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Originally Posted by One Pocket John
Thanks for the link. It has been bookmarked.
One of the things she mentions in this video is when she was not hitting the balls well she didn't know what to fix.
Learning the correct fundamentals and being able to repeat them for this game is a long process. That's why conscious effort must be made during practice sessions to perfect each part of the fundamentals until they become automatic and are no longer given any conscious thought. The nice thing about this is when your game is off you can recognize what needs to be fixed.
What I do is practice my fundamentals consciously about 10 hours a week. On Fridays I meet with a friend to play for about four hours not giving any conscious thought to anything accept put the ball in the whole and put the QB there. Its like shooting pool with your sub-conscious.
If I should have a break down in my fundamentals during play. I now know what I need to focus on during practice.
Back on topic. To me the follow thru and power is a feel thing depending on the shot, it could be anywhere from 1" to 12". I always finish and try to use the same cue stick speed. This has me changing my grip placement on the cue for just about every shot and still come to the same finish point.
Have fun out there.
John
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One thing it took me years to understand was how to handle a mistake. Our mind is amazing and dogged in pursuit of answers. The trick is not just asking the right questions but avoiding asking the wrong ones. If you ask yourself “how did I miss that shot? Or, what did I do wrong?”, the mind generates possible answers. In other words it imagines ways to miss the shot and get the imperfect result. That process is a type of mental rehearsal of failures. The trick is to use the natural tendency to answer questions creatively. So far I think a question like
what does this shot look like when it’s executed correctly?
Imagine good players executing it as it should be played.
which good player’s style best suits how you play?
Or what if you were asked to be a pool movie extra and all you have to do is execute this shot emulating how ......(great player) would shoot the shot.
How would you shoot the shot, as a movie stand in?
Generating multiple ways of getting a particular positive result is a result of asking right questions.
Another fundamental when playing is about controlling your focus. During competition your focus should be outward towards achieving a result, never inward on technique.
Asking what is the functional intent of a session? is another way to harness questions. That sets goals and criteria for evaluating outcomes of a practice session for example. That is when you might work on technique. With the inward focus involved in that process, missed pots are inconsequential. The function is to improve the technique not the pocketing of balls.
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