Then there’s those that while not needing more than this to stay in stroke, grind continuously. How many times did you go to bed at your place and Dennis was hitting balls, then woke up the next day to find him yet again at the table hitting balls?
30 min practice spurts.. better then hit a million balls?
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Not close to top level here. Will never be by luck or by accident. Scott Lee (RIP) would say practice 10 quality hits instead of banging balls for hours. Are talking about Pro's or guys that simply are looking to improve. 30 minute sessions are quite productive.
It happens to a lot of players, from league and recreational players, to even some pros occasionally. If you bring your goals and ego INTO a match, I.E. being obsessed with beating a particular player, the score of the match, the importance of it, etc. these things detract from focusing on your process.That's worth a dollar right there!!
We can’t live in the past or the future, only in the moment we are in at any given time. So you can’t abide letting your mind become preoccupied with past failures, or missed shots, or the importance of outcome of the match you’re in, who’s watching, what they think, etc. as these things detract from you giving your full focus to your process, and the shot currently in front of you. Failure to let all that other stuff go, so you can give your full attention to the present moment, never leads to anything good.
I remember overhearing a conversation where one person commented to his player that he seemed tense. The player replied that his family was in the audience and he was concerned of what they’d think if he lost. His sponsor said, well unless you change your line of thinking, you’re going to find out what they think, because you’re not going to play your best when distracted by something you can’t control.
Dennis felt like he always needed to improve his game to stay on top.
You could get out a hammer and chisel and write this on a rock! Few top players are good teachers, particularly in their competitive years. It takes a different mindset, almost a different personality.
In threads where it is relevant many people hold on to the belief that they aren't going to take lessons from somebody that can't beat them. Countless olympic medalists do! Also, sometimes you take one thing from somebody or a book, sometimes there are tons of goodness to be had. An old man that used to drive midgets gave me a few tips that were solid gold despite me driving a late model stock car!
Goodness is where you find it. Sometimes it comes from a counterman or an old man at the counter. Got to be able to sort through information and sort what is good and what is garbage. Gold is found where you expect it, sometimes where you don't expect it too!
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Exactly.. who the hell would tiger woods take lessons from in his prime if he didn’t take them from someone that couldn’t beat him lol
you know that reminds me tiger when he was preparing for big tournaments had his 1000 balls a day rule. He hit 1000 balls in different combinations of what ever he was working on. He believed you needed that for it to be 2nd nature. I’ve always been told the more things you can do without thinking about it the better you’ll be.
Every year a bullseye pistol shooter came to the range and practiced all day every day for two weeks. He said by that time the gun fired when the sights were on the bullseye, no thought involved!
I did my thinking before the starting buzzer myself. A typical stage for one match was six shots, reload, six shots to keep the local match revolver friendly. If I made a mistake I didn't know it until I looked at a target. I was on auto pilot from the draw to holstering the pistol. I did the same thing shooting pool for many years, I did my thinking standing then ran the inning out without thought unless a wheel ran off my wagon.
Hu
the more you play the better you will get. if you are gambling you force yourself to get better if you truly want to win.
efren says he only plays a half hour but he was playing all day long while he was getting good. does anyone think he only played some half hour session and got to be the best in the world.
hit a million balls trying to get better or trying to play good, and you will be very good to the best of your ability to get good.
efren says he only plays a half hour but he was playing all day long while he was getting good. does anyone think he only played some half hour session and got to be the best in the world.
hit a million balls trying to get better or trying to play good, and you will be very good to the best of your ability to get good.
Take what you can use and leave the rest.
That’s the classic a player b player mentality. A player is the one when you’re standing that does the thinking. B player does what a player lays out. As long as you don’t let a player control b player as soon as things go wrong it works brilliantly lol
Mosconi himself advised taking a break every 20 or 30 minutes while practicing but that playing against stronger players was far more important. I think the 8-10 hours of day of "practice" we hear pros talk about involves hours of playing against other people too.
I love playing to much to only practice 30 mins a day.. plus since humans are different what works for one may not work for all ..
Well it’s well known svb can shoot the same shot for hours. He’s been known to just break balls for 10 hours but he’s not normal lol