Confidence on the pool table

I remember one time when I was about 13 and playing pool with my dad. I had played quite a few times before. Now at the time I believed that if your shot is lined up, for example the cue ball, 7 ball and the pocket you are aiming for are in a strait line than it’s an easy shot. Even if the distance was very far as long as the balls are lined up I believed it was an easy shot. And because I believed that, and had confidence that I would make shots that are lined up, I did always make shots that are lined up.

So when I was playing with my dad I made a shot that was lined up just as I usually did. He said, “Great shot! Those long shots are difficult.” So then I thought to myself, maybe lined up shots are not always easy, maybe a strait shot is difficult if it is done over a long distance? So from that point on I never made all of my lined up shots. Thanks dad!

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