breathing
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Breathing....not only for survival
a big number of players hold their breath while shooting.....NO GOOD
Every once in a blue moon when facing a tough out I find myself holding my breath as well....when i notice I'm doing that i reset. I use my breath to relax my body and help deliver the stroke smoother but to also add another level of timing to my game since generally your breathing is a consistent pattern.
BREATH OUT as you deliver the stroke! It will help reduce tension in the body, it can calm you and also add a significant amount of timing to your set up routine.
When you hold your breath it creates tension.....so breath out on delivery
it helps,
Grey Ghost
a big number of players hold their breath while shooting.....NO GOOD
Every once in a blue moon when facing a tough out I find myself holding my breath as well....when i notice I'm doing that i reset. I use my breath to relax my body and help deliver the stroke smoother but to also add another level of timing to my game since generally your breathing is a consistent pattern.
BREATH OUT as you deliver the stroke! It will help reduce tension in the body, it can calm you and also add a significant amount of timing to your set up routine.
When you hold your breath it creates tension.....so breath out on delivery
it helps,
Grey Ghost
Hey Dora,
breathing out should be what your doing as you shoot.
if you hold your breath your and concentrating you can actually notice that your vision can get blurry, and you tend to have stiffer/tense muscles which isnt very good for a stroke.
Ive shot competition for the army and my old instructor used to tell us all these things, so we would learn to exhale while shooting, really helps your body so it stays relaxed and you can get repeatable accuracy. same should apply to pool.
tough to learn tho, i have a guy on my monday team if hes on a run he will usually miss within 4-5 shots and after he does hes red in the face and breathing heavy he holds his breath the hole time lol you have to get him to slam quite a few beers before he stops i think he just gets super excited and cant help but to hold his breath lol ive been trying to get him to stop for a yr.
breathing out should be what your doing as you shoot.
if you hold your breath your and concentrating you can actually notice that your vision can get blurry, and you tend to have stiffer/tense muscles which isnt very good for a stroke.
Ive shot competition for the army and my old instructor used to tell us all these things, so we would learn to exhale while shooting, really helps your body so it stays relaxed and you can get repeatable accuracy. same should apply to pool.
tough to learn tho, i have a guy on my monday team if hes on a run he will usually miss within 4-5 shots and after he does hes red in the face and breathing heavy he holds his breath the hole time lol you have to get him to slam quite a few beers before he stops i think he just gets super excited and cant help but to hold his breath lol ive been trying to get him to stop for a yr.
Geez-- If you're sweating minutia like that, you'll never play well.
The answer is ---- don't think about it. It's not something that should be in your swing thoughts.
The answer is ---- don't think about it. It's not something that should be in your swing thoughts.
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I was always told to do the same as a marksman, take a deep breath let it 3/4's of the way out, hold for a second and fire. But I can also agree with the exhaling method. Either way I think if your too focused on exactly what your lungs are doing during your stroke you may be less focused on the shot. The breathing should be second nature and not part of your conscious thought process.
Sort of what greyghost said. It's similar to shooting a rifle.
Take shallow breaths, when you're ready, exhale,generally the shot takes longer than the normal breathing pattern so you actually "hold a LACK of breath" for a moment. It's a very calming effect for that one moment that you need.
Take shallow breaths, when you're ready, exhale,generally the shot takes longer than the normal breathing pattern so you actually "hold a LACK of breath" for a moment. It's a very calming effect for that one moment that you need.
I don't pay much attention to it in pool; however on the rifle range I will take a deep breath as I'm setting up, take a normal breath as I enter the trigger guard, and squeeze at the bottom of my breathing stroke.
NEVER hold at 3/4 (how I was traditionally taught) as this is as bad as anything.
At the bottom of your natural exhale, your breathing muscles are in their relaxed state, not held somewhere above that (which can add movement).
I actually had several 'problems' corrected by my instructor that were "text book" rifle procedure...
My rifle instructor- Marine and Army sniper, Army sniper instructor, Professional contractor, IED survivor, state police armorer. He knows what works, and it works for me too (but I just shoot paper).:grin-square:
(PS: I'm glad to call him a friend, because you DEFINITELY don't want to call this guy "enemy"!)
NEVER hold at 3/4 (how I was traditionally taught) as this is as bad as anything.
At the bottom of your natural exhale, your breathing muscles are in their relaxed state, not held somewhere above that (which can add movement).
I actually had several 'problems' corrected by my instructor that were "text book" rifle procedure...
My rifle instructor- Marine and Army sniper, Army sniper instructor, Professional contractor, IED survivor, state police armorer. He knows what works, and it works for me too (but I just shoot paper).:grin-square:
(PS: I'm glad to call him a friend, because you DEFINITELY don't want to call this guy "enemy"!)
It is very important that you think about your breathing while you are shooting.
Very important.
Very important.
thanks black balled. I will be sure to do this on every shot.
Don't you also have to calculate the appropriate Pivot angle for the exhalation and compensate for wind effects on the LD shaft (lighter weight and all)?
Of course, some say rightly so that when you're shooting you should be shooting and not "thinking"
Don't you also have to calculate the appropriate Pivot angle for the exhalation and compensate for wind effects on the LD shaft (lighter weight and all)?
Of course, some say rightly so that when you're shooting you should be shooting and not "thinking"
if I know Im doing it right then I wont think about it.
You'll hear "that's too much thinking!" a lot on here - don't pay it any mind. Those who say that haven't figured out that just because it takes some thinking to learn something doesn't mean you have to think about it while playing.
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