I wish I could go back and see how it happened again...

MitchAlsup, on May 27 2009, 07:49 PM, said:

My game often deteriorates (suddenly) when I realize that my opponent has realized that he should be toast. I just stop playing at my level and coast. I have found it is exceedingly hard to come back from coasting and get back into form and shoot to my capabilities. In effect, I have decided to just play well enough to beat the person at the table--that is I play down to his level. This leads inevitably to disaster.

Precisley, you have answered your own question and you already know the answer to it. It is easy to play to anothers level. They mostly drag you down to theirs. Play bums on the block, you will always be a bum on the block. You have to be like Tiger Woods, dont win, lap the field. Never coast. if its a race to 6, try and win 6-0. Bury the bum. No mercy, you need my killer instinct and attitude. If I am playing my granny, I want to bury the old broad so she will never want to ever play me again.

Go into the bathroom, let me see your war face, go grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, look real scary, this is fookin war, it win or die, take it more serious. Forget being mister nice guy.

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

4-20-01, 3 pages, published in poolchat.net

How mentally tough are you? When I wake up in the morning, I don’t brush my teeth, I sharpen them with a rat tailed file. When I walk, my brass balls clang together. You boys, gotta toughen up. Play tough, then they will fear ya.
Take a few moments to fill out this questionnaire that covers several component skills of mental toughness.
When you are finished, check your answers in the evaluation section that follows to determine your mental strengths.
Answer T for True and F for False for each statement.
1. I frequently worry about mistakes.
2. I get really down on myself during performance when I mess up.
3. It's easy for me to let go of my mistakes.
4. If I start out badly, it's hard for me to turn my performance around.
5. I get distracted by what the coach thinks whenever I screw up.
6. I bounce back quickly from setbacks, bad breaks and mistakes.
7. I do my best when there's more pressure on me.
8. I get too nervous to really perform to my potential.
9. I do better in practice than I do when it really counts the most.
10. I tend to get easily psyched out or intimidated.
11. I can keep myself calm and composed under pressure.
12. I don't want the ball/dread competing at "crunch time." (big game/race.)
13. The coach's yelling knocks me off my game.
14. I tend to get easily distracted.
15. Certain opponents can get into my head and throw me off my game.
16. Lousy playing conditions (weather, field conditions, temperature, etc.) negatively affect me.
17. I have no trouble focusing on what's important and blocking everything else out.
18. I think too much about what could go wrong right before and during performance, (the "what ifs").
19. One or two failures do not shake my confidence.
20. I tend to compare myself too much with teammates and opponents.
21. I'd rather compete against a better opponent and lose than go up against a weaker opponent and win.
22. I am confident and self-assured athlete.
23. I tend to be too negative.
24. I have trouble dealing with negative self-talk (thoughts).
25. I get more motivated after failures and setbacks.
26. It's easy for me to consistently train at a high level of intensity.
27. I think about how today's practice will help me get to my goals.
28. I find myself just going through the motions a lot in practice.
29. I have clear goals that are important for me to achieve.
30. I am a highly motivated athlete.
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Scoring
Section 1, questions 1-6 deal with "Rebound ability," or your skill at mentally bouncing back from setbacks and mistakes. Mental toughness depends on your ability to quickly leave your mistakes and failure behind you. Hanging onto your mistakes will get you into big trouble, performance-wise. Athletes, who dwell on their mistakes while the competition continues, end up making more. Score 1 point for each of the following answers:
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. T
Section 2, questions 7-12 deal with the ability to handle pressure. Without the ability to stay calm in the clutch, an athlete will always underachieve. Peak performance demands that you are relaxed once the performance begins. While a little nervousness is critical for getting "up" for a game/match/race and performing at your best, ("good nervousness") too much nerves ("bad nervousness") will tighten your muscles and send your performance down the tubes. Score 1 point for each of the following answers:
7. T
8. F
9. F
10. F
11. F
12. F
Section 3, questions 13-18 deal with your concentration ability. In every sport, your ability to focus on what's important and block out everything else is one of the primary keys to performance excellence. Poor concentration is the major reason why athletes choke and get stuck in performance slumps. Getting psyched out or intimidated is a direct result of concentrating on the wrong things. Score 1 point for each of the following answers:
13. F
14. F
15. F
16. F
17. T
18. F
Section 4, questions 19-24 deal with your level of confidence and the factors that affect confidence. One characteristic of the mentally tough athlete is he/she possesses a confidence level that seems to be unshaken by setbacks and failures. Under the pressure of competition, low confidence will neutralize natural ability, hard work and talent. Similarly, high confidence will enhance an athlete's training and God given talents, lifting their performance to the next level. Score 1 point for each of the following answers:
19. T
20. F
21. T
22. T
23. F
24. F
Section 5, questions 25-30 deal with motivation. Motivation is the fuel that will drive your training to a successful completion and the accomplishment of your goals. Without adequate motivation athletes get stuck having "permanent potential." Without motivation you won't put in the work necessary to become a winner. Your motivation allows you to pick yourself up after a setback and keep going. Score 1 point for each of the following answers:
25. T
26. T
27. T
28. F
29. T
30. T
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Interpretation
A score of 6 in any one of the five sections indicates a special strength in that area. A 5 indicates solid skill, and 4 of less highlights that particular area as a mental weakness that needs to be addressed.
For example a "6" in "rebound ability" indicates consistent ability to bounce back quickly from mistakes, failures and losses. A score of "2" or "3" in section #2, handling competitive pressure, indicates the need for arousal control/relaxation training. Low scores in each section highlight problem areas. These "mental weaknesses" should then form mental training goals for you to help raise your overall performance to the next level.
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Winning is everything. Winning is the only thing, winning is something you have to do because you worked hard for the win and you deserve it. You win because you know how to put your self in a position to win and when you get there and you should win and are capable of winning: you do so because you expect it to happen and you allow it to happen. You have done it many times before and can see no reason for it not to happen again. Show me a guy who does not mind losing and I will show you a sausage. Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser. “FL” “Nice guys finish last” quote from Lou Durocher, hall of fame player and manager of the baseball Brooklyn Dodgers. They were called bums until they defeated the UN beatable Yankees which all felt they had no chance to do. His aggressive teaching turned losers into winners and world champions.

Those people who cherish and display their 2nd and 3rd place tin cups are happy to let you beat them and take lst, they are easy meat. This must conflict with what some of you have been taught, which is trying your best, and be happy with how it comes out. I think that is how you teach losers to remain being losers. I teach a very aggressive way of winning and thinking. The majority who I give this to can't handle it or accept it, because they are losers who are afraid of ever being a winner. They are proud of their 2nd place tin cups and I just insulted them and they then turn off on the rest of my winning lesson as it hits them down deep where the truth is, you are a loser, you are not a winner. They just do not want to hear it, they can't handle or deal with the truth, and they are a loser. The first step in this is to stop thinking like a loser and begin thinking like a winner does.

Some say back to me that my emphasis on winning seems a little inconsistent with what they have learned with the sports psychology - 'do your best in order to win, but accept that you won't always, and forgive yourself for your imperfections'.
Sure I agree with this, I am just more aggressive than these other teachers. I view a pool table as a battlefield, war, I must win, you must lose, I think like Genghis Khan; I have a good time by wiping you out that makes my day. I don’t want you to make a ball or have a shot. I would not give my granny a game or two if I was playing her a match just so her loss would look better.

Everyone I played I wanted to shut them out and so embarrass and destroy them that if I ever faced them again they would be defeated when the walked up to my table in the future. I wanted them to fear me. Most teachers don't have the guts to put that in writing, I do. Most of these sports psychologists begin to teach in platitudes and what is politically accepted and what the majority buys into. I train you to become Genghis Kahn, I do not back off of that because I know when you invoke fear in your opponents your wins begin to go through the roof and your wins are a walk in the park. No mercy, off with their heads is what I teach.

Most feel one must still accept defeat gracefully.
I only do that in public, and it is a farce and a act I go into, just to be civil and polite, I then go home and tear up the joint and punch a hole in my wall. I am furious when I come in my door. I hate coming in 2nd and I am never happy with that.

I have won over 60 tourneys in 9 ball pool, most were amateur events, a few were semi pro and some were pro. I came in 2nd 20 times also, I have all 60 lst place tin cups. I did not accept or go home with any 2nd place cups of a loser. None of them are in my home; none of those are in the homes of Jack Nicklaus or Earl Strickland. 2nd place to me is a disgrace that meant I was there and could have had lst and did not. I want no reminders around of losing, only of winning.

My world championship was in the sport of Artistic pool and I have many wins and Gold medals there won in the 90’s.

If you win a lot that is because you are in position to win a lot and you get there by design and superior play above your opponents. Jack Nicklaus holds the record for the most 2nd place finishes but he also holds the record for the most majors won as well and that is a winner.

Efren Reyes holds the pool record for the most 2nd place finishes and has never won a world title, he I view as a very talented loser and dump master. This guy has done more dives than flipper the dolphin on TV. I would bet you he has ever 2nd place cup he has won on his mantle and Nicklaus has none in his home.

Babe Ruth holds the record for the most failures at bat; he struck out more than any other batter. Did it matter; all they did was count his 714 success and his home runs. Ty Cobb was totally the superior athlete and player and in the end the Bambino walked off with it all.

Nobody remembers who came in 2nd in any support; all they remember is who won.

Those people who cherish and display their 2nd and 3rd place tin cups are happy to let you beat them and take lst, they are easy meat. This heart of a killer is what earned Earl Stricklin 5 world titles. Nice guys, finish last. You need to tattoo that one under your eye lids as well.

You are never happy with a 2nd place tin cup and you accept it with a smile to be a good chap, then walk out side and toss the cup of the loser in the dumpster so nobody see's you do that. It never goes home and never goes on your mantle. If you have them on your mantle now, I say to the dumpster with them now. 2nd place is the cup of a loser and every time you see it that cup reminds you that you are a loser and you did not win. If that sounds a bit harsh and tough, we'll winning is tough and harsh and it takes a killer attitude to be a winner. Its war, you go forth, you take no prisoners. You go out to win, anything less than that is totally UN acceptable.

Quote from Star wars movie: "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda

Quote from the greatest football coach of all time, also many time world champions, winner of super bowl #1 and #2.
What it takes to be No 1. You've got to pay the price. Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do and to win and to win and to win.

Vince Lombardi once said, "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
End of quote by Vince Lombardi. Vince declined the invitations and would not allow his boys to play in the 2nd place bowl. He built the greatest football team of winners the game has ever known. For 3 years they were virtually UN beatable. To beat them you have to be extremely lucky, get every break and play perfect. Everyone who played them feared them.

This was what it was like to play Mosconi which I did and lost to twice. Playing him was like going to the dentist for root canal with out nova cane. He glared at you, he sneered at you and you were totally intimidated. He had a great time running all over you and watching you squirm in your chair which is where he left you most of the time. He had you in such fear of him you were easy meat. He knew that and he loved to do that to you. Willie was a killer with the heart of a killer. He is now regarded as the greatest pool player who ever lived. For 15 years the man was virtually UN beatable and won the world title almost 15 years in a row. Nobody in pool ever had such a run of total dominance.

Jimmy Caras who was one of my teachers and also Irving Crane both told me that over 90% of the matches they ever played were over before the opponent hit the first ball. Their opponents were afraid of them and accepted defeat before the match even began. The first dramatic offense and run you put on them they folded faster than a $3 Kmart blue light special card table. You then got to beat on them like they were your rented mule. Fear is the weapon the aggressive player uses on you. When you play the better player say over and over, no fear, no fear.

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