Losing the Touch

One thing I realized while at ACS Nationals in May was:  my pool game is rusty.

One of the very few matches I was watching, one player had 2 balls left, another 1 ball.  Only other ball on the table was the 8ball.

I was standing there wondering what Player One was going to do.  How would she play safe, what would be her best shot?

I had an answer in my head, and then she shot a safety and it was not something that even came to my mind.  And I realized, "Damn, that was so obvious, too."

I didn't stick around long, instead had a break from working the front desk and wanted to put in some time on the casino gambling tables, but it sure showed me that not playing pool has hurt my memory/ability to see good safes and/or correct shots.

I watched another match a few days later and I could guess the safes right away, so maybe my memory muscle was already being worked seeing that other match.

Does this make me want to play pool again and keep up my skills?  Sorry, boys, NOT.

But, it's okay to share people are correct - the more time I stay away, the more it will effect me.  Oh, and I'm okay with that.  :)