MONEY MATCH vs TOM COUSINS Update!, mental health and my future as a professional pool player
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2023
- In this video, Mick Hill shares an update about the much anticipated challenge match with Tom Cousins. He also touches on his current mental health situation and his plans on the next few years of his career.
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Legend mick. Speak so well and wish you were still playing elite pool but you owe nothing to the game, still the best 8ball player of all time
Best wishes for the future Mick, absolute legend of the game who's done it all and it's great to still have you on the scene in any capacity, be it competing or creating coaching content.
Much appreciated
Really admire someone that has the character to be their own man and not just follow the herd.
I just love how confident u are on the table mick wish I could be more relaxed and composed like you ALL THE BEST !!
Well said Mick!... What ever you decide all the best for the future!
Brilliant update video there buddy giving us all an update on things. And I'm sure this possible challenge match with Tom will have the punters buzzing at the thought of it. I know I and all my fellow pool pals would love to see it happen. Especially as you say done right, in a proper venue under the right conditions. Good luck getting it on and good luck in the future. The china vlog was also good content and something a bit different 😊 mibee some of your practice routines would be interesting to see especially ones from when you were starting out.
Bang on, understood every word
Sad to hear but you certainly have your priorities right.
Hoping you do more than the 1 tour back to Oz. I know we'd love to have you back in the West which I hear isn't planned for your next visit. The players in our association absolutely loved the night and looking forward to a return visit whenever that may be.
Deux monstres du billard, Mick le meilleur joueur de tous les temps contre Tom qui déchire tout actuellement, hâte de voir ce match !!!!! 🤩
Good luck for the future, at the end of the day you have to do what's best for you
U are the goat I'm sure that u will ween against him x best of luck
Very sincere video and nothing but respect for you Mick.
I love how you explain the game, your terminology is superb. Mental health comes first, I myself have been struggling a bit and have decided to knock a lot of the game on the head for a while to focus on myself. You are and always will be a true legend of the game, a true joy to watch and hope you keep up with the coaching. I would love to learn the game the way you see it.
Thank you.
Very honest and open video Mick, thank you for this channel. I have learned so much from you already. Thank you
Glad to hear it
Absolute respect for this man. Always been one of my favourites. Started watching you late 90’s and love what your doing now. Carry on the great work Mick you’ll be great at whatever you do. And thank you.
Thank you
Great interview mick really hope you carry on with the coaching vids as they are explained really good & helpful wishing you all the best for the future 👍
We will, don't worry
Really great video Mick thanks for sharing. I actually watched you lose a money match to Ronan Mcarthy in Kentish Town London maybe 20+ years ago now(?). I’d already seen you play up in Yarmouth so I knew you were top class. You seemed very subdued that day. Maybe the rules suited Ronan more too. Dunno… it stuck with me anyway. Now hearing how you feel about cash games maybe also goes along way to explaining it. Anyways… thanks again for the videos and all the best for the future.
A true Gentleman of English Pool 🎱, best wishes for the future and enjoy your journey 👍
Thank you kindly
You are such a lovable character... God bless you brother!
ta very much
Had the pleasure and privilege of playing Mick at a exhibition he did at a club called Tables in Thornaby about 20 years ago. He is unrecognisable from the person I saw that night! GOAT on a English table without a shadow of a doubt.
Thank you
Unfortunately I dry broke and that was that, Mick. If my memory serves me right it was only a Middlesbrough footballer that beat you all night. One of Hignetts pals I think. On a side note do you see much of Stu Green these days? One of the nicest people in and out of pool I’ve ever met..
Beautiful from the heart there mate.
From 18 until about my mid 20’s I got up to no good, boozing and all sorts, I loved pool but lacked the confidence and the will to even attempt going on a tour or even compete locally just played my pals. The booze took its toll mentally and was in a very dark place, 3 years ago my daughter was born and part of the mental health recovery was to find something you love and work at it, and I remember watching you in a world final 2019 possibly? And it clicked I bought a cue, began practicing, got a loan and bought a table and was lucky to get on the challenger tour and play in my first event this year Love it. Tough like, not like playing my mates on a Saturday night 😂 but I love the routine of practice, I love the challenge, and each day we improve..better than the booze and other stuff…love the channel, the parallel shift changed my life 😂 all the best Mick, I’ve seen you around the events in Blackpool always happy to speak to anyone 👍 keep inspiring.
Thank you for sharing your story.
I was watching the team final from 2000, what a team you had and most still going strong, good luck in the future mick, I’m not a pool expert but you are the best I’ve seen and the classiest
Thank you.
Very frank and sincere video Mick, wish you all the very best in what comes next for you albeit will be massively sad about your absence from Uk 8 ball. Look forward to the challenge match against Tom 🙏🏼❤
Many thanks
I’d pay to watch that match, money is irrelevant, it is not why anybody starts to play this game. I would love to hear your thoughts on the history and development of the game and the personalities / professionals that played their part in that. I saw Quinten play in Blackpool - what a talent. Another great v-log! A couple of book deals maybe - much we would love to learn!
Thanks for the suggestions.
Mick hill am ur huge pool fan from Uganda, I would love to see u play blackball rules on a strachan 861 clothed table. A faster table than the usual u play on..Just like we wished to have watched Efren Reyes play blackball but it never happened 😢. I love ur style and game.
All the best for the future. Would be nice if you did a TH-cam series on your experience in China and the pool scene in China like the build up to competitions, travelling to the different venues etc…
An of course would love to keep seeing the current type of training videos like you have already done.
Noted!
Thanks for sharing, Mick! I really appreciated hearing more about your approach to the game and how you value professionalism. I hope to sign up for some coaching with you at some point in the future. Hope you keep doing it! 😊
Thanks.
That will be some match. . . " The 2024 battle of the Tight'uns "
😂
It’s great to see you in such a comfortable place Mick. We haven’t spoken for a while, prob since you left the IPA around 2013… very sorry to hear you’ve struggled mentally. That’s tough, nobody deserves that.
The ultimate pool stuff is great but the the format and tables feel like it’s too open for the best to be winning consistently. That’s got to be a frustration and I hope the difficulty presented by Chinese 8 ball will give you the edge a class player such as yourself deserves.
Spend some great time with your little girl and make some amazing memories.
Take care, Dan
Thanks Dan.
Best wishes to you 👌
hello again mick, good luck for your future projects. after a very long career in the pool where you made us dream, I understand that you want to see something else. in any case I will be very attentive to your new projects to support you. good luck for the future.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, the Storry vs Ali match made money matches seem yobbish. None of which the blame is on the players but the bottle been trowm on the table was terrible. Shame to hear you wont be playing so much but family and yourself first. Look forwardnto seeing you play Tom. What a game that will be. Hats off to you for being a proper professional and being so open.
Completely agree and understand your position. No need for justification.
Undoubtedly the GOAT and the ultimate professional. Best wishes to you.
Thank you
My wish is to see you play Efren Reyes,2 legends from different worlds of pool
That would be incredible if you start the ball rolling here and get some show matches going on against the new greats. The building would be packed for any of the names you just listed (boyle, sheppy, chippy etc) so it could be an enjoyable plan
Fingers crossed we can make something happen
Superb words Michael , you have nothing to prove in pool being the most successful player and love how you are prioritising things in your life at the moment such as your family, its your life enjoy it with all your other ventures and if you come back in a year or 2 that will be cool, good luck 👍
Micky Lynch
Ps that game v Tom Cousins or whoever could be like a World Snooker final over 2 days with 4 sessions to say First to 50 👌
Thanks Micky!
Hi Mick, first of all I totally agree with everything you said, and I totally understand that you have to think of your family first. I know this from the professional sport I was involved in when I was much younger so totally get what you are saying there. I also agree with you not playing the English and concentrating on one form of cue sports, I watch a lot and am into nine ball, and I always thought that if Chris Melling just concentrated on that one sport alone he would be much better at it and would have gotten further into these top tournaments just by playing that one alone. However good a cueist you are I truly believe you have to put everything you have into just one of them and not try to play in two or more discipline’s if that makes sense 🤷♂️ I do honestly believe that. So I wish you all the best in whatever you do Mick and will support your channel on your journeys. Thanks for doing these by the way, I am learning a lot. All the very best. Keith.
Thank you Keith.
The GOAT
love mick,imagine if he had a good break, legend
👍
The best ever in my opinion
Thanks
Absolute god of pool #1 fan right here
Thank you.
Hopefully the match with yourself and Top Cat is streamed so us non Brits can cast it up.
Sure will be.
@@mickthemachinehill awesome cheers mate.
Thanks for sharing this message mick. As an idea of another video....can you explain what the difference is between your game playing on the green supreme cloths vs the newer super fine cloths. You seemed unstoppable on the green cloths and everyone was miles behind. Does the more fine cloth make the game more of a leveler. If so what is it about the new cloths that levels the field more.
I do prefer the green cloth but also in them days I was putting in a lot more practice
It's good to see you have your priorities right Mick, Family always comes first. Must admit the comments about people gambling their gyros made me chuckle, funny because in some cases it's probably true!! Inject some more humerous comments in when you can, you'll probably get even more likes. All the best.
Thanks for the advice! So be more like James Blunt on Twitter??
Not sure who that is Mick but keep up the good work (And videos)
@@mickthemachinehill
You’ve got nothing left to prove, imo you’re the best to have played the game. Be great to see the match against Tom, sounds like it’s something you’ll get motivated for. All the best for the future mick
Thank you
Money matches are about money it's not a proof match
Book the crucible theatre. Sheffield 👍 👍
🙌🙌🙌🙌
my mental game is the worst - i get really bad anxiety, even playing myself. Never got over this.
The game can be brutal at times.
Hi Mick Stephen Webb from Halesowen how about we sort out this breaking cure of mine (easy breaker ) the queue you mentioned on ultimate pool
Hi Mick ,still waiting to hear from you, hope everything is going well over there it would be nice to get an answer on (easy breaker)
I’d love to play mick first to 8 just to see how many I’d get if any
Who knows, maybe one day.
Please come to Uganda.
Maybe one day.
Mick would love to have some coaching off you. How can that be set up.
Through the facebook page.
Don’t have face book
Looking for info from any1 who plays in a pool league,we currently play a format in our local league of how many frames are won to decide who wins the league so eg we play 5 players & 3 frames,so if a team win 15-0 they get 15pts this has resulted that the best teams can b 30pts ahead in 2 matches,also a team can win every game all season 8-7 & still lose the league which seems unfair.
Do anyone else in there leagues use a different format or any ideas to make it closer & more fair at the end of the season b interested to no if there any different formats to play this cheers👍
We play best of 15 with frame difference counting. 2 points for a win, but you get a bonus point if your team registers 10 or more frames.
@@picpocpo thanks mate for reply that’s interesting format👍
Up until last season on Thursdays we played 15 frames, 2 points for a win. Places decided on points, then frames, then head to head. The Monday league was slightly different, still 2 points for a win, 1 point for each frame won, so a team losing 8-7 would still get 7 points, making the league a lot closer, and every frame count for more.
Next season we switch from world rules to international, with a 45s shot clock, and best of 19 frames.
Thanks for reply mate & info will be good to change are system just trying to find a fair solution 👍
Hello I'm french. i don't understand english and i'm a big fan of mick hill. Could you please explain the content of this video to me? THANKS.
Try translating the transcript.
Why does farnsworth keep calling you out for a money match mick. The amount of posts i have seen seem a bit obsessive. The guy is obviously a fantastic player but the way he puts out his posts on social media doesn't seem very professional to me. Keep up the great content.
🤷♂️