JUST THE TIP - HOW TO BE BECOME MORE CONSISTENT

The secret to get better at anything is becoming consistent. Pool is no different. In this video I'll show you some way to become more consistent.

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[yescrypto]

Great video. I just noticed this is a different room

Instructor Anthony Beeler adds to this a bit and I like it. He considers the chalk a “thinking cube”. You’re only allowed to think about the shot or make any decisions when the chalk is in your hand.

When you put the chalk away (on the table, in your pocket, on your holder), no thinking is allowed. No decisions can be made. Without the chalk in your hand, you must go into robot mode and execute the plan.

[Thomas_Geist]

Great advise! I taught myself how to play tennis and became an WTA 6.0 player just watching the pros on TV and imaging I was John Mcinroe...that and hours practicing. Visualization is a key. In league play I even show up in black from the waist down with some loud shirt. If others want to show up in cut-offs and flipflops, cool. And this may sound odd as well, but get a decent cue. Maybe not when you're just starting, but if you get to an APA 4 and want to advance further...put some skin in the game. Get a good stick you also really like the look of.

Nothing beats a lack of confidence better than many more hours practicing than competing. Know your game and capabilities and play inside them. Don't just practice playing 9-ball with yourself. Work on the shots you keep missing, not the ones that make you feel good. Mine was the cue an object ball parallel to the long rail and off it by a couple of inches. I could not see that angle and hated it when that shot came up. I practiced hundreds of times at different distances from the rail and between the balls until I owned just that one shot that gave me fits.

In competition, if you don't know you don't have a 80% chance of making the shot, play safe...so...learn the defensive game as well. Knowing you can force a ball-in-hand is better than missing the shot or getting poor cue ball position. "I cut the paint off the ball and made the side pocket on that one and snookered myself at the same time." Learn to love the subtilties of playing good safes. It's a great part of the game. Do it or learn to loose a lot.

One other point: When you miss a shot, just walk away, sit down and wipe off your cue shaft. You'll make the next one. NEVER show your opponent OR YOURSELF emotion. It's a ZEN thing. By making faces after a miss you're trying to tell your opponent that you're better than you may be and usually make that shot. Guess what...they don't care; but they will notice you're getting rattled and in fact it will only make you rattled. When you stay calm you're telling your opponent that it's no big deal because you'll just run out if they make the slightest mistake anyway.

If you're a Fargo 450 and the pools gods matched with a 675, PLAY TO WIN not just make the spread. If you even come close it will boost your confidence next time playing a mere 525..

[terrythomas]

Excellent! I coached college volleyball for many years and when I asked the team how much of our sport was mental vs physical (technique, mechanics) they always came up with 80% mental and 20% physical. It makes sense that the same would be true for pool.

[KK-sggl]

I rarely practice anymore. I can play once a month and still play at 97% of my Fargo. What I did was start a meditation practice. That increased my consistency tenfold.

[nickbonvino]

That’s great advice.. I struggle with consistency… but one thing that I noticed watching Efren play is his exact same pre-shot stroking routine. Thanks for bringing this to light… I will make a conscious effort to implement this in my practice! Subscribed!

[charlesharsha]

This is one of the best videos I have watched about consistency. You are right on point about watching Pros and trying to model them. Great advice

[darichan]

Please share tips when shooting when cue ball is frozen to the rail. I missed so much from there

[Arzidaz]

This is so beautiful and helpful. Thank you!

[RobertSpiller]

Thank you for this post....I use my cue tip for aiming and when I miss a shot, I'm my own worst critic. Sounds silly doesn't it. But like you said, If I miss I shot, I'll make the next one...and if I make a shot, go on to the next, but I'm going to add constant positive thinking and feeling, no matter what the outcome. Again thanks for this video.

[ChickenBoo]

For me i struggle with mental game the most when it comes to pool at times. But i have had some help with my mental game from other pros as i have solid fundamentals. But the tips they gave me has paid off loads.

[chrismarquez]

I was taught, don't think about winning or losing, just focus on the you are on now, complete it, forget about it, then move on to next shot. repeat this every rack and results will take care themselves.

[jaypisme]

Great video my man I’ve been doing Efrens extra stroke and wow it’s helping me so much I see why he under shoots a lot now.

[valentenicoletti]

another amazing video ! not a lot of player will understand that....but i hope enought ! thank u very much !

[johnpedersen]

can't be overstated.

love your content brother

[williamsheppard]

I cannot thank you enough for all your useful information although I have tried the finger thing I just can't do it I think it's because I have implemented something that your professional showed me that has to do with your elbow and it will not let me release my finger in the same way you are because my thumb pretty much never touches but my queuing action is very straight I checked this yesterday because I made a video I would send it to you but I don't know how LoL

[veejayasuncion]

Hi! Do you have any tips for hands and arm tremors when playing pool?

[AlexM-tcch]

Great video when you step into the shots where is your left foot going?

[ForexDeck]

" Grip hand over the line " Thanks for the tip .

Trying hard to be consistant .

[thomasgilliam]

how do i fund the contact point? on the object ball.

[mjg]

I'd like to add my ADHD notes to your preshot routine, because the whole "start over if you do a third stroke" thing needs some nuance for me. If you find yourself deviating from your preshot routine, he's right, you need to start over, eventually. But you need to scratch the itch first. If you're down on the shot and you find yourself adjusting, make those adjustments. Figure out what looks weird, move your cue around, all that stuff that we aren't supposed to do. Then when you are settled, freeze, get back up, then start your pre shot routine and get back into your adjusted position. Reason being, when you made those adjustments, you messed up your alignment, so when you get back into the shot, you will have accounted for your adjustments but your aligment will be correct. Now that you're back down on the shot correctly, if the ball doesn't look like it's gonna go in, then your adjustments were not valid, go back to aiming.

Obviously the end goal is the same as the video, and when you're competing, you won't necessarily have time to do all this, but as you do it in practise, you'll find that all you really needed to do was scratch the itch and you were probably right the first time you got down on the shot, and your need to scratch the itch will go away with time. But if you don't get to that point the slow way, you will find your mind wanders when you're down on the shot.