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This video shows that like most sports with a swing there is no real pause. If the swing doesn’t constrain the player to a fixed pendulum elbow it then becomes a suspended swing motion. Without a stop to change direction there will be a loop at the back of the stroke. However, the loop retains...

Quote: Originally Posted by ShootingArts View Post Seems we are getting into areas that are going to be confusing to those that take things literally. Many believe in "muscle memory" as in muscles themselves developing memory. The body seems to be given thinking ability in some of these posts...

General player understanding of side/english usually relates to the aim line through center ball. That line extends to the target, an object ball when potting, which is roughly the ghost ball location. Paradoxically the physics of spin on the object ball doesn’t care about the target line...

Do you have a physical or mental key? Is it different for big stakes? When it’s not important does that require a different strategy? Everything is situational. Tell us the situation and your "go to".

The first books I researched on the Zone were the Inner Game of Tennis and The Psychic Side of Sport. The first taught a kind of non-judgmental detachment while the second gave a shopping list of zone phenomena reported by athletes after zone experiences. After then going on to the Eastern...

As players strive to get better they focus on the fundamentals, but is that the path to being an expert? They say elite athlete’s advancement lies in their ability to make finer and finer distinctions. Skiers learn to differentiate between types of snow, current weather effects, how packed it...

Attentional focus, perceived target size, and movement kinematics under performance pressure https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-015-0838-z I keep journals related to pool. Every once in a while I go back and read them. During one such review I ran across a day when I was playing...

With the advent of the use of Sabermetrics in baseball, statistical analysis has ballooned in sports. Joan Vickers started the trend years ago with her recognition that success in targeting skills were related to visual behaviors she called "quiet eyes". While Sabermetics was more about big...