How Many Hours a Week?

[irspow]

I’m 53 and I normally spend at least 2 hours daily on the table. Often that time is split up into two or more separate sessions. It’s enough time to be able to work on problems/experiments or just playing racks but not so much as to make it boring or become lazy. It’s enough time for me to see some continual improvement and learn things.

I think the amount of time specifically needed to become really good in tournaments would be much greater though. You might need to practice for longer periods that are as long as you would be playing in competition. I say this only because you need to strengthen the length of time that you can remain highly focused. If you can’t remain highly focused in long practice sesions you most likely won’t be able to remain focused in competition.

 

[tomatoshooter]

I got beat 4-0 in a race to 4, and am really down. I feel I can compete with most anybody, but got my a## handed to me. It's a hc league, which I am losing interest in being a part of because of sandbagging. All my practice seems to have gone out the window, and I feel like quitting. Can I recover ?

Yeah, you can recover. We all get smoked occasionally. The other guy gets a hot hand, we have a bad day, some days the table just don't like me much. You'll get your day, it may even be tomorrow.

 

[justnum]

In pro pool you either pay for the dump or pay to lose.

There is not much science to it.

If you talk to second rate champions that never sacrificed like first rate champions then you will suffer from group think.

It is mostly guys in denial when it comes to why group think works.

 

[SeniorTom]

Yeah, you can recover. We all get smoked occasionally. The other guy gets a hot hand, we have a bad day, some days the table just don't like me much. You'll get your day, it may even be tomorrow.

Yeah that's true, I was feeling a little bit out of sync yesterday before the match I couldn't figure out why, but it showed up during competition. My head just wasn't there. I have beaten others that probably were a bit better than me and shut them out 4-0 a couple times, so I guess what goes around comes around. I guess it just bothers me that the time I put in feels like it's all for nothing after getting beat like that. That's not true though, it's how the game goes.