Recently I've been in a slump and I'm looking for ways to get out of it as there are tournaments which I need to take part in.
How should I get out of this slump?
How should I get out of this slump?
How to get out of slump
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No advice from me, I'm in the same boat. All of a sudden I can't cut a ball in to save my life. I think I've been reading too many ways to improve my aiming and sighting and have forgotten how I used to shoot 
Play with a house cue for 45 minutes and then go back to your own cue. Viola, problem solved. But please don't tell anybody! 
ElCorazonFrio
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The worst thing a person can do is put a name to his bad playing. Calling it a slump is naming something and by naming it, you adopt it and have no control over it.
It becomes another obstacle to overcome.
I can remember the past, I can anticipate the future, but I can control the present.
Don't bring the past to the table unless the past helps.
It becomes another obstacle to overcome.
I can remember the past, I can anticipate the future, but I can control the present.
Don't bring the past to the table unless the past helps.
Work through it. It happens to everybody. I find when this happens to me and I work through it I emerge a little bit better player. Sometimes it's a continual scenario of two steps forward, one step back, two steps forward one step back and on and on.
Crazy question and not my intention to hijack OP's thread....
As I stated, the last few days I can't seem to make a cut shot. I am finding myself starting to 'freak out' a bit - actually thinking maybe I have just completely forgotten how to shoot and it will never come back... I'm sure this is not helpful - anyone else as crazy as me have these fears?
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As I stated, the last few days I can't seem to make a cut shot. I am finding myself starting to 'freak out' a bit - actually thinking maybe I have just completely forgotten how to shoot and it will never come back... I'm sure this is not helpful - anyone else as crazy as me have these fears?
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You need to try one of these (works every time)
Play with a house cue for 45 minutes and then go back to your own cue. Viola, problem solved. But please don't tell anybody!
You beat me to it. Just changing your tip or using another one of your cues works to. Not many on here will believe it works because the fix is too easy. Of course this only works if you really can play better. Johnnyt
ElCorazonFrio
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I don't doubt that these work, the mind is a powerful thing. It is like the elevation that comes in one's game when they get a new cue. If you believe you have reason to play better, you will play better.
Play with a house cue for 45 minutes and then go back to your own cue. Viola, problem solved. But please don't tell anybody!
lol until you play better with the house cue than what you do with your regular cue which makes you think you spent $1-2k for no reason!
ElCorazonFrio
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Agreed, it is never the table and outside of injury or other pain, it is likely not the body.
Often referred to as the Twilight Zone, in pool, a slump is nothing more than a period in a person's pool playing career where he, or she, isn't playing worth a shit. Do not worry, it will pass (no pun intended).
Playing with different equipment, taking vitamins, drinking Tequila until the cows come home, won't help. All you can do is just give it time. If, however, the anxiety is too much, seek the help of your local physician and have him, or her, prescribe some Valium for those difficult moments.
Remember. Time heals all wombs. :smile:
Playing with different equipment, taking vitamins, drinking Tequila until the cows come home, won't help. All you can do is just give it time. If, however, the anxiety is too much, seek the help of your local physician and have him, or her, prescribe some Valium for those difficult moments.
Remember. Time heals all wombs. :smile:
Less thinking about it, less internal chatter. We often have too much rattling around our heads when we're in a slump. Simplify: relax and expect to make the ball and position. Picture that, don't mentally coach yourself with words. These are shots you've made dozens or hundreds of times...
If you consider the zillions of reasons different people get into slumps, from being bored, to lack of desire, to family issues, to money issues, to health issues, jobs, to playing over your head to begin with, and on and on.... you will see there is no one answer to a question like this.
In fact even if you pinpoint the issue, lets say desire.... then there are another zillion reasons for lacking that desire.
Slumps are a good thing... it might mean you're a pool player with a life. :thumbup:
In fact even if you pinpoint the issue, lets say desire.... then there are another zillion reasons for lacking that desire.
Slumps are a good thing... it might mean you're a pool player with a life. :thumbup: