Do you concentrate too much?

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Can't turn on your 'A' game when it matters? Maybe the pressure of the moment causes undue tension to creep into your game. I've noticed how well some guys perform when something isn't quite normal--maybe a slight cold for instance, or a bandaged cut, or others. These little nuisances all serve to distract us from the tension of the moment. If this is true, how can you artificially induce a little distraction in your game? Should be easy to take your mind off things. I could be all wet, but there may be a grain of truth in this. And sorry if this has been covered before.
 
I used to, then went to Randyg's school. I learned that you pretty much screw yourself if you take more than 10 seconds on a shot when you bear down on the cue ball. I didn't believe it at first, now it's my in my bible. When I am concentrating on a run, I try to go with the flow, something I learned in judo.
 
It's probably worthy to note that your mind begins to wander after 10 seconds so you are actually losing focus.
 
Learning how the brain works is the first step in learning how to control your thought process. I use switches and triggers to move through the entire mental process of shooting. And once I have finished thinking, I switch to autopilot for shot execution.

Think before shooting, then shoot without thinking.

Steve
 
a trick I learned doing carpenter work . . .

fan-tum said:
Can't turn on your 'A' game when it matters? Maybe the pressure of the moment causes undue tension to creep into your game. I've noticed how well some guys perform when something isn't quite normal--maybe a slight cold for instance, or a bandaged cut, or others. These little nuisances all serve to distract us from the tension of the moment. If this is true, how can you artificially induce a little distraction in your game? Should be easy to take your mind off things. I could be all wet, but there may be a grain of truth in this. And sorry if this has been covered before.
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Here is an easy distraction I learned doing carpenter work. Lay your left thumb on the table rail and give it a mighty whack with the butt of your cue! You'll be so focused on the throbbing thumb and wondering if the thumbnail is gonna fall off that you won't even think about anything else!

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
Here is an easy distraction I learned doing carpenter work. Lay your left thumb on the table rail and give it a mighty whack with the butt of your cue! You'll be so focused on the throbbing thumb and wondering if the thumbnail is gonna fall off that you won't even think about anything else!

Hu
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I did that one time about 9:00 AM in the morning with a 16 oz hammer and a wonderbar. At about 8:00 PM I went to the ER and the doctor asked me when I had done that (my thumb nail was completely black). I told him 9:00 AM this morning and he said "man you must be tough" and I said no if I was tough I wouldn't be here! You are right though I didn't think about anything else after I got off work.
 
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I've played some of my best snooker and pool while hung over.

Particularily a month ago I was severly hung over from a...fun...night, ended up playing some great snooker even though I could barely stand.
 
Cameron Smith said:
I've played some of my best snooker and pool while hung over.

Particularily a month ago I was severly hung over from a...fun...night, ended up playing some great snooker even though I could barely stand.
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Says you.....:-) randyg
 
fan-tum said:
Can't turn on your 'A' game when it matters? Maybe the pressure of the moment causes undue tension to creep into your game. I've noticed how well some guys perform when something isn't quite normal--maybe a slight cold for instance, or a bandaged cut, or others. These little nuisances all serve to distract us from the tension of the moment. If this is true, how can you artificially induce a little distraction in your game? Should be easy to take your mind off things. I could be all wet, but there may be a grain of truth in this. And sorry if this has been covered before.
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In Pool School we call it our "Mantra".......SPF=randyg
 
I knew a guy who used to POP a rubber band on his wrist if he missed a shot. One day he had no rubber band on his wrist and he remarked to a friend of mine that his knuckles were hurting.

My friend didn't know anything about the rubber band routine and inquired about why the fellow's knuckles hurt. The guy responded that every time he missed a shot he would rap his knuckles on the top of the rails. (The purpose was to make him pay more attention to making the shot) FTR, the guy would have been rated a low 4 in the APA. Ouch.............

JoeyA
 
bet he was a Catholic!

JoeyA said:
I knew a guy who used to POP a rubber band on his wrist if he missed a shot. One day he had no rubber band on his wrist and he remarked to a friend of mine that his knuckles were hurting.

My friend didn't know anything about the rubber band routine and inquired about why the fellow's knuckles hurt. The guy responded that every time he missed a shot he would rap his knuckles on the top of the rails. (The purpose was to make him pay more attention to making the shot) FTR, the guy would have been rated a low 4 in the APA. Ouch.............

JoeyA
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I bet he was a Catholic! The penquins used to be real big on rapping knuckles when you were bad in class or just gave the wrong answer. I think that is why my knuckles are so big now, years of abuse. :grin:
 
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