Search results

This reminds me of an exercise I used to train players. My view at the time was that pool was a hand/eye skill. The idea of a dominant sensory mode from NLP meant it was likely that either the visual or the feel element was more developed. Usually players had a more developed visual sense than...

When the play line is visible along the bottom a pause or play icon is seen. To the left side under the line are other icons. One is a cc button for captioning.

Every situation has the 6 W’s, who, what, when, where, why and hoW. The who, when and where are the context. The what, why and how, get you inside your head. The context constantly changes because history is part of when and constantly evolving. But history relates to the past and gets you into...

Neuroscience has been looking at extended self especially useful with prosthetics. https://www.academia.edu/16722168/Bodily_illusions_in_health_and_disease_Physiological_and_clinical_perspectives_and_the_concept_of_a_cortical_body_matrix_ The fact that self is called a cortical body matrix here...

One of the areas I’ve consulted is communication. Those in sales wanted to know how you talk clients into buying. My answer was that you don’t, persuasion is an inside job. It’s what you tell yourself about what is going on that determines what you decide. We create our own context which gives...

You might find this video by Johann Chua interesting.

Just curious what you think of the Markova developments built on the early findings of Bandler/Grinder. It explains why and how the zone is different from one player to the next, yet find the commonality in the process, not the content. Addition is a process. It works the same way, independent...

I’ve read everything I could find on NLP after finding Frogs into Princes in the early 1980’s. What twigged me to it was a skiing book or article by Denise McCluggage in which she talked about anchoring and triggering in NLP. You might find Dawna Markova’s NLP stacks interesting. She is an NLP...

Glad that someone is looking at the thread as a resource. During covid re-reading some of the posts has kept my mind in the game. Every time I read them something tweaks my mind in new ways. Some triggered new insights. It’s surprising how often several perspectives when combined give birth to...

I think the idea of extended self is great because it offers us a different perspective on what might be going on when we visit the zone. In another sense I think it is the flip side with “While it was true I usually played with one of a few sticks in my usual hall, I could adapt to any stick...

In a comment earlier in this post I wrote about tempo. My main point is that it is individual for each player. CJ says a metronome but not what tempo he chose. I’ve copied part of that earlier post. “Each player when at their best has an essence to their shooting. SVB has a surgical precision...

We hear top players say that, during peak performances, they experience a feeling of being “one with their cue”. It’s one of those things we can all relate to because it’s part of commonality of experience, but depths of immersion can be different. Being able to relate and truly understanding...

One thing I ran across today while helping a player who suddenly became inconsistent, was the choreography aspect of taking his stance was altered slightly. After sighting from behind the shot he was slotting the cue in his bridge then ostensibly putting the bridge down on the line. Then a...

I wrote this years ago and thought it deserved a repeat. After reviewing hundreds of hours of professional players, focusing solely on their pre-shot routine, several things were observed. Observations can be important, but often don’t tell the whole story. Years ago I learned that it was a...

Usually troubleshooting is about discovering the real problem. Is the shooter swerving the cue away from the pocket? That is a common issue. Finding out whether the issue is straight cueing is first. If the cue is delivered straight then the next issue Is correct aim. Aim starts with vision...

A very good method. It works until it doesn’t because of distance or intervening balls. As an addendum consider an alternative. The pivot can of course be done visually with an air pivot perceptually, when a physical tip pivot won’t work.

The process, for me, involves going to the ob and looking at the line from the contact point to the target location. Orient your cue so that the cue is on the line. Look closely at where on the balls equator center you are looking. Ball markings help but sometimes on solid colors they are not...

I found a research paper on preshot routine by a well respected sport psychologist to elite performers. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2c8b/994257d08cf3459df4bc3aac00d7c1bb0a83.pdf?_ga=2.225836953.2012623335.1604293300-1219700558.1552197889

Can‘t figure out how to add a title to this original post. The intent was to suggest that a difference that makes a difference when experts enter competition is their preparedness. Documenting and Debriefing are part of that process.

It’s nearly a month since I was back to league. Our league has 4 man teams. I captain a team of 7. I sat out 2 weeks and a bye captured another. Decided to devote an hour and a half to ready for my Monday matches. Started by simply getting a feel for my cue and straight cueing. Diagonal...