Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Come on Hendryfan - let's have a new high break
+1
Good luck HF, and remember... If you play a bad shot, don't beat yourself up, laugh it off and focus on the next one.
I always remember something Terry Griffiths said 'if you miss by a tiny amount, be dissapointed. Strike it and get on with the next shot. If you are missing by a mile, then look at your pre-shot routine'
Good morning Dan-
If only i,d of read your message before i played my match yesterday.
I made a big effort to play at least decent,but it was one o those days,that no matter how much you try-do,nuthin,or hardly anything goes right.
I got whitewashed!
,5-0 I served up a nothing burger!.My pot success must of been about 15,maybe 20 odd %.
My opponent did have more run than i did,it has to be said,especially after he missed pots,often i was left with a difficult pot,or no pot to go for at all,but even so,i did have a few chances,especially at crucial points in certain frames,but i blew em.
The 1st frame we both played rubbish,lots of safety was played and the frame went down to the last 3 colours,i played a good safety,but my opponent FLUKED the blue,landed absolute plum on the pink.
The 2nd frame went also close and was similar,with lots of safety battles.
The 3rd and 4th frame,my opponent went up 2 gears and potted some tough pots,in the 3rd frame,i actually came back strong,in gaining pts from well layed snookers,with 22 left on,i needed the last 4 colours,it was a very straight forward clearence tbh,,i potted the brown,blue,but missed an easyish pink using the rest.
And in the 5th frame,it went once again down to the colours,i FLUKED the pink,my only fluke in the entire match,only to then miss an easy black using the rest,it was a shot you,d pot,49 times outta 50,i buckin bottled it,and left an easy pot.
My opponent then potted it and i went up to him,(an opponent,but still good freind of mine btw)
and said,well done,i did,nt deserve to win a frame today,i played very poooor,but i still had at least 3 big easy chances to win at least 2 frames,but i blew every chance.
My opponent had 5 FLUKES,i had only 1.
All depts of my game was absolute rubbish,bar my safety,which was very mediocre.
Tbph,of course i was a bit cheesed off with my performance,but i,ve only myself to blame,i don,t play enough these days,once every 3,4,5,6 weeks aint enough,although i have played well in patches where i hardly played.
Yesterday was a baaaad day at the office for the Scots.
Hendry_fan got whitewashed.
Dott the Scot got beat.
And Scotland got beat by Ireland at the 6 Nations!.