How to get extended periods of concentration?

[ShootingArts]

resting when you can is huge

The question is, how do you do that for 12 hours in a tournament? I can do it in short bursts.. maybe games here, there, etc... but for a whole tournament, or a whole evening out with the boys, that's when it gets hard.

As has been mentioned before, being able to turn off focus and concentration is a major asset if you can gain it back when you get to the table again. If you try to focus at your maximum level for hours it is exhausting and in my opinion almost impossible. World class chess players of average size have been reported to lose as much as seven pounds during a day's play purely from the mental energy burned! Few of us can bring that much energy to bear on our mental game.

Once I learned to be a spectator when I wasn't shooting, sitting with a calm mind, I vastly extended the time I could play well. Not only was I not expending energy, I was actually resting while sitting in my chair. I take a quick read of the table to see how my opponents inning is likely to go and then I chill.

Hu

 

[Jaden]

do it everytime you step to the table...

The question is, how do you do that for 12 hours in a tournament? I can do it in short bursts.. maybe games here, there, etc... but for a whole tournament, or a whole evening out with the boys, that's when it gets hard.

However, there is no doubt that focus and visualization is key to the success of the shot. I am having much better results at the practice table lately and I just want to see it in the tournaments now.

If you want to take the game seriously, you have to do just that... You;ve got to do the same thing every time you ever step to a table.. You can't sometimes just screw around with friends and other times try to play seriously. If you're using visualization as part of your preshot routine and you use the same preshot routine on every shot you take, you'll be on your way to being able to do it for extensive periods of time.

 

[berlowmj]

fleas

A friend gave two bull mastiffs that lived in the house four ounces of brewers yeast a day to prevent fleas. It wasn't until I was in the house a few minutes that I learned how it worked. The 175 pound male stretched a leg and proudly ripped a huge fart! Not only rids the place of fleas, ticks, bugs, and paint; rids it of guests too. I had to step outside and get some air! If it works the same way for pool players this might be the ultimate shark!

Hu

Perhaps thats why I have 2 cuddly cats & no fleas.

 

[ShootingArts]

I can see the merit!

Perhaps thats why I have 2 cuddly cats & no fleas.

After meeting James, the bull mastiff, I can understand the appeal of cats!

Hu