the shape skills, but she is thinking. I thought this was pretty neat.
Then when David mentioned drive,determination, in talking about Earl, it was like a light bulb came on. Perhaps this ability was not some elusive thing like different brains. Other than time and experience, perhaps like the original sl3 who just keeps playing stronger each session, it is determination along with time on the table, with some experience in competition thrown in.
I now wonder if those who say you have either have got this ability or not are wrong.That it isnt about different brains either. It is pure and simple. Those sl4 engineers are quite comfortable where they are. The sl3 had drive and that it is not something woowoo but determination and willingness to work harder to become better.
WW started teaching me this stuff early on and I am okay in that area for the time I have played, while others who played longer are not.
Are these players who are weak at reading the table weak in part because they have not been taught, do not have drive or is there a grain of truth in what those sl7s say that some have it and some do not?
Not something I think about too often,but David kind of added a new possibility, one which should have been obvious, drive, determination, with a little guts thrown in.
Thought this might be an interesting topic.
Laura