Dead punch

itsfroze said:
If you are in dead punch and you quit playing for 5 years are you still in dead punch ? LOL


Seriously the only thing I would be concerned about is to make sure that whether it's practice
or playing someone, is to make sure it's done with intent not just banging balls around as that I
think is the best way to lose what ever you had.
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itsfroze, very good. I'll have to remember that. I may even make a play date around it. lol
 
Black-Balled said:
I found dead punch last weekend and it really seemed as though it was directly related to the significance of the match: the farther I went in the event, the better I played.

For me, it is directly related to motivation. If I have a goal that I can achieve, I seem to be able to play at a far higher level of proficiency that if I am just knocking balls onto the floor at home.

I think I see a lot of the same thing when I see the better players play tournaments...their level of play increases markedly when they get to the latter stages of an event.
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Screw all this, did you back it and jack it?? :D
 
Jodacus said:
Motivation seems to have a large influence on getting in that zone. So does ones view of risk vs reward. I have seen a lot of guys get there when playing someone their not supposed to beat. As long as they don't totally collapse it seems like the pressure is off because they are not supposed to win anyway. Then they get in the zone and bam, they win!

Charlie Hustle
Is that a Sheba I saw in a pic you posted a while ago?
Joe
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Whats a Sheba? :confused:
 
Some nights when I get to the bar early enuff for a warm up game or 2, I will stop when I see myself playing fairly in focus. I always joke that I don't want to waste all my good shots in a warm up game.

Gotta save a few for the team.
 
Quote: Lebron James on the winning shot. I practiced that shot every day since I was 7, and we still practice it every day. I thank God and my coaches for helping me to have the mental strength to perform what is asked of me.

Practice goes without saying.

If your head is not there all the practice in the world means crap. You will just be going through the motions.
Great players are not great because they are in stroke; they are great because they are mentally in stroke at that time. Nobody wins on practice autopilot.
Once you have all the strokes the game is 95 % Mental.
Just Like Tennis
Pool may very well be the most demanding game on the planet...Mentally
 
Dead Stroke

A beautiful feeling when it happens. For me it is total focus on the table and living that moment(s). When I am in that zone I truly do not remember the last shot I made....everything is in the present. Sometimes my opponent will say wow that was a hell of a shot on the 3 ball at the beginning of the rack and I honestly don't remember it! Being in total focus and in the moment is dead stroke for me...doesn't happen that often but when it does what a feeling!

Wedge
 
Jodacus said:
When you are in dead stroke do you practice or not?

Some guys seem to feel that practicing will somehow
waste their dead stroke time, as if they have a fixed number
of strokes and don't want to waste them on practice. Others
feel that practicing helps extend the time they are in dead
stroke and that it helps fix the "dead stroke" condition in
their mind.

What do you do and why?

Originally I accidentally posted this on another thread. Sorry.

Joe
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When you are in Dead Stroke you don't even know it or realize it. There is no conscious thought. You are not aware of your surroundings or any noise that there may be, you hear the noise but it doesn't register as to what it may be, its just noise. Just my experience when in Dead Stroke. Hope this helps. :smile:

Have Fun

John

John
 
I practice if I feel like it whether I'm shooting good or not. If I'm not into it, I don't focus as much after a few games and start playing crappy. If I don't really feel like practicing, I'll work on my jumps or 3 rail kicks or drinking beer or a combination of the 3! Or buying another cue I don't need!


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I get into THE BOX or Dead Stroke pretty fast these days because being in that rarified air is becoming a more well-traveled area for me. I spent 6 months unemployed and so I was hitting racks for 6 hours a day on the average every day.

I think OT is best to practice core drills for shot making and shots where u have to really move the cue ball accurately close to your work. Practice well and often as you may.

The absolutely real mental factor is just about experience. Live it and make your own path through it.

Regards,

Lesh
 
SmoothStroke said:
Dead Stroke has to be the most ridiculous pool term I have ever heard.
Dead Punch is even worse; my ears bleed when someone says it.

Any player who is a player: Has a stroke, works hard, practices, pro, shorty, opens, A and B speeds, even some C level players. If they are working and practicing they are in stroke.

If they are practicing and playing poorly, IT'S IN THE HEAD
If they are practicing and playing well….ITS IN THE HEAD

It's all the head....Your brain is in Dead Stroke or Dead Punch

Sincerely : SS
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You can add "in the zone" to that list.
 
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