Ego vs. Being out of practice

Anyone else suffer the problem of holding onto an ego from being very good at something in the past and then being crap when ya go back to it.

I can barely play pool, golf and pool or do photoshop now without getting annoyed at myself.

April O Neill

Maybe you were never good at them. :P

o1s1n

Yep, I've a Fine art degree in painting; but haven't painted or drawn anything properly since I left college due to work commitments. (5 years and counting now)

The longer it goes on the harder it gets. Attempted to draw something a few times and it's not at the level it once was. Very very frustrating.

Weevil

I used to play soccer as a goalkeeper when I was younger, and was pretty good at it (imho). Volunteered for the position during a properly organised match a few years later as an adult. Fcuking Terrifying!

cherryghost

I used to be half decent at snooker. Could manage to rack up breaks into 40's a few times a day. Stopped playing about 4 years, came back and now I just feel retarded at it.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Tried to do a wheelie on a bmx a while ago,nearly broke my fcukin neck thinking I was a bmx bandit again.

April O Neill

April O Neill wrote: »

Maybe you were never good at them. :P

My reference point for those things is pretty high..

Is it bad to be 25 and suck at the things you were good at while hardly pickin up anythin new?

ScumLord

Practice makes perfect.

Talib Fiasco

Form is temporary, class is permanent. You just had too much of an ego, to use your words OP.

El Guapo!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I can barely play pool, golf and pool or do photoshop now without getting annoyed at myself.

Just keep practicing your photoshop skills then you can doctor photos of you beating Tiger Woods and pulling off amazing pool trick shots.
Problem solved.

wadefuq

Was playing 7-a-side on the astro turf during the week.. knocked the ball down the line, got up ahead of steam and passed my man, just like the good old days, ,i thought. dragged the ball back.. but alas, unfortunatley the ball was only thing that dragged back as my body proceeded to give up, i lost my balance and i fell back slowly onto my ass

truebluesac

ScumLord wrote: »

Practice makes perfect.

Practice makes permanant ,
Perfect practice makes your permanant better

ElvisChrist6

When I was a kid I was on my way to being a professional darts player!

Well, not really, but I was really good at it. Couldn't hit Mary Harney's arse from the other side of a lift now.

mattjack

I was a pretty good boxer (Southpaw) when I was a teenager , hard to fight and rarely knocked down.Recently my 12 year old hit me a punch when sparring with me , I felt my legs go and I had to sit down to recover.

astonaidan

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Tried to do a wheelie on a bmx a while ago,nearly broke my fcukin neck thinking I was a bmx bandit again.

Guess were kindred spirits, shattered my knee cap thinking I was all that

April O Neill

I used to be between average and bad at playing pool.

Now I'm abysmal. Hoping to get back to form soon.

UCDVet

I dunno if it is ego - but it does remove my motivation.

When I was younger, still in school, I was a reasonably competitive runner. I had a room filled with ribbons and trophies and junk. I stopped when I went to Uni and now I'm old and chubby.

Every few years I'll have a reason to start running....and every time it's depressing as all hell.

Even if I started training hard now and kept at it, training seriously...I'm old enough that I'll most likely never be able to beat my old times. It makes me feel like.....'eh - what's the point?'

humbert

UCDVet wrote: »

I dunno if it is ego - but it does remove my motivation.

When I was younger, still in school, I was a reasonably competitive runner. I had a room filled with ribbons and trophies and junk. I stopped when I went to Uni and now I'm old and chubby.

Every few years I'll have a reason to start running....and every time it's depressing as all hell.

Even if I started training hard now and kept at it, training seriously...I'm old enough that I'll most likely never be able to beat my old times. It makes me feel like.....'eh - what's the point?'

Focus on distance. Speed goes with age but not stamina!

Hate having to look up specifics, be they syntax, codes, equations or parameters in areas where I wouldn't have to have had to think about it when I was more involved. Also trying to get back into a language I've been learning before, for the first while, is like trying to wiggle my ears.