Good post, I know exactly what you mean.
My game improved...not sure why
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Good post, I know exactly what you mean.
It was exactly 1 year ago that I originally posted this topic that jcpoolgod brought back to life! Since then I have had some highs and lows but I am still moving forward. I recently won a 9 ball tournament with a decent field of players.
Every time i think I have this game figured out something happens that shows me I still have a long way to go.
congrats on your recent improvement!
Because you're an A player I dont think your stroke suddenly changes, I think you had a mental change.
You suddenly became more confident, more confortable, and/or had more belief in yourself and quit thinking about things so much!
Your mind is finally getting out of the way, and letting your body do what it knows how to do!
---someone asked Michael Jordan once "did you plan to do that double-clutch alley-oop dunk before you jumped?
"No, I never think about it, I just do it"
Because you're an A player I dont think your stroke suddenly changes, I think you had a mental change.
You suddenly became more confident, more confortable, and/or had more belief in yourself and quit thinking about things so much!
Your mind is finally getting out of the way, and letting your body do what it knows how to do!
---someone asked Michael Jordan once "did you plan to do that double-clutch alley-oop dunk before you jumped?
"No, I never think about it, I just do it"
Jump
I would attribute it to Mental Clarity. Sounds like you went from guessing to knowing what to do. It's kind of like struggling with a theory, and then waking up one day, and the theory then makes perfect sense.
There are certain times of the month when your concentration and focus are greater than at other times. Sounds like you hit upon one of these times. When playing now, think back about how you felt when everything was going right, and try to reproduce it in the future.
I would attribute it to Mental Clarity. Sounds like you went from guessing to knowing what to do. It's kind of like struggling with a theory, and then waking up one day, and the theory then makes perfect sense.
There are certain times of the month when your concentration and focus are greater than at other times. Sounds like you hit upon one of these times. When playing now, think back about how you felt when everything was going right, and try to reproduce it in the future.
Pretty sure poolteacher nailed it
At some point when we put enough hours in doing something we break over into an area where we no longer have to micromanage the details. Remember the first time you drove a car? It wouldn't go straight down the road for fifty feet without constant attention. Now we drive while fiddling with the radio, talking on the cell, listening to the smart broad on the GPS and eating crawfish and flipping the heads out the window at the idiot tailgating us!(OK I admit the crawfish are a Louisiana thing but some folks are eating crawfish fast enough while driving that you can follow the trail of heads and find everywhere they went.)
At some point the same thing happens shooting pool. You make the object ball and the cue ball goes to where you wanted it next and you really didn't give any thought to where or how hard you needed to hit the cue ball. You knew these things without any conscious thought. Patterns are read at little more than a glance most of the time also. Now we are in the moment, living in the present. When our minds are thinking thoughts in words we really aren't in the moment even if we are only a tiny bit ahead or behind.
When we aren't thinking with words we are just performing. There is no room for doubt or fear or indecision. Every inning at the table is once continuous action from start to finish other than the pause to wait for somebody to rack again.
Hu
At some point when we put enough hours in doing something we break over into an area where we no longer have to micromanage the details. Remember the first time you drove a car? It wouldn't go straight down the road for fifty feet without constant attention. Now we drive while fiddling with the radio, talking on the cell, listening to the smart broad on the GPS and eating crawfish and flipping the heads out the window at the idiot tailgating us!(OK I admit the crawfish are a Louisiana thing but some folks are eating crawfish fast enough while driving that you can follow the trail of heads and find everywhere they went.)
At some point the same thing happens shooting pool. You make the object ball and the cue ball goes to where you wanted it next and you really didn't give any thought to where or how hard you needed to hit the cue ball. You knew these things without any conscious thought. Patterns are read at little more than a glance most of the time also. Now we are in the moment, living in the present. When our minds are thinking thoughts in words we really aren't in the moment even if we are only a tiny bit ahead or behind.
When we aren't thinking with words we are just performing. There is no room for doubt or fear or indecision. Every inning at the table is once continuous action from start to finish other than the pause to wait for somebody to rack again.
Hu
I think your hard work is now paying off for you!
Enjoy your new improvements and let it soak in good. And then you can tell if it is there to stay! I think it is. When you want something bad enough, and you think about it and try to improve on it, good things happen. Good work. Come to New Orleans, Louisiana, and you can get a good money game! Buffalo's Billiards, the Worlds Pool Hall.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
Enjoy your new improvements and let it soak in good. And then you can tell if it is there to stay! I think it is. When you want something bad enough, and you think about it and try to improve on it, good things happen. Good work. Come to New Orleans, Louisiana, and you can get a good money game! Buffalo's Billiards, the Worlds Pool Hall.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.