oldschoolr
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I need some suggestions on how to get motivated to play and compete?
not feelin it right now....
not feelin it right now....
getting motivated
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why? if you don't like it, don't do it...unless it is
work
then get to it or get fired!
work
then get to it or get fired!
Once your game improves and starts to get some "W" on your side, you will get hooked, and motivated, no force will pull you from it.
You have to practice on your own for a while and then put to test what you learned. It takes time..Best of luck.
so, the Naji thinks you are a loser with no experience.
set us straight?
set us straight?
Set some goals and practice regularly to achieve them.
I think it really is that simple.
I think it really is that simple.
Get Motivated
Pull out your favorite pool book and reread it. It will get your head back in the game. I've lost track how many times I've read and reread sections or entire books in my collection....Good Luck..close your eyes and practice in your head...it works.
Pull out your favorite pool book and reread it. It will get your head back in the game. I've lost track how many times I've read and reread sections or entire books in my collection....Good Luck..close your eyes and practice in your head...it works.
Walk away from the table for awhile until you get " motivated " to get back into the game again. Helped me, but then again the game isn't for everyone.
Watch a few videos on youtube, or a stream(like yesterday at TS) if that dont do it, then dont bother. Find something else to do until it comes around
Write yourself a note, and word it something like this: Hey you! Get off your sorry ass and play some winning pool.
Put the note under your pillow, and in a couple of weeks you'll be out there running racks with the best of them. :smile:
Put the note under your pillow, and in a couple of weeks you'll be out there running racks with the best of them. :smile:
I am like this I get uninterested and I will start doing something new right now I am into playing a lot of poker, but I know in a month or so the pool bug will hit me with full force and my attention will be fully devoted to it again.
This, or alcohol.
You may want to take a break from pool for a while. If you force it, it will feel like work & that's no good. Remember why you play the game. It's for enjoyment. I might recommend reading the book "the pleasure of small motions". It may "remind you" as to why you truly, naturally enjoy the sport and re-motivate you.
Steve
Steve
For me all I have to do is get in something and lose quickly....
That gives me that burning desire almost immediately.
My problem is the desire is like a 21 year old but my body is just about 60.
I give it all I got though.
Getting sand kicked in my face by someone i feel I should beat just doesn't sit well me.
You need something to get ready for also.
Take a flier of the first tourny you want to play in and put it up all over so you see it allot.
I'm printing out the Derby poster right now.
Good Luck..................
That gives me that burning desire almost immediately.
My problem is the desire is like a 21 year old but my body is just about 60.
I give it all I got though.
Getting sand kicked in my face by someone i feel I should beat just doesn't sit well me.
You need something to get ready for also.
Take a flier of the first tourny you want to play in and put it up all over so you see it allot.
I'm printing out the Derby poster right now.
Good Luck..................
pool is a touchy, feely game. When you step up, feel your feet on the floor, when you chalk your cue, listen to it, and then put it down firm on the table, so you hear it slam. Hold your cue straight up and high, so your Peripheral vision can see the cue. Pull yourself slowly down in to position. Feel the felt. All this stuff can be seen by watching any video, it's poetry in motion, it all tells your mind that you are playing pool, and it works. Try it, feel everything that has to do with the game, and see it. Rod.
You need a good reason................till that happens, your just going thru the motions.
Assuming the OP is no newby, ^^^THIS^^^ is the best answer.
Freddie <~~~ might have been inspired by TS as well
Sleep on a pool table and use balls for a pillow for a week. Either this will motivate you to get your tail off the table and playing or pool will prove to be a pain 
Or go to a pool hall and take the weakest player under your wing. Teaching is a huge motivator to me. Show them a few shots and some drills and give them some pointers. Them play them a few games re-implementing what you told them. This will show you the fire in somebody wanting to learn more and also get you to realize you need to play.
Or go to a pool hall and take the weakest player under your wing. Teaching is a huge motivator to me. Show them a few shots and some drills and give them some pointers. Them play them a few games re-implementing what you told them. This will show you the fire in somebody wanting to learn more and also get you to realize you need to play.
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