I am going to tell you something you may not ever hear from an instructor or learn from a book. You play your best pool in a semi conscious state. When your analytical mind is on standby. We used to calll that "in stroke," when you no longer had to ponder over the next shot. You were playing on automatic pilot. None of that walking around and pointing your cue. Just letting yourself play pool, free and easy. All that thinking does is slow you down. See the shot and shoot! Your first instinct is always the best. Think long, think wrong! The only time you slow down is when you must stop and think about a kick shot, jump or safety.
Watch the Filipinos sometime. I love AJ Manas. They don't waste any time clearing the table. They don't worry about the perfect angle or pefect anything. They just do their job, which is getting the balls off the table.
Get out of your head and into your game, and you'll do better!
