I've had a dismal pool season so far. I've been training for a big event, and the pressure has been hanging over me in a way I haven't experienced before. I've realized that my biggest problem is mental mistakes (wrong shot choices etc) during the game, but trying to make sure you don't make mistakes has a tendency to make them happen. Ok, so you try thinking positively, not thinking about possible mistakes, but rather thinking about positions that are sure not to go wrong. Then that backfires because it's plays you don't usually use, so you get unknown shots. I've lost to people that realistically should have no chance what so ever against me, and it's driving me nuts.
So my for about a couple of months now, I've started focusing on my psr (consciously) and try to let my game run on autopilot as much as possible. It does seem to be working. Overall though, I think my biggest mistake has been trying to change my game. I usually play very aggressively (in a controlled way), and it has always worked quite well. Now that I'm trying to be more careful, I'm messing up all my strong suits. I think whenever you try to change something about your game, in any way, you risk running into to difficulties such as these.
Trying to safeguard against mistakes, has for me been quite futile, and I think it's a tactical dead-end. Don't you Americans have some sort of saying about dancing with the girl you brought with you? I think that's going to be my new approach, not trying to safeguard and improve, but rather play with the skill I have.
So my for about a couple of months now, I've started focusing on my psr (consciously) and try to let my game run on autopilot as much as possible. It does seem to be working. Overall though, I think my biggest mistake has been trying to change my game. I usually play very aggressively (in a controlled way), and it has always worked quite well. Now that I'm trying to be more careful, I'm messing up all my strong suits. I think whenever you try to change something about your game, in any way, you risk running into to difficulties such as these.
Trying to safeguard against mistakes, has for me been quite futile, and I think it's a tactical dead-end. Don't you Americans have some sort of saying about dancing with the girl you brought with you? I think that's going to be my new approach, not trying to safeguard and improve, but rather play with the skill I have.
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