Useful Instructional Phrases That Help You Play Pool Better

I’m of the opinion that the conscious mind doesn’t belong anywhere near a pool or billiard table if you truly desire to play to your full potential. The problem with things such as these little phrases, and the ever popular practice of “positive self talk” preached by many, is these practices utilize that little voice in your head. You want to play jam up, then you need to stick a sock in the mouth of that voice and then duct tape it in place. Any attempt to achieve flow state is impossible with that voice babbling in your head.
You need to stop thinking and start “seeing”.

Billiards Glasses

My doctor asked me to get a couple of eye level pictures taking a long shot and more of a mid distance to close shot. I have a remote for the camera so that was no issue. I used a tripod.

He reviewed them with me and showed me how my pupils hit the glasses while shooting. He said you can't make an optical center that high, so wee had to look for frames with a high vertical size and with adjustable nose pads. I found an acceptable frame, and he sent them off to the lab after doing an initial adjustment on my face so to get the position correct for a good optical center while shooting.

He did the final adjustments after we got the glasses back. He even had me use a table in the shop to emulate a pool table and he bent down and looked at my eyes at eye level to ensure proper placement. They work well.

Get contacts. Problem solved. Trust me. Been there.
I know, you don't like putting your fingers in your eyes. Persevere. You'll get used to it and be glad you did. You can get Dailys, weekley, biweeklys, monthlys.
Thank me later.

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