Holidays

Stuck close to home the last couple of days. Was over next door for drinks on Xmas eve, and then went across the street for Xmas dinner last night.

It was all good, but maybe the highlight was playing pool last night across the street. I played really well. Had a run of seven balls in the middle of one snooker game, and sunk 4 or 5 in a row to end off another snooker game.

During that latter run, there was a shot that I had to reach way down the table for. One of the other players asked if I needed the reach, and I said "no," making the shot right afterwards.

Being able to reach way down the table and make a shot is one of the interesting by-product skills of pool that I've noticed get better over time. You see people who haven't played a lot of pool try those kinda shots, and they're so shaky on them that they can barely hit the ball, let alone sink it.

Yet, as you continue to try those shots, you find that you progressively get better. Becoming a bit calmer despite being all stretched out. Able to hold it all together, if only for the couple of seconds needed to make the shot.

It's those little improvements that make games/sports so fun.