To Be a Better Player

jay helfert said:
I have yet to start back playing pool. Still just too weak, with more treatments left to come.
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Well your not getting worse which is all that one can ask for at times.
I was told to not do my normal run/workout routine for eight weeks.
Well I found out after six weeks/Aug 1st I felt better, I'm ok with my physical routine, the other issues will still be playing out, but I'm startin' the uphill climb again.
Heal like Hell Helfert, you'll be walkn' that dog soon again.

bm
 
middleofnowhere said:
That kind of play was often knocked as "Free wheeling". It works good gambling but you do often make mistakes or miss balls. Playing like that in tournaments that are essentially sudden death is risky.

Earl had a free wheel that was off the charts but even he was a bit more controlled in tournament play. Mosconi, forget about it. I saw him play many times. When he got going he could hardly wait for the balls to stop rolling.

The wing shot in an example of how you can make balls without even aiming. You just do it by instinct. One of the hardest parts of pool is it is not at all reactive. Unlike hitting a baseball or tennis in pool nothing happens till you make it happen, like a golf putt.

Once your mind starts with the negative self talk, it gets hard no matter who you are.
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That negative self talk comes from thinking while down on the shot, once you get in your stance your ONLY thought should be moving your cue straight in the direction of the shot, don't even think about speed of stroke, your body already knows what to do, you have to allow it to, one of the things that clicked with me from the book was this....
You do thousands of things everyday you don't think of that require great skill and accuracy, you probably woke up this morning, got out of bed, walked to the bathroom, opened the door, turned on the light without a single thought, you didn't calculate how much pressure it would take to open the door or turn on the light, let alone the balance required to walk, how did you do it? You've done it thousands of times, you've done it so many times the subconscious part of your brain already knows how to do that, much like walking and talking, the problem comes when the conscious part of the brain tries to take over what the subconscious part of the brain already knows what to do, like thinking when I was down on the shot, for most people including me it takes a lot to learn to "let go" we are taught to think things through, when it comes to performing precise physical tasks, first calculate with your conscious brain and then free your subconscious brain to do what it does best.
 
All of it comes down to preparation - freewheeling included. Which, besides flipping through the pages of your mind real fast, includes an element of inertia that has to be addressed or it's back to the PSR pedantics.

People are always like, well I've been playing for 30 years and blah blah... Begs the questions; how many years have you been playing real good? Have you ever attained - real good?

hint: Your scalp list is not an indicator.
 
djg576 said:
I too, like seafood.
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Must be short changed between ears, Muscle, Mussels about the same both are strong.

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Nit picking is bush league.
 
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SSP said:
when it comes to performing precise physical tasks
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Juggling baseballs was a favorite way to pass the time while seated on the bench. Tossing and catching while watching the field. Gotta think it helped my hand and well hand (not eye🤷‍♂️) coordination.
 
LibraryFool77 said:
Hope you both get well!
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Island Drive said:
Well your not getting worse which is all that one can ask for at times.
I was told to not do my normal run/workout routine for eight weeks.
Well I found out after six weeks/Aug 1st I felt better, I'm ok with my physical routine, the other issues will still be playing out, but I'm startin' the uphill climb again.
Heal like Hell Helfert, you'll be walkn' that dog soon again.

bm
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My experience with recovering for procedure after procedure is it’s a monumental challenge especially as a person ages.

I’ve found it makes you dig deep into your psyche to get up and get moving. Once I do I appreciate it a bit more…
Time to do that soon today!!!
 
When the balls won't fall I start one stroking, sometimes at warp speed. Five or ten minutes of that often unlocks whatever is putting a gimp in my stroke. Makes the rest of the hall wonder what the hell I am up to also!

The main thing to shut up the voice in my head when shooting is to plan the inning before the first shot then make the entire inning one continuous motion, no thought between shots required unless I made an error in position. It was just a plus that it looked like I was free wheeling without thought. No reason for opponents to know there was plenty of thought, it just didn't take place where they expected it to.

Hu
 
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