How often R U Fully In Stroke?

I think I've played at my peak maybe 4-5 times ever, usually I play like crap and am disappointed.
 
lately, being able to only play once or twice per week, i am "in stroke" once every blue moon.:banghead:
 
I get fully "in stroke" anytime I have that perfect amount of liquid courage. Just enough to take the nervous shakes away and not so much that I start thinkin I'm Efren.. haha
 
30-45 minutes at a time. once a night. then it all falls apart.

frustrating to see it's possible, then unable to repeat it.
 
I would say that 40percent of the time I'm playing I am playing at my own standards.

The other 60percent is split:

50percent, playing under my own standards.
10percent, in stroke and playing better then my own standards.
 
I like to think I am in stroke all the time, I can have a bad night and miss a few balls but I pretty much stay in stroke
 
I'm a perfectionist, very hard on myself. I used to get in dead stroke several times a month when I was playing more.

With all of the breaks from the game, changes I've made, and lack of playing time I would say I'm in stroke 20% of the time, dead stroke almost never (happened a few times over the last year), close to where I want to be maybe 30% of the time, and just aggravatingly bad the rest of the time... :)

Scott
 
Pangit said:
More practice...more often. 3 days a week.
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Now, I'm always in stroke. I no longer have to "wait" for it to show itself.

But I work at it keeping it. I put in quality time at the time in order to keep it.

See, I have unlimited amount of time I can spend at the table and I take advantage of that. I pay 100 bucks a month for unlimited table time and this is the best money I have ever spent on pool.
 
Think you need to define stroke.... After playing for years getting in stroke is pretty easy... What isn't easy without lots of table time is getting into the zone.....

Wish I had more time and a place to play with decent equipment because the zone has been eluding me pretty vigorously....

The last time I found the zone for more than a night I spent a glorious 6 weeks not missing a ball and playing at a level where 5 and 6 packs were falling like rain....

That was 2 Septembers ago and I was practicing/drilling 3 hours a day every day and then playing a few more hours in the evening..... Came back from the Open that year and was pooled out... A few weeks of not hitting balls and I dropped down to my old plateau......

Eventually I hope to get back there... More mancave work commencing this weekend.....
 
Everytime I play... The trick is, sometimes I need to practice a little more than others. And sometimes I assemble my cue and it's like I didn't stop playing since the night before. Practice always helps, that's the key.
 
Since I learned an aiming system I am more fully in stroke a lot more often. I contribute it too having a consistent thing to look at. Playing by feel is guesswork unless you play a lot.
 
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