How to stop choking?

[Scott Lee]

hang-the-9...Uh...nope. We call them chalking, stalking & talking.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

You're talking about 1. Hitchin' up your pants 2. yelling so the whole place can hear you "I'll try da 8 in da side!" 3. going through the shooting routine.

 

[hang-the-9]

hang-the-9...Uh...nope. We call them chalking, stalking & talking.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Hey, I have seen many a pre shot routine, and that one is very common. The other one is saying "hold one, I gotta take this call" and heading outside to talk and smoke for 10 minutes right before their shot.

 

[sfleinen]

No woody. The infamous hind lick maneuver has cost thousands of marriages. :wink:

"No woody" followed by "the infamous hind lick maneuver has cost thousands of marriages"? That doesn't make logical sense. Sounds like someone going through the motions.

Wouldn't the logical opposite of the first (i.e. "woody" instead of "no woody") then followed by the second, lead into the costing of thousands of marriages?

On a different note, they named a beer after that infamous maneuver. It's called Hind-lick-en. D'oh!

-Sean

 

[JE54]

A lot of good suggestions...................

 

[greyghost]

I am on this sickening streak of choking. I play a lot of 9 ball. I look like a pretty decent player until I get to the 9. Don't get me wrong I make it a lot of the time. But too often I am missing routine shots on the 9 that if were any other ball I wouldn't miss. It's really starting to get in my head. Anybody else gone through this? I'm at a loss and it's really pissing me off. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

this may sound stupid but switch the 9 ball out with another ball during pratice....that number gets in peoples head and they sweat about it....I know quite a few people that just replaced it and it helped them to learn to just address it as another ball....

Having to shoot the 15 ball for the money just doesn't sound as stressful as the 9 lol try it, it just could help you out....its all in your head anyways and it can be a useful trick to fool your brain into thinking correctly

 

[tigerseye]

I am on this sickening streak of choking. I play a lot of 9 ball. I look like a pretty decent player until I get to the 9. Don't get me wrong I make it a lot of the time. But too often I am missing routine shots on the 9 that if were any other ball I wouldn't miss. It's really starting to get in my head. Anybody else gone through this? I'm at a loss and it's really pissing me off. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

9-ball? i didnt know there were numbers on the balls??
Hope that helps..=)

 

[m79a]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Played in a tournament last night, didn't get in the money, but I hung around for a long time. I guess it's just been a lack of concentration when I get down to the 9. It seems like the harder the shot, the more likely I am to make it. That's been the case with me ever since I started playing. Make some of the most ridiculous shots and miss the easy ones.