Superman and Superwoman

I played in my league the other Sunday and I was on such a natural high!

I felt good about myself AND was playing great pool, and it just felt, well... euphoric!

I walked around the table confident, playing well, feeling well - it felt wonderful!

I have heard guys say they feel like superman when they are playing really well, so maybe that's what I kinda felt this day? 

You know, when you are playing well, playing smart, feel great about yourself and your game, 100% confident, feel like you can't miss sorta-feeling.

Coupled that with maybe losing weight or feeling great in your clothes, leads to a fantastic sexy / superman feeling!

It's almost like playing in the zone, but it's really a very different feeling.  It's more about feeling good about yourself at the same time that you are playing really great pool.

While I did miss shots, I still played really smart, felt like everyone was watching my shot selections and choices, played good safes, and felt good in my own skin (been a while).  I was really feeling great about my game.  One guy even told me, "You ruined my 6-0."  SAWEET!  :)  I'll take that as a compliment!

I don't feel like superwoman all the time, sometimes I feel like the Hulk or Thing.  But when superwoman does show up I embrace her because it's few and far between lol!

If you have ever felt this way - lucky you!!  You loved it too, right?!

Now, back to my regular human self!

Break Cue Weight

It's always fascinated me when someone thinks that their break cue should be super heavy.  A break cue doesn't have to be heavy to be effective.

When I gambled with a guy a few months ago, he was bragging to my boyfriend and I, "Check out my new break cue.  It weighs 22 ounces," he exclaimed proudly.

"Cool," I replied as I held it in my hands, pretending like I cared (sorry).

As a matter of fact, using a heavy break cue doesn't ensure you will break better.  AT ALL.

One of my best friends in the 90's, June Hager Walter, SWORE by lighter cues.  And her break cue was about 16 ounces.  And she broke like a beast!

While that's not a technically scientific test, I just keep thinking about how her break got better as her cue got lighter.

/  Note:  No animals were harmed in this experiment.  /

Maybe it's the breaker, and not the weight of the cue?

That's prolly what it really is.  Not the weight of the break cue itself.

But if you think about it, if I throw a heavy rock and a lighter-weight rock, the lighter rock will travel farther.  But of course the heavier rock does more damage when it lands!

An armored truck will damage more than a Volkswagen bug when they crash.  But everyone knows a lighter car goes faster before a heavier car.  Why?  The power to weight ratio is key. Equal power, the lighter car will go faster because the power has less weight to move.

Still, this can be argued all day long.

But after my gambling friend used his new heavy cue, he didn't make more balls, and had even LESS control of the cueball.

The guy needs to practice his break...

When You Can't Play...

If you can't get to a pool table, you can still work on your game.

Read books, watch videos, read items online, practice your stroke in a mirror (seriously!), etc.

This was my view on Monday night at a local restaurant (SaltGrass - LOVE their salads!)