sounds like your in a fight with your greatest rival/adversary, your head.
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Pool is over for me?
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GREAT reply... I was just thinking that you cannot make a shot by 'thinking it in the hole' but you can MISS a shot by 'thinking it in the pocket'
Fighting against your HEAD.. makes a better reply...
Before you quit completely, take 2 weeks off and don't think about pool at all. After the 2 week break pick up your favorite cue and go hit some balls and then decide if you want to quit. Sometimes a little time off from the game is all you need to get the urge to play well again (or at least as well as you can).
James
That exact thought crossed my mind. Pull your head out and just play.
I have the answer maybe..............
Hi there,
I couldn't help but feel your pain. I haved worked with a bunch of players that had their abilities deminish so it seemed. What seems to happen is when we get older our natural ability with coordination with our eyes and our body is what we lose. This is one reason at 50 they started up a senior tour.
But I have found out that this does not have to be. Most players just play by feel. They don't know how to aim like you would with a gun but just by feel. They put the head down and when they figure it looks good they shoot. This works fairly well when we are younger but as we age our natural ability to have the eyes in the right position gets less and less.
Plus the older we get the less we can play for hours at a time because of physical limitations. So therefore we can't do what we did when we were younger either and play for 60 hours until we can get it stroke naturally. And part of this natural is getting the eyes in the proper position mainly because of repetition. This is one reason players have to play alot to so call stay in stroke. It's not only for the instroke factor but you naturally start getting the eyes back in the proper position so you see the shots better.
Almost all players don't even understand how they get the eyes in the right position anyway. When their natural ability gets less the get worse. Real quick. This can happen fast or it can happen gradually.
I don't know if you have ever met Guido the cue repair guy from Michigan. He is usually at many of the big VNEA, BCA, ACS tournys in Vegas. He used to play on the pre tour a little. He hasn't played much for about 20 to 25 years I think he told me. I showed him the Perfect Aim lesson to show him how to have the eyes in the right position on every shot and his game has just skyrocketed again. He gets excited all the time and we talk about what he is accomplishing now. He's even talking about getting in some big tournys.
This has not only helped him but probably 15 players that thought their pool careers were over.
There are so many gimicks out there trying to make money and kind of stealing in a way because the stuff just doesn't work.
I'll make a deal with you. If you order the Perfect Aim video and don't get almost immediate results and get your game back to what it was, if not even better, I will totally refund your money and you can keep the video. Plus you can call me and ask any questions you have about how anything works to make sure you have it right. 715-563-8712
Have a great day Geno........................ Don't quit. It's in your blood.
Hi there,
I couldn't help but feel your pain. I haved worked with a bunch of players that had their abilities deminish so it seemed. What seems to happen is when we get older our natural ability with coordination with our eyes and our body is what we lose. This is one reason at 50 they started up a senior tour.
But I have found out that this does not have to be. Most players just play by feel. They don't know how to aim like you would with a gun but just by feel. They put the head down and when they figure it looks good they shoot. This works fairly well when we are younger but as we age our natural ability to have the eyes in the right position gets less and less.
Plus the older we get the less we can play for hours at a time because of physical limitations. So therefore we can't do what we did when we were younger either and play for 60 hours until we can get it stroke naturally. And part of this natural is getting the eyes in the proper position mainly because of repetition. This is one reason players have to play alot to so call stay in stroke. It's not only for the instroke factor but you naturally start getting the eyes back in the proper position so you see the shots better.
Almost all players don't even understand how they get the eyes in the right position anyway. When their natural ability gets less the get worse. Real quick. This can happen fast or it can happen gradually.
I don't know if you have ever met Guido the cue repair guy from Michigan. He is usually at many of the big VNEA, BCA, ACS tournys in Vegas. He used to play on the pre tour a little. He hasn't played much for about 20 to 25 years I think he told me. I showed him the Perfect Aim lesson to show him how to have the eyes in the right position on every shot and his game has just skyrocketed again. He gets excited all the time and we talk about what he is accomplishing now. He's even talking about getting in some big tournys.
This has not only helped him but probably 15 players that thought their pool careers were over.
There are so many gimicks out there trying to make money and kind of stealing in a way because the stuff just doesn't work.
I'll make a deal with you. If you order the Perfect Aim video and don't get almost immediate results and get your game back to what it was, if not even better, I will totally refund your money and you can keep the video. Plus you can call me and ask any questions you have about how anything works to make sure you have it right. 715-563-8712
Have a great day Geno........................ Don't quit. It's in your blood.
What I've learned form some really great pros...
When you get out of your game, dont go away from the game as told to me from some really notable players. Work it out so that if it happens again, you'll know WHAT exactly was causing your game to go down a notch or two. The best way to figure it all out is to get back to your fundamentals. YOu'll find out what you are doing thats hindinering your play or what you are NOT doing! Meaning to say, start thinking about what you are doing and pay close attention to detail instead of just getting down on the shot and then shooting with straight up feeling. Look at your shot, line up, get down etc etc. Go through your list of things you do when you prepare for your shot till the end of your swing through. I guarantee that THIS alone will get your game back on track. The confidence factor is all in your head, but your mecahnics is all in how good your fundamentals are. KNOWING what exactly you are doing through each shot will keep you consistent. If you do ithis for EVERY shot, you'll be back to normal like nuthin! And a great secret about going through your list on each shot is that you'll be so focused on your fundamentals that you wont have time to waste to have the jitters!
When you get out of your game, dont go away from the game as told to me from some really notable players. Work it out so that if it happens again, you'll know WHAT exactly was causing your game to go down a notch or two. The best way to figure it all out is to get back to your fundamentals. YOu'll find out what you are doing thats hindinering your play or what you are NOT doing! Meaning to say, start thinking about what you are doing and pay close attention to detail instead of just getting down on the shot and then shooting with straight up feeling. Look at your shot, line up, get down etc etc. Go through your list of things you do when you prepare for your shot till the end of your swing through. I guarantee that THIS alone will get your game back on track. The confidence factor is all in your head, but your mecahnics is all in how good your fundamentals are. KNOWING what exactly you are doing through each shot will keep you consistent. If you do ithis for EVERY shot, you'll be back to normal like nuthin! And a great secret about going through your list on each shot is that you'll be so focused on your fundamentals that you wont have time to waste to have the jitters!
Vodka? :wink: :grin:
I suggest some stroking practice.
Do not try to put any balls in any holes.
Roll a striped ball the length of the table and see if you're hitting center ball. Work on that for a few minutes every day and then leave the table.
After two weeks of stroke practice you'll want to make some balls and you will.
Do not try to put any balls in any holes.
Roll a striped ball the length of the table and see if you're hitting center ball. Work on that for a few minutes every day and then leave the table.
After two weeks of stroke practice you'll want to make some balls and you will.
Forget all this advice, it's time for 3-cushion. You never have to make a ball :wink:.
Hope you find your game.
Dave
thanks to all the advice,its a pleasure to read helpful ideas.
I am surprised no one asked what my friend Mike Cochran's advice was.Perhaps you all guessed it. His advice was to quit whinning and get a Cochran cue and quit trying to play pool with a modified billiard cue(my Deano)
That Cochran is such a jerk#,but he does make a great cue,so I ordered another Hoppe style,
At any rate a friend of mine plays pretty good pool and invited me to play one pocket,so I went and played,and played good. It may sound funny but when I play one pocket, shots are easier than when I play or try to play anything else, practice always has been harder for me.
Maybe its the rhythm of the game or what,but it is so much easier on me.
#Cochran is really not a jerk,i was pulling his chain for criticizing my deano cue
I am surprised no one asked what my friend Mike Cochran's advice was.Perhaps you all guessed it. His advice was to quit whinning and get a Cochran cue and quit trying to play pool with a modified billiard cue(my Deano)
That Cochran is such a jerk#,but he does make a great cue,so I ordered another Hoppe style,
At any rate a friend of mine plays pretty good pool and invited me to play one pocket,so I went and played,and played good. It may sound funny but when I play one pocket, shots are easier than when I play or try to play anything else, practice always has been harder for me.
Maybe its the rhythm of the game or what,but it is so much easier on me.
#Cochran is really not a jerk,i was pulling his chain for criticizing my deano cue
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