When we fail a ball or lose a game, the easiest thing is to blame anything but yourself. Instead of being honest and admit that the one who erred was us, often the billiard players throw more or less realistic alibi: that if the table, the cloth, the cue, the rival...
In today's article we summarize the 50 most used cheap excuses to justify the defeat in the world of pool. Admit it: you have also used them some time :)
1. It is that the cloth runs too (little).
2. It is that I have been covered when I already had it made.
3. It is that the adversary has been very lucky and I do not
4. It is that someone has gone in front of me when shooting and that misled me
5. It is that the pocket spit balls
6. It is that the cue ball has made me a kick
7. It is that the table falls if you shoot softly
8. It is that I have made a blunder at the worst time
9. It is that I have not pocketed in the opening break shot
10. It is that I pocketed the cue ball in the opening break shot
11. It is that I just brand new cue and I don’t handle it
12. It is that the cushions do not fit
13. It is that the cushion don’t take the effects
14. It is that the pool looked like a pinball
15. It is that I went out yesterday
16. It is that I'm not used to playing in the morning
17. It is that the adversary plays very slow
18. It is that it does not motivate me to play against weaker opponents
19. It is that I have lost on purpose to go for losers
20. It is that I do not have time to train
21. It is that I've done a lot of ties
22. It is that a retruc stole me the carom
23. It is that I forgot to put chalk
24. It is that the opponent got all and I got nothing
25. It is that I pocketed two nine ones in the opening break shot
26. It is that (something) hurts me
27. It is that I relaxed when winning 6-1
28. It is that I've gone from the game
29. It is that the opponent has played dirty
30. It is that the opponent has not marked a clear fault
31. It is that I have pocketed the jump ball but the cue ball has left the table
32. It is that I am expert in pocketing all the balls and fail the last one
33. It is that he made me a Snooker inadvertently
34. It is that this table (Snooker) has very small pockets
35. It is that a ball touched my arm
36. It is that he did three who has followed me three innings in a raw
37. It is that I could not play my game
38. It is that I had not eaten
39. It is that I had jet lag
40. It is that the crowd only encouraged the other one
41. It is that the room noise distracts me
42. It is that I had my arm shrunk
43. It is that the couple does not let me train as much as I would like
44. It is that I do not believe in defenses
45. It is that I took all the hard bones
46. It is that even if I win I wouldn’t have classified
47. It is that the opponent does not sit when I shoot
48. It is that I lost the checking
49. It is that I'm not used to competing
50. It is that I have just become a father
Losers make excuses, winners seek solutions. You know, if you fail or lose, be honest and do not justify your defeat with any of these 50 cheap alibis. So you will demonstrate your sportsmanship on and off the table.
By the way, which one do you think is less credible and more surreal?
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