bluewolf
05-08-2003, 04:46 AM
In my early matches, I lost many. After I lost the first two, I became very down on myself, had a defeatest attitude and lost somemore. So, when I went into the playoffs last session, in which I beat the good sl4 with my spot, I had 13 matches and 5 wins. This session has been better and I have won more due to confidence I think, but have been definately playing catch up for early losses.
I eventually overcame this for the most part. I do catch myself slip from time to time. When faced with a low percentage shot, my brain would say 'that one is hard, I do not know if I can make it, but will try'. Very predictably I would miss that shot. I have found that many shots which seemed hard really were good shots for me, and should be high percent for me, but were not because of that organ between my ears.
It is funny. I have made almost every shot on the table at sometime. I think this means the capability is there but lack of expereince and not knowing exactly how I made that shot. While some of it is skill or lack of, I beleive that not making some of those shots more often was an attitude and lack of confidence in my ability.
That is why scott has questions,ending with being certain one has the correct aim, stance etc and that the ball is going into the hole.
We have playoffs tonight. We feel that we will play a certain team. ww will play a 7. There is a 5 who is a good shot and probably the best safety player in our league who is not a 7. ww was looking at our team and thinks I would have the best chance to beat him. Now, I would have a huge spot 5-2 race, but i still find that amusing. Our 4s would not beat him. Our five would not beat him because he literally tears his opponents apart with safety, guile and good shooting. They literally fold. I hope that I do get to play him. He is a very good person, I like to play a good player to play my best. It would be an honor and a challenge to play him. Now I am not being egotistical or unrealistic. I am not huffed up and saying 'I will beat him'. What I now think it that no matter how good the opponent is, a person has to go into that match believing that they will win, in order to play their very best and to have that chance.
Who knows? I saw a 7 get beat by a 3 because it was 7-2 race and the 7 who rarely scratches, scratched twice. LOL
That is why I now have this mantra "I see the shot, I see the pot". This, I say during my preshot. It is not thinking, but rather blocking out thinking. it makes me believe that I will make the shot. This does not mean that I always make the shot. But there is one important thing in all of that.
I believe
Kind of wonder if others use ways to maintain confidence and what they are.
Laura
I eventually overcame this for the most part. I do catch myself slip from time to time. When faced with a low percentage shot, my brain would say 'that one is hard, I do not know if I can make it, but will try'. Very predictably I would miss that shot. I have found that many shots which seemed hard really were good shots for me, and should be high percent for me, but were not because of that organ between my ears.
It is funny. I have made almost every shot on the table at sometime. I think this means the capability is there but lack of expereince and not knowing exactly how I made that shot. While some of it is skill or lack of, I beleive that not making some of those shots more often was an attitude and lack of confidence in my ability.
That is why scott has questions,ending with being certain one has the correct aim, stance etc and that the ball is going into the hole.
We have playoffs tonight. We feel that we will play a certain team. ww will play a 7. There is a 5 who is a good shot and probably the best safety player in our league who is not a 7. ww was looking at our team and thinks I would have the best chance to beat him. Now, I would have a huge spot 5-2 race, but i still find that amusing. Our 4s would not beat him. Our five would not beat him because he literally tears his opponents apart with safety, guile and good shooting. They literally fold. I hope that I do get to play him. He is a very good person, I like to play a good player to play my best. It would be an honor and a challenge to play him. Now I am not being egotistical or unrealistic. I am not huffed up and saying 'I will beat him'. What I now think it that no matter how good the opponent is, a person has to go into that match believing that they will win, in order to play their very best and to have that chance.
Who knows? I saw a 7 get beat by a 3 because it was 7-2 race and the 7 who rarely scratches, scratched twice. LOL
That is why I now have this mantra "I see the shot, I see the pot". This, I say during my preshot. It is not thinking, but rather blocking out thinking. it makes me believe that I will make the shot. This does not mean that I always make the shot. But there is one important thing in all of that.
I believe
Kind of wonder if others use ways to maintain confidence and what they are.
Laura