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Do you want to ask your favorite pro pool player a question about how
they got started, tips that can help you with your game? Now you can
ask the pro's everything you've ever wanted to know.
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- Hey I am Derian Fontanez 11 years old and love the game of pool.I started playing since i was 6 years old and i got better and better.I wanna get paid for this sport that i love i wanna get sponsored and have fun playing pool facing bigger and better players to give me more competition.
- Derian Fontanez, Kissimmee,Fl
- Hi, Derian!
You should definitely keep playing the game you love and work hard at improving. It's great to have hobbies/sports that you really enjoy. Play in local tournaments to face better opponents. But I can tell you this. It is VERY difficult to be a top pro and make a good living. I believe you can do anything you set your mind to as long as you back it up with intelligent hard work. With that said, stay in school, do your best there, and perhaps, study Marketing and Public Relations! It will help with learning how to promote yourself and getting sponsors, etc. But keep practicing all the way there!
Good Luck!
Jeanette
- Jeanette Lee
- Dear Jeanette,
I don't know if anyone but me can really answer this question for myself, but I'd like to know how you came to this answer.
I've played the game of pool for years. I've started putting together equipment, I've increased my table time, taken on several forms of media and books to grow my skills as a player. But a vital piece to my dream of becoming a professional pool player is still missing. And that is the confidence that I can go into a room and take down a top field in order to finish first. At what point during your training and play were you able to say to yourself that you could win against anyone, and even if you lost you knew you belonged on that tour?
- Jeremy McCoy, Aiken
- Hi Jeremy,
The confidence you seek usually comes from success, from overcoming obstacles, from learning from your errors so you know how to handle tough situations in your future. You can usually take a look at a field of players and know how you stack up against them. Even if you don't, you just have to play in a few to find out. You won't find this out in one tournament. Play in as many as you can and your results will speak for themselves. If you lose right away over and over again, then you are not ready for that caliber of play and you need to go home and work harder. If you win at least a few rounds, then you are right in there and should keep playing in those events and still go home and work harder! Nothing happens overnight. Your results will tell you where you are, but they don't tell you where you are going. They don't define who you are. You, and what you do each day with your time, is what really defines you and what your future will bring.
- Jeanette Lee
- Dear Jeanette, I'd like to say I'm a huge fan of yours,not only for how you play but all you have done for this sport. I have recently signed up to play at the US open nineball tournament this year. This will be the biggest tournament I have ever played in. My practicing routine goal is at least four hours a day when I can. I have college and work that make this hard at times. I have been using the PAT tests and youtube for most of my training.
My question to you is, if there are other things besides just shooting i should be focusing on like pressure, focus, diet etc... Any help on this would be nice. Thank you.
- Paul Thornes, Parksley Va
- Wow, Paul! Sounds like you are certainly on the right track!
Make time shooting against other good players. Please make sure that you follow the same rules, lag for break, one time out per match, etc. Make those practice sessions as close to a real tournament match and their rules as possible. Make sure you get familiar with the billiard equipment that they will be using, mainly the type of cloth and cueball. Mentally focus on staying in the present and keep yourself from analyzing yourself. That's for practice time...For war, you need to be in the moment. Keep attacking till they are down. This is not natural for most people because we are students of the game and to improve, we have to be analytical and be willing to take a good look at ourselves and see how we can improve. But for battle, we need to stay in the moment, let mistakes go and reset quickly. This is something that needs to be practiced separately so that your body knows how to respond during real competition. Try to get on the same time schedule as the tournament, for your body clock. Make sure to eat three or four hours before each match. If you don't have the luxury of knowing exactly when you play, keep eating small and light so you are never hungry but the worst thing you can do is to be full before a match... work on your flexibility and endurance as much as possible through stretching and cardio. Start light if you haven't done it before. Good luck! Hope I get to see you there!
- Jeanette Lee
- is it a foul if my opponents ball is pocketed 'after' the 8 ball is pocketed?
- William Staples, Charlotte
- Not sure I understand the question. From what I gather, you pocketed the 8-ball and in the same shot pocketed your opponent’s ball. If that is correct, it is not a foul and you win the game.
- Bill Stock
- Dear Jennifer, I'd like to start by saying I'm a huge fan. I met you in Valley Forge at the expo. I was fortunate enuff to sneak a 9ball game away from you that weekend. That was the highlight of my trip. My head remains swollen to this day. My question to you is how can i get professional quality lessons when the nearest tutor is about 100 miles away from me and i dont have an attention span long enuff to wacth videos without getting board. What can I do? Please help!!
- Paul Thornes, Parksley
- First of all, nice to have met you, and I want a rematch! You are in a bit of a tough spot with lessons, but there are plenty of books out there. I like the PAT test books. They are filled with different shots, and you can keep stats on how you're doing. For strategy I like Phil Cappelle's books. Best of luck!
- Jennifer Barretta
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