Bilingual Pool Players Focus Better?

Eric. said:
I think that is a stretch.

An analogy for singularly lingual people might be switching from speaking a language, to singing in that same language. While the vocal activity is similar, the actual level of focus in no different than speaking another language. In other words, if you can switch from speaking to singing, then you have the same "skills" as someone that is bilingual, in a nutshell.
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In a nutshell, your armchair speculations are meaningless unless you have scientific credentials and studies to compare with those being reported.

As related to Pool, there are a bunch of very high level poolplayers, foreign and domestic, that only speak one language.
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And many low level ones who speak many languages. Misleading anecdotes are easy to come by.

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Patrick Johnson said:
In a nutshell, your armchair speculations are meaningless unless you have scientific credentials and studies to compare with those being reported.

Typical dopey, arrogant PhD response. BTW, who do you think these "credentials" and science dorks are studying and asking questions, to get feedback :rolleyes:

And many low level ones who speak many languages. Misleading anecdotes are easy to come by.

And, this gives my opinion credence too.

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For that matter, if my non science dork credentials don't allow me an opinion, then that would rule out the majority of this forum, you arrogant know-nuthin.

Lets keep this in context Patty, if YOU are not bilingual, then your opinion carries very little weight.



Eric >eggheads :rolleyes:
 
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Foreigners are brought up training differently and their skills are more diverse. The US is a land of 9ball players.
 
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being able to focus has to do with discipline and the type of life you lead, not with being bilingual. Now, if you learned more discipline from learning a different language, you might be able to focus better, but it comes from self-discipline.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
I heard a radio segment this morning about the mental advantages of being bilingual - it seems that knowing more than one language trains your brain to get better at focusing on one thing (because you're always thinking in more than one language but communicating with only one of them).

So, since focus is such an important part of playing good pool, it probably follows that bilingual players have an edge. Can this be why our friendly foreign "invaders" do so well in the US pool scene? Do trilingual players have an even greater advantage?

Adios, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen,

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Probably just another PHd crackpot trying to get published or something. I can tell you that this is BS.
 
whitewolf said:
Probably just another PHd crackpot trying to get published or something. I can tell you that this is BS.
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It's great to speculate like that -- but do you have any studies that contradict, or are you just howling at the moon?

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Patrick Johnson said:
I heard a radio segment this morning about the mental advantages of being bilingual - it seems that knowing more than one language trains your brain to get better at focusing on one thing (because you're always thinking in more than one language but communicating with only one of them).

So, since focus is such an important part of playing good pool, it probably follows that bilingual players have an edge. Can this be why our friendly foreign "invaders" do so well in the US pool scene? Do trilingual players have an even greater advantage?

Adios, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen,

pj
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Depends on if you are "truly" bilingual. Only "truly" bilingual people can think in both languages. Many that speak more than one language are not truly bilingual in this sense. I do think the truly bilingual have advantages in how they think and perhaps concentrate...but it isn't necessarily the edge one might hope as there are many factors involved. I would say it could perhaps help a pool player.

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well, since 50% of the world's population is bilingual... does it really matter ?? I think the difference would be neglible, but of course, that is just common sense as I have no scientifc data or credentials..... but carry on...
 
Good thread and point of order. I like to learn new things about pool. It gives you something to think about positive. That will help your game.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Well I am truly a bilingual and I can prove your theory from my own experience because not only I miss the shot but I also screw up the leave as well, lol
Seriously though, this is an interesting theory.
 
Tennis player Roger Federer is perhaps the most famous sports person who speaks several languages very very well. Would he play the game just as well if he knew only his native Schweizer-Deutsch (Swiss-German)? Most probably, but then he would not be able to use non German speaking coaches and would struggle at press conferences. One could not say whether that would negatively affect his competitive game, maybe it wouldn't. But would he be as marketable as he is today? Safe to say absolutely not. He would not get as much sponsor money, definitely not.
So yes, I think by knowing extra language, English as the most important one in particular, one can help his career.
Native English speakers have advantage over the rest of us in this regard.
 
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