Dear Gentle Readers,
The other day - - on Lenny’s exceptional stream - - I caught some of the finals of the Chinook Winds 10-ball finals.
Watching Allison v. Rebecca bought into sharp contrast the realities of men versus women.
Three points:
> Slow, slow, slow. While entertaining (Rebecca from the B-side, had to best Allison, then beat her again in a hill-hill contest) the pace of play was so slow that the matches were at once exciting and tedious.
> Shot selection. In the men’s final the Rocket motored through Carlo. (Unimportant aside: is Mr. Biado married?) Their shots were … forceful. Three-cushion draws; multiple-cushion follows, etc.
The girls, in contrast, were … tentative. Careful. More unsure. More mistake-prone on position.
> One-pocket. Do any girls play the game? In tourneys? After hours? I was initially, and perhaps naively, a fan of direct girl-boy competition.
Now? Not so much.
Sober reconsideration is my life,
Sunny
The other day - - on Lenny’s exceptional stream - - I caught some of the finals of the Chinook Winds 10-ball finals.
Watching Allison v. Rebecca bought into sharp contrast the realities of men versus women.
Three points:
> Slow, slow, slow. While entertaining (Rebecca from the B-side, had to best Allison, then beat her again in a hill-hill contest) the pace of play was so slow that the matches were at once exciting and tedious.
> Shot selection. In the men’s final the Rocket motored through Carlo. (Unimportant aside: is Mr. Biado married?) Their shots were … forceful. Three-cushion draws; multiple-cushion follows, etc.
The girls, in contrast, were … tentative. Careful. More unsure. More mistake-prone on position.
> One-pocket. Do any girls play the game? In tourneys? After hours? I was initially, and perhaps naively, a fan of direct girl-boy competition.
Now? Not so much.
Sober reconsideration is my life,
Sunny