#mindset

Dec 15, 20142 min read

Keep a Life Raft to Save You from a Pool Playing Funk. ~ Max Eberle

When competing in a pool or billiards match, a “funk” or “coma” is when you just can’t seem to do anything right. Maybe you run several...

Nov 20, 20142 min read

Keep Calm & Play Pool. ~ Keith Diaz

While playing in the first Gotham City Classic 9 Ball tournament, I’ve noticed intense emotions running at high altitudes. Players...

Oct 18, 20142 min read

Trust Your Setup, Trust Your Stroke, and Stay Relaxed. ~ Richard Wojnarowski

The three practice techniques I’m going to describe have helped everyone that has tried them. The first is a way to practice your setup,...

Sep 30, 20142 min read

7 Keys To Playing Consistent Pool. ~ Max Eberle

Playing consistent pool is the result of a combination of many factors that when combined, make you a more powerful pool player. Here are...

Sep 19, 20142 min read

The Winning Mindset in Pool Matches. ~ Max Eberle

There are only two ways to think about the 1% of the pool players who have become run out players and tournament champions. One way is to...

Sep 6, 20143 min read

Seeing the Drill Relieves Nervous Competitive Pressure. ~ Dominic Esposito {Video}

Every player who has played an important match knows that feeling of having nervous butterflies. Your breathing becomes short and...

Sep 3, 20142 min read

Sharking, Gamesmanship, & Other Mind Games. ~ Allan Sand {Part 2 of 2}

The first thing a gamesman does is to start testing and probing his opponent’s attitudes and mental stability. This is done by seemingly...

Sep 1, 20142 min read

PoolSchool: Aspects in Pool. ~ Boris Vidakovic

Aspects in pool: As you can see on the scheme, aspects of pool are a man, surroundings and goals. The Man On the top of the story is the...

Jul 19, 20144 min read

Keeping Your Composure. ~ Max Eberle

Webster’s Dictionary Defines composure as “calmness; self-possession.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Simon & Shuster, 1979,...

Jul 12, 20146 min read

Your Brain is a Lousy Pool Player. ~ David Sapolis

Let’s face it, some of us just think too much. We think about winning, we think about losing. We think about what can go right, and we...

Jul 11, 20142 min read

From Little Acorns Do Mighty Oaks Grow. ~ Max Eberle

In pool, as In life, it is the little things you do over and over that create the reality you experience, and it is your thoughts which...