How Common Is This?

its usually always a mind thing or your stroke isnt ingrained in your brain that day.

so if you cant hit balls then at least line up on the diamonds and stroke over and over till its back and loose and goes where you want.

the sole reason you and all of us got good was thru repetition. so revert back to that when off.

to get great you need special eye hand coordination.
 
middleofnowhere said:
Might mean something or nothing. Years ago I was about to quit. My playing dropped off due to what seemed like a mental problem. At times it was like I could not see any angles and the lights were flickering . I owned a pool room at the time and had been playing the best my life. Running hundreds and beating most anyone I played before this happened.

After seeing doctors and being examined there seemed to be nothing wrong. I won't go into how I discovered what it was but it was diet soda. The artificial sweetener has an effect on some people and I was one of them. After quiting all sodas within a few weeks it was gone and never happened again. I even had had a single car accident from what was like a brain fog.
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GFG!

You cannot possibly leave us all hanging on that!

What was it?

Lou Figueroa
 
I recall a statement regarding "Savoring" the shot.
Savoring the perfection or seeking then Savoring the perfection in each shot.
Of course the possibility of blood does heighten my senses and gets my best game. 🤷‍♂️
I prefer the field of friendly strife.
 
lfigueroa said:
As some (many) know, I'm writing a book and something happen to me this past weekend that I would want to address in said book.

It is something that has happened to me in the past but was particularly dramatic/traumatic this past weekend. I've been playing pretty good, consistent, high level for me, and then this past weekend -- for one session -- my game fell completely and totally off the cliff. Could not see the angles, could not judge CB speed accurately, and my banks went into the toilet, (sigh). My game was a wreck.

So my question is, though I know we all have our ups and down: do you occasionally walk into the PR, get into a game, and without prior warning, have your skills evaporate? Yes, I know they eventually come back. But do you occassionally suffer a fugue state in which it appears you've never played pool before?

Lou Figueroa
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Considering the Yips have been so debilitating that I quit playing this game competitive. I’d say … yeah. Unfortunately.
 
I play in a local weekly 8B bar tournament, it's a race to one :(

First match - break and run (came in cold, first time on the table was first match).
Second match - break and run.
Third match - don't remember who broke but yep, completely forgot how to make a ball. Had three chances, should've been out all three times, still lost. A bit frustrating to say the least.
4th match - opponent broke and ran and hooked himself on the 8, hit the 8 but didn't leave me a shot, played a safe but didn't do anything near what I wanted to do, still got safe. He scratched on the masse - he should've kicked.
5th match - opponent broke dry - I ran out. Thought - cool, back in stroke.
6th match - I think my opponent broke and made a couple of balls and then missed, either way - I forgot how to shoot again, I think I had 3 innings that game and lost. Was playing to get into the money.

It really is a stupid f****ing game.
 
lfigueroa said:
GFG!

You cannot possibly leave us all hanging on that!

What was it?

Lou Figueroa
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I phrased that poorly. It was the sweetener plus the caffeine. I saw a doctor on the Merv Griffin show and he was talking about the dangers of the artificial sweeteners being used in everything. What he described was exactly what I was experiencing.

I read about Jimmy Conners having the same problem till a nutritionist/doctor got him off the sodas that he drank constantly. Conner's credited that with adding years to his career.
The doctor Haas wrote a book
Eat to win
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