… dealing mostly with the mental side or mental game of pool.
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Mechanics
- Shoot like the pros (follow through)
- Stand up cure
- Changing bad habits
Practice Methods
- Getting the most from time management
- Teachers and coaches
- Pool quotient
- Self assessment
- Controlling the cue ball: Revised Wagon Wheel
- Table diagrams (to create a book of shots to practice)
The Mental Game: Getting in the zone
- Competitive anxiety
- Hypnosis and pool playing
- Fake it till you make it
- Imagery
- Learning mental control
- Seing is believing
- Self talk works
Playing the Game
- Round Robin Tournament (friendly 8-ball tournament handicapping system)
- Olympic 9-Ball
- Challenge Ladder
- Hopkins Q-Skills
- Fargo
Miscellaneous Do It Yourself ideas
- Pool table stimpmeter (measuring the table’s speed)
Joe Waldron, PhD, is a retired psychology professor. He wrote pool-related sports psychology articles for the Youngstown “Cues and News” for several years. He lives with his spouse in Leesburg, Florida, and can be reached at: woodsman42001@yahoo.com