I'm up early today,been up since 5:00am.Got stuff on the brain kinda thing going.I'm about to go through another big change in life,it's a positive change,but we all know how much we as humans love change!Change is funny for me,when it's a bad change I thrive,give me a good change and I'm a mess,I don't know what to do with it.Story of my life!But this is supposed to be about pool for me,and that'...s why I do not use my real name here,so lets get back to the game.

I went to Diamond yesterday hoping to match up,even though I was going to be late.When I arrived Jersey Ken and Mike the Fish had matched up for a game of straight pool,so that put a damper on my plans,I was hoping to play one of the two.But that's what you get for being late.Jersey Ken is a very desirable game if you know what I mean,you pretty much have to get a ticket,everyone wants a piece of this guys action.He says he loves it,but when your on the outside looking in all you see is a,pack of wolves and one fuzzy little rabbit!And Jersey aint one of the wolves! Now I know I gave him a good write up the other day,but I think he was playing overhead against me.I watched his game against The Fish,granted this game was straight pool but I was not impressed to say the least.Mistake after mistake,missed ball after missed ball,wrong patterns you name it he did it wrong. How in the world I lost two sets to this guy is now driving me nuts,and is the reason I've been up since 5:00 am! They finish,I tried to get a game with him but he matches up with Jose' instead.So I decide to watch.This was my big mistake,I should have just gone back to my table and practiced.

How did I lose two sets too this guy? You want to know how?I know how,Karl and I had a discussion about it the other day.It's called "seasoning" for witch I have none right now and he has a ton.For you guys that do not know what seasoning is it's,having the recent experience of game type pressure,being able to perform when it's on the line.Now the thing for me is;I USED to be a seasoned player!That's what I've learned today.I have to remember that I've only been playing for a month and a half now!I'm not supposed to be seasoned.But and there is always a but with me I am thinking like a seasoned player and that's a mistake.Seasoning only comes one way and that's with time and experience at the table and in the situations that are encountered in game.I need to be less critical of myself.Or better yet I need to remember what kind of player I am right now,NOT what kind of player I used to be.

What kinda player am I today?To be honest I don't know!There's a couple of guys at Diamond that think I'm an A player but we know that's not the case.Ken The Kernal Kerner rates me a C+ favorite on the Tri State Tour,Joey Kong says I'm a B.If you ask me,I don't know what to rate myself right now!All I know is that I just found the pocket again in the last few times I played,before that I really did not know what I was even aiming at!I was getting down on shots and just aiming at something,anything except nothing!I figured aim at something,at least I'll look good missing.So how could I be anything more than a D class player?How I used to play has no bearing on today!It's very confusing I have to keep things in perspective and kinda forget how I used to play and let it all happen again for me.I'm a D class player right now going to an A class player.Hence the name of the blog.See More LikeUnlike ·