While I'm driving to the Omega stop on Sunday morning last week, it crosses my mind that I could call and chat to one of the players, a friend of mine, who was on his way to the pool room, also.
He had a morning match, so I knew he would be driving about the same time I was. The doors of Clicks Billiards in Arlington, Texas opened at 10am and he gets there early every time.
I figured we could catch up and chit chat about life, work, or nothing, lol.
But then I stopped myself.
You see, he had a winner's side match this particular morning, and he needed to stay focused on his mental preparations and normal pre-tourney customs, whatever they may be. He doesn't need me to distract him from his routine to talk about minuscule crap (or even deep, thoughtful conversations lol) - he needed to remained focused on his typical routine and not be distracted so he is fully prepared for his match.
You see, when I am driving to play in an important tournament, I turn the volume up and listen to some R and B music from my personal playlist. I do this to relax, to get in a good mood, and to also not think about the future match ahead of me - I'm just trying to sing along to great music, which puts me in a good mood before my match.
We all play better pool in a good mood, right?
So, whatever his routine preparations are or whatever he is used to doing while driving to a tournament, doesn't normally involve me calling and chit chatting. To me, that would have been a distraction (and I wouldn't want someone to do that to me).
So, I instead told him when I saw him at 10am, that I would blog about why I didn't call him, even though I thought about it. LMAO.
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