Yes, exactly! That is what the OP is saying! It was kind of wordy, he was just trying to add context. Your skill level doesn’t matter, unless you can access it. What percentage of your skills, can you apply, to this moment.
Exactly. What Sharivari (OP) is saying is that the skill level you have in PRACTICE is not the skill level you demonstrate in COMPETITION, mostly at the amateur and semi-pro level. Mark Wilson says that people play at 70% of their skill level in competition compared to what they do in private practice. Not sure where he got the 70% from, but the conclusion is correct.
It's all about your brain, eye, muscles coordination. It is much more difficult in competition to perform at 100%.
At the amateur level in trapshooting it is absolutely well known that a shooter tend to miss if the person before misses. Sometimes you can have everyone going straight and then one person misses and the next three or four shooters miss in a row. I have seen this hundreds of times. It is so common that you are taught by coaches to visualize breaking the exact target the person before missed before going through your pre-shot routine for your shot ... this is not applicable/necessary in pool from my experience.
The main thing for missing in pool is pressure. For Sharivari who is a YouTuber and coach, it's absolute pressure for him to perform under a live camera. He is just human. Give the guy a break with some of the shit comments posted here.
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