Your Thoughts In A Pressure Situation

Pidge said:
If the grip holds up under pressure why not use it at all times?
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It's a little hard to control the CB . I've been working with that grip for a couple months and I'm getting better with it. I'm just waiting until it feels a little more natural before I use it on every ball. I'm working on it and getting there , just takes a little time
 
ShootingArts said:
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Worst thing in the world is focusing on what you don't want to do, "avoid the scratch." Focusing in detail on what you want to do is almost as bad
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^^^^^^ This - If I think "don't miss" then I usually do... or if I think "this is for all the marbles" yada yada yada...

My best final shots are the ones where my last thought is "smooth straight stroke" and I'm home free...
 
In a case ball situation there's no place to hide anything so you can only lock the cueball & case ball to opposing short rails or to each other. I'm going for it and I'm not "thinking" about it, your conscience mind is the enemy.

Then again I don't believe in "pressure" either. Pressure is not something created by a situation, it's something YOU create in your own mind because that's the only place it really exists. It's a matter of perception. A shot is a shot.
 
Pidge said:
US Open Final or the Thursday night bar tourney in the next town over, it doesn't matter. The person involved will feel pressure. So, you are hill/hill down to the last ball and its a 50/50 shot. What are you thinking about? Do I go for it or do I play safe? Why wont my hands stop shaking? God, I wish I didn't eat that chilli last night? Crap, I forgot to buy my wife a card for her birthday tomorrow!?

I'm always interested in another persons thought process when they are in a difficult position at the table.

Personally if its 50/50 and the last ball all I'm thinking is I'm going for it. Once I've made up my mind that I'm going for it whether its 90/10 or 10/90 then my thinking switches to "I'm potting this ball". I say that over and over in my head until I've hit the cue ball. Then I either say "knew I was going to make it" or "@$&*%@#&#". I think the most important part for me is believing im going to make the shot. If for one second I thought I was going to miss I'd never make a ball.
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Pidge,

I truly wish you had stuck with the question asked in your thread title. It was very interesting but was mitigated with the follow-up post & paragraphs.

ONB
 
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