Breathing and Green Light in shooting routine?

[Wolven]

Has anyone experimented with breathing techniques on the final stroke?

For example: At the final address of QB your breath can be in whatever stage. Stay still until ready to inhale and move the cue back while taking that breath.
There is a pause while you exhale & inhale again, now as you exhale the forward motion of the stroke is executed. This pause would be short especially if you smoke.

I heard an instructor mention the 'magic word' at various stages of shouting routine that signals a go ahead for the next stage.
This includes a green light on the final stroke.
Anyone has done that?

Thanks

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

Has anyone experimented with breathing techniques on the final stroke?

For example: At the final address of QB your breath can be in whatever stage. Stay still until ready to inhale and move the cue back while taking that breath.
There is a pause while you exhale & inhale again, now as you exhale the forward motion of the stroke is executed. This pause would be short especially if you smoke.

I heard an instructor mention the 'magic word' at various stages of shouting routine that signals a go ahead for the next stage.
This includes a green light on the final stroke.
Anyone has done that?

Thanks

Breathing causes movement. You don't want that. Your greenlight should be the moment you recognize you are aligned to pocket the ball and you are addressing the cueball as planned. When you get into your stance, you are there to shoot. You are there to execute. You are there to pocket that ball. You're not there to lollygaggle and think about breathing. You want to breathe, stand up. You shouldn't be thinking about breathing. Your focus needs to be simple. It needs to be minimal. You are there for one purpose. Strike the cueball as planned to pocket that ball.

 

[berlowmj]

breathing

Has anyone experimented with breathing techniques on the final stroke?

For example: At the final address of QB your breath can be in whatever stage. Stay still until ready to inhale and move the cue back while taking that breath.
There is a pause while you exhale & inhale again, now as you exhale the forward motion of the stroke is executed. This pause would be short especially if you smoke.

I heard an instructor mention the 'magic word' at various stages of shouting routine that signals a go ahead for the next stage.
This includes a green light on the final stroke.
Anyone has done that?

Thanks

This is a fascinating area of inquiry. Could the breathing sequence be like that recommended for bulleseye pistol shooting?

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Breathing causes movement. You don't want that.

LOL. Like the guy who doesn't like growing old, I like the alternative even less.

It's not a question of breathing or not breathing - it's a question of using it to your advantage or not. Breath control doesn't take any attention once you've practiced it and ingrained it into your routine, and it can dramatically increase your focus (that's what it's used for in meditations of all kinds throughout history) and decrease *uncoordinated* movement during your strokes and shot (that's what it's used for in shooting sports of all kinds).

I've developed the habit of timing of my breaths so that I'm breathing out during my final few practice strokes and breathing out slowly during my shot stroke. This not only focuses me but actually minimizes breathing-induced movement during the shot stroke - exactly what it's supposed to accomplish when used in rifle and bow shooting, for instance.

I recommend it highly.

pj
chgo

 

[buzzsaw]

I equate it to swimming. If you want to go to the bottom of the pool (stay down on the shot) you exhale. If you inhale your lungs fill with air allowing movement (raising up on a shot).

 

[pillage6]

I started paying attention to my breathing when I tried to relieve some anxiety while playing big tournaments and to regulate the speed of my pre-shot routine. Also read "Zen Archery" which highlighted breathing as a source of power and focus, so I started breathing out slowly or holding my breath when pulling%