shot my best pool tonight and I know why... long

[Scott Lee]

SL,
Just a "student's eye view" of this issue. I was given some specific drills by Mark Wilson about 6 months ago whose purpose was to standardize my eye movement pattern; and to make those eye movements part of my pre-shot routine.

I found the drills VERY difficult to perform; about 10 or 15 minutes was excruciating - definitely tough to stick to for very long. I suppose it was a measure of how poorly coordinated my eye movement was.

After a few months; it just seems automatic; and there was a fairly big jump in my skill level which I attribute to the standardization of my eye movement. Your focus on this area is definitely warranted in my view.

Don...One of the Mother Drill's is specifically for eye pattern training. Like other kinds of concentrated efforts, our brains are only built for very short bursts of this type of focused attention. Consequently, 10 or 15 minutes is far too long. Our eye pattern drill takes less than 5 minutes to complete, and is geared to compliment a normal attention span for this kind of focused activity. Glad it finally became automatic for you!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

 

[Scott Lee]

Scott, I don't know if this is something you teach or not, but I've always felt exhaling before I pull the trigger keeps me down on the table. If I inhale I have a tendancy to raise up when shooting. What are your thoughts?

I agree with Ken, in that you must exhale to relax, and a relaxed mind and body produce the most consistent mental and physical process.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

 

[JimS]

I agree with Ken, in that you must exhale to relax, and a relaxed mind and body produce the most consistent mental and physical process.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

That's certainly what I teach in my work... which has not a dammed thing to do with pool except that it's pertinant to just about any activity I can think of.