I wished that today would never ends.

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asbani

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So today I was hitting balls extremly well. I dont' miss easy shots infact I don't miss a shot that I actually see. I think it's called Dead stroke... so apparently today I'm in dead stroke.. I beaten every body in our pool room and nobody got even close to me in the score board. I beaten couple of guys 7 to 0... and 7 to 1.. and 9 to 2.. etc etc. :D so yea.. I'm so happy & I really wish today would never ends but it's now 01:00am here and pool rooms are closed now and I'm back home! (Sadly)

Reason for posting this is to ask. WHY do we change, today I play good, tomorrow I might play bad.. duh.. whats this secret in the pool game.. it's confusing.

I consider myself a C player. I got a job but just on hollidays and sometimes in the week days I go to pool rooms play on small tournoments locally, and play with some friends! I love this game!

so the question is for you AZers. how can I keep myself at this level on all times? I know the pro's know how to do it. so let us know the secret, how do we actually stay like that every single day? I want to wakeup tomorrow and when I go to the pool room, i'd love to play like today tbh. but I doubt it. because it happens to me alot!

thanks.asbani
 
asbani said:
So today I was hitting balls extremly well. I dont' miss easy shots infact I don't miss a shot that I actually see. I think it's called Dead stroke... so apparently today I'm in dead stroke.. I beaten every body in our pool room and nobody got even close to me in the score board. I beaten couple of guys 7 to 0... and 7 to 1.. and 9 to 2.. etc etc. :D so yea.. I'm so happy & I really wish today would never ends but it's now 01:00am here and pool rooms are closed now and I'm back home! (Sadly)

Reason for posting this is to ask. WHY do we change, today I play good, tomorrow I might play bad.. duh.. whats this secret in the pool game.. it's confusing.

I consider myself a C player. I got a job but just on hollidays and sometimes in the week days I go to pool rooms play on small tournoments locally, and play with some friends! I love this game!

so the question is for you AZers. how can I keep myself at this level on all times? I know the pro's know how to do it. so let us know the secret, how do we actually stay like that every single day? I want to wakeup tomorrow and when I go to the pool room, i'd love to play like today tbh. but I doubt it. because it happens to me alot!

thanks.asbani
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If you played perfect all the time you'd probably quit the game out of boredom. Pool, like life is about the struggle! Philw
 
thank-you.. It's now the next day, and I hit balls like a guy that held a cue for a first time....~! loll
 
Great recommendations Safety.

Safety said:
Read this book...it helped me.

http://www.amazon.com/Pleasures-Sma...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203738435&sr=1-1

There are other books on the mental part of pool. Do a search here and you will find more info. Try searching for "the inner game of tennis"...many people recommend it. Good Luck!!!
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Do yourself a favor and read this book. You will find yourself saying 'that's me', 'I do that', 'yep.. that's me exactly'. This is one of the best books written on the mental aspects of playing pool.
 
asbani said:
So today I was hitting balls extremly well. I dont' miss easy shots infact I don't miss a shot that I actually see. I think it's called Dead stroke... so apparently today I'm in dead stroke.. I beaten every body in our pool room and nobody got even close to me in the score board. I beaten couple of guys 7 to 0... and 7 to 1.. and 9 to 2.. etc etc. :D so yea.. I'm so happy & I really wish today would never ends but it's now 01:00am here and pool rooms are closed now and I'm back home! (Sadly)

Reason for posting this is to ask. WHY do we change, today I play good, tomorrow I might play bad.. duh.. whats this secret in the pool game.. it's confusing.

I consider myself a C player. I got a job but just on hollidays and sometimes in the week days I go to pool rooms play on small tournoments locally, and play with some friends! I love this game!

so the question is for you AZers. how can I keep myself at this level on all times? I know the pro's know how to do it. so let us know the secret, how do we actually stay like that every single day? I want to wakeup tomorrow and when I go to the pool room, i'd love to play like today tbh. but I doubt it. because it happens to me alot!

thanks.asbani
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It's your psychology. Every day you eat with a fork and you never miss your mouth. Do you think: Today I managed not to stab my cheek, but tomorrow I might because I won't be in the forking zone? I don't think so. Your attitude is what causes your inconsistency.

~rc
 
i fel into that zone for 35 minutes and missed 4 balls to the best of my recollection, since then i havent been able to make a ball, now i cant play at all cause of my back. but what i wonder is why if I can do that, and I did do that, why cant I maintain that?. clearly i have the skills to do it, what outside distractions causes me to not be able to play like that more often? i have nothing to prove i'm not being dishonest about it. When i stopped playing that night, I realized what I had achieved, its in me so why the hell cant i pull that out when I need/want to? sometimes playing alone it would be nice to play like that, it's not a ego thing for me, I honestly dont care what peoples opinion of my game is, i'm not out to impress anyone with my skills as a player. I dont put any pressure on myself to play like that it just happens randomly, strange...
 
asbani said:
So today I was hitting balls extremly well. I dont' miss easy shots infact I don't miss a shot that I actually see. I think it's called Dead stroke... so apparently today I'm in dead stroke.. I beaten every body in our pool room and nobody got even close to me in the score board. I beaten couple of guys 7 to 0... and 7 to 1.. and 9 to 2.. etc etc. :D so yea.. I'm so happy & I really wish today would never ends but it's now 01:00am here and pool rooms are closed now and I'm back home! (Sadly)

Reason for posting this is to ask. WHY do we change, today I play good, tomorrow I might play bad.. duh.. whats this secret in the pool game.. it's confusing.

I consider myself a C player. I got a job but just on hollidays and sometimes in the week days I go to pool rooms play on small tournoments locally, and play with some friends! I love this game!

so the question is for you AZers. how can I keep myself at this level on all times? I know the pro's know how to do it. so let us know the secret, how do we actually stay like that every single day? I want to wakeup tomorrow and when I go to the pool room, i'd love to play like today tbh. but I doubt it. because it happens to me alot!

thanks.asbani
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You can't keep yourself at this level. The secret is, There Is No Secret. You want to play your best possible pool? Get rid of the job and old lady, go on the road and live & breathe pool for a few weeks or months. Play different games on different equipment with different people, never thinking about anything else but pool. Been there, done that and was happy to go back to the grind and not play pool as good. I played around six hours of one pocket yesterday with a good player. We both started off slow and back and forth on the $$. About four hours in, it just kicked in and I won several games in a row. Who knows what caused it. A few good rolls, some uncommon mistakes on his part. It's great when it happens, but it will go the other way too. Enjoy it when it happens and keep trying to improve, but there will always be setbacks. We all wouldn't be so crazy to play if it was easy. John
 
At times you may very find, you play beyond what you think your capable of....This is your true speed....this is when it all comes together, and you simply play the game.......you cant maintain this, because you doubt your abilities....Even when your playing your best, during a run you doubt yourself.


Amazingly, you fear success...being a winner is tough, it just easier to concede than deal with pressure....thats what most players do..I myself, for a year, I ran out every runable rack but missed the money ball... straight in 3'shots, I was bobbling them over and over...I almost quit altogether....I out played everyone, no one was hitting balls better, yet i lost over and over...

Instead of running from this, I went head on, I wanted to know wtf! was going on!!!...I realized It wasnt the shots, but the fear of winning...sounds lame, but very true...I then aquired a table and went to work....I found after a period a week or so if I maintain a pre shot routine, (thanks purdman) The money ball was just another routine shot, and i ran 212 playing straight pool..



This unfolded here, on AZ...I blamed my cues, my eyes, everything but the real culprit...FEAR.

I now fear no player, situation, or winning and Im playing great, day after day....Now I know dead stroke, and what truely it means to me.. I even came up with some relaxation and focous techniques to help me maintain...LG



SPINDOKTOR
 
jrhendy said:
You can't keep yourself at this level. The secret is, There Is No Secret. You want to play your best possible pool? Get rid of the job and old lady, go on the road and live & breathe pool for a few weeks or months. Play different games on different equipment with different people, never thinking about anything else but pool. Been there, done that and was happy to go back to the grind and not play pool as good. I played around six hours of one pocket yesterday with a good player. We both started off slow and back and forth on the $$. About four hours in, it just kicked in and I won several games in a row. Who knows what caused it. A few good rolls, some uncommon mistakes on his part. It's great when it happens, but it will go the other way too. Enjoy it when it happens and keep trying to improve, but there will always be setbacks. We all wouldn't be so crazy to play if it was easy. John
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John, Hope you were playing Baby Frank !!!
 
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