To Be a Better Player

jay helfert said:
My entire dialogue can be summed up in one sentence. 'Get out of your head and into your experience.' This actually is good advice in life as well.

Most of the time we are walking around thinking of something that happened in the past or something that will happen in the future. Try living entirely in the present moment, seeing and observing everything that's going on around you. Now you are truly alive. Also can be summed up in one sentence, 'Be here now.'
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Duane Remick said:
Book for beginners....
"The Inner Game of Tennis"
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Also “Pleasures of Small Motions” by Bob Fancher. (https://www.facebook.com/share/1EeR6DcLD7/?mibextid=wwXIfr).

One of its valuable pieces of advice is “focus on the shot, not the match” (or words to that effect).

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Bob looking skeptical on his Facebook page:
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Quesports said:
Hi Jay, Sorry to hear that and I completely understand. That seems to be my issue also.

One procedure seems to lead to another in an endless cycle of procedures that you have to recover from..

I have an appointment on Friday to discuss one more myself. I went through CABG which led to two hernia surgeries, then I had a hip replaced.

Now due to a few bouts of AFIB they are sending me to an Electrophysiologist to consider doing a heart ablation!!!

Honestly, I am damn sick and tired of being sick and tired. Recover from one thing then get another and another followed by another.

I’m going in with a whole lot of lack of interest in it all. Feel like saying thanks but no thanks and just letting life do what it wants with me..

The CABG led to every other problem except the hip replacement.

I’m tired of recovering from them all, just now getting past the fatigue and now another procedure…

What about quality of life and just leave me alone??? I don’t have the answers and it sounds like you might feel the same….

One final thought, I now know what the crash test dummies feel
like. Not another one please!!
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I feel for you, I really do. I have my answer when it all becomes too much. And I think you know what it is.
 
jay helfert said:
My entire dialogue can be summed up in one sentence. 'Get out of your head and into your experience.' This actually is good advice in life as well.

Most of the time we are walking around thinking of something that happened in the past or something that will happen in the future. Try living entirely in the present moment, seeing and observing everything that's going on around you. Now you are truly alive. Also can be summed up in one sentence, 'Be here now.'
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"Be Here Now" is a good book by Ram Dass.
 
I've always been a very methodical, mechanical player. But during a particularly discouraging and frustrating practice session one day, I started shooting everything with no warm-up strokes and very little time spent aiming. Just got down and pulled the trigger.

Not only were the results on individual shots shocking (I was far more accurate than I predicted), but I got into the zone incredibly quickly. I kept that experiment up for about a month--every time I practiced, I spent time shooting "automatically." And every time it produced amazing results.

The hardest part for me is finding the right balance between shooting like that and taking a little extra care and caution, because I cannot make myself shoot that way in competition. But I also know that trying "too hard" is no good for my game either.
 
In 1982 George Fels wrote a two parter about getting into Dead Stroke in Billiards Digest.

It had many ways to help you get there, like practicing with a metronome to find your pace.

Does anyone have those issues? I would love to read that again.
 
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