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tay calm, visualize the shot, trust your stroke, and don’t overthink the outcome. 👍Every shot is a new chance to reset your focus and own the moment. 💪The table reflects your mind. Keep it clear, stay positive, and play smart. 🏆 Nick Shroff

You can get better by hitting a million balls, or with some instructional help, you can get better by shooting a few hundred the right way. We can shorten how long it takes you to see improvement, but nothing will completely replace quality time on the table.

We can teach you loads of aiming systems and diamond systems, but none of it matters if you don't deliver right. We can tighten your physical mechanics 'til your stroking straight as an arrow, but if your mental mechanics are loose, you'll be inconsistent and it won't matter.

Pool is a game best played subconsciously, but you need to be conscious about what you're doing. Instruction will teach you how to maneuver your body in a way that you can consistently push the cue straight towards a target (delivery). Instruction can even teach you how to choose the correct target (aim).

But...

When your league captain calls a timeout to help guide you into a shot, or you're trying to teach yourself from some YouTube videos...remember that nobody can force you to shoot the shot, and nobody can force you to miss it. You are holding the cue. You have to ask yourself if what you're about to do makes sense before you blunder and blame. If you choose to shoot it, you accept full responsibility. Hold yourself accountable to use your inner feel, intuition, visualization, and experience as a verification method. There is no excuse not to.

If you do miss...please...stay down long enough to know WHY (aim or delivery). If you must make excuses, be sure to blame the equipment 🤣 And when you're ready to Quit Draggin', come see The Dragon. 🐉

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At 18, Elizabeth Cochrane lived in Pittsburgh when she read an article titled What Are Girls Good For, which claimed their only purpose was to have children and manage the home. Outraged, she wrote an anonymous rebuttal that impressed the local newspaper editor so much that he hired her. Following the custom of the time, he gave her a pen name taken from a Stephen Foster song: Nellie Bly.

Passionate about investigative journalism, Bly was assigned to "women’s topics" like fashion and society. However, after exposing the harsh conditions of factory workers, she traveled to Mexico at just 21 to report on the working-class population. Her writings got her into trouble with the authorities, forcing her to flee.

At 23, she was hired by Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and undertook the investigation that made her famous: she posed as a patient in the Women’s Lunatic Asylum in New York. Her shocking report led to reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill.

In 1889, inspired by Around the World in 80 Days, she embarked on a solo journey around the globe. Her return after 72 days set a record and made her an international celebrity.

At 31, she married industrialist Robert Seaman and left journalism, helping run his business and patenting two inventions. During World War I, she returned to reporting, becoming one of the first women to cover an active war zone.

She passed away on January 27, 1922, at the age of 57, leaving behind a groundbreaking legacy in journalism.

credits: Edi libedinsky

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