Once you master composure, your actions take on a different tone. In your daily life you will walk strong. Composure is not how you act, it is who you are. People often talk about how a composed person is strong in all situations. Let it be said that you can’t act composed, you have to be composed, and that takes practice. In the game of nine-ball, let’s look at a player who is not composed. He says things like, “Man I hit that ball so good,” when he missed by two inches. “Di

The level of how “good” you are is defined by your competition. For example, if you are playing with neighbors once a week around a home table, a little extra self-improvement effort makes you the big frog. In a pool hall, the regulars are of higher caliber. It will take a lot more time and effort to improve enough to become competitive—and a lot of practicing (and instruction) to rise to the top of that group. There are three things that determine good: Breadth of knowledge