Being aware of what you are doing while executing a shot is not discussed a lot. To be aware requires a empty mind. With a empty mind, you can be aware of what your body is doing, how it feels while doing. There are no thoughts to block what you are feeling while doing.
With a empty mind, there is no how to do, there’s just do. Just do what is required for the shot, no thought about how to do the shot. There is only seeing the shot.
To achieve a empty mind requires forgeting everything learned. You can not have a empty mind remembering how to do something. With a empty mind, you just do.
Thinking OB in corner pocket with the CB stopping at a certain position is not the same as thinking of how to do this shot. There is no thought about where the CB needs to be on the table to put the OB in the pocket and no thought about how to stroke the CB to achieve the desired position.
There is only doing. .......OB corner pocket, CB over there. Nothing more.
There’s a point when improving is all mental. This is the when improving is the slowest. This is when you have the skills, but do not always execute those skills to the level you are capable of because of what is going on between you ears.
This is when the tough work begins. This is when the real players are separated from the wanna be’s. Wanna be’s are still looking for that magic pill. That system that cures all problems. That perfect cue. Right tip for the cue, the right chalk.
It takes time to get to the mental level. It takes time because of what must go first ....developing skills to a level that requires no thought.......a empty mind.
With a empty mind, your actions at the table become natural, flowing, even graceful. There is a sense of freedom in your actions. There is the sense you are in control of the table. You get lost in the present because with a empty mind, you are nowhere else.
At some point, you must say to yourself........”There is no reason for me to miss.” This is the beginning of the mental level and where developing a empty mind begins.
With a empty mind, there is no how to do, there’s just do. Just do what is required for the shot, no thought about how to do the shot. There is only seeing the shot.
To achieve a empty mind requires forgeting everything learned. You can not have a empty mind remembering how to do something. With a empty mind, you just do.
Thinking OB in corner pocket with the CB stopping at a certain position is not the same as thinking of how to do this shot. There is no thought about where the CB needs to be on the table to put the OB in the pocket and no thought about how to stroke the CB to achieve the desired position.
There is only doing. .......OB corner pocket, CB over there. Nothing more.
There’s a point when improving is all mental. This is the when improving is the slowest. This is when you have the skills, but do not always execute those skills to the level you are capable of because of what is going on between you ears.
This is when the tough work begins. This is when the real players are separated from the wanna be’s. Wanna be’s are still looking for that magic pill. That system that cures all problems. That perfect cue. Right tip for the cue, the right chalk.
It takes time to get to the mental level. It takes time because of what must go first ....developing skills to a level that requires no thought.......a empty mind.
With a empty mind, your actions at the table become natural, flowing, even graceful. There is a sense of freedom in your actions. There is the sense you are in control of the table. You get lost in the present because with a empty mind, you are nowhere else.
At some point, you must say to yourself........”There is no reason for me to miss.” This is the beginning of the mental level and where developing a empty mind begins.
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