Roy Steffensen said:
Do you win most of your matches because you out-move your opponent, or because your opponent miss balls he should make?
Why do you lose? Do you get desperate and try shots you are not a favourite to make, or do you dog the run-out when given a chance?
This is something I'm trying to change about all of my games right now; especially 1P.
I most often win because the other guy misses a shot he's supposed to make. I usually get a number of balls when they miss a ball and play for shape.
However, I would really love to learn how to *force* a guy to make a mistake, how to repeatedly trap him so that in order for him to not foul he has to sell out a shot. I expect this wont come in a matter of months, but only years of subtle study and table-practice will at some point give me what I want.
In the same vein (vane? vain?), I also lose games because I miss shots I'm not supposed to. If I'm down in the count and the guy leaves me a full table slice, I'll fire at it, if I feel I'm at least 60% to make it. But that's the end of things...
I usually lose a game somewhere in the middle when I miss some silly little punt shot trying to get shape around the stack and forget to make the ball before adding position. :/