Improving Shot Selection

[prewarhero]

Watching good players is useful, but you may not know what you are watching and then it is less worthwhile. It is best if there is good commentary on the match. If the commentators don't seem to make much sense or say anything useful, move on.

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This is so true! I have a very vast accu-stats collection and have watched videos religiously (off and on) for years. As I improve my knowledge base I keep getting more and more out of them and have also had to learn how to watch them.

 

[FranCrimi]

It's tough to find good commentary, I find myself I'm making or "predicting" what the player is gonna do better than a lot of comentators, they blame it on the monitor and can't see the angle but I'm seeing exactly what they see and I still do a better job.

Now, there are lots of good comentators when it comes to 1p and one can really learn a lot.

Until you've sat in the commentary box, you won't realize how difficult it is to see what's going on.

The montior in the commentary box is not viewing the exact same thing as the viewer would see. The colors of the balls are often unclear and it's difficult to see the angles. The box is often too far from the action to adequately see it live. I've done it and found it extremely frustrating that I couldn't see as well as I would have liked.