Some advice needed please!

[matt926_uk]

This is getting frustrating...........,

the problem is i seem to play well after i change my tip for a week or two, but then inconsistencies arise in my game and i start struggling to make pots, and breaks are few and far between.

Do i need to be scuffing up my tip to get back to how it was when i first fitted it? Is the tip going hard?

Currently i have a medium kamui on, i played really well for a week or so (i play almost every day) but then the last few days i have played pretty badly. I havn't done anything to the tip since i put it on and its still nicely domed.

I keep blaming my tip but maybe it's some other problem?

[perpetualboredom]

I keep blaming my tip but maybe it's some other problem?

Stop blaming your tip, it sounds like a psychological(sp?) thing, unless you're starting to miscue often (which even then is likely bad technique rather than 100% your tips fault).

No problem in lightly roughing your tip, or using a tip pick, each time you play just reassure yourself (I read somewhere one of the laminated tip makers suggested removing chalk from the tip after use too).

[hotpot]

Matt unless the tip feels not right then you cant blame it for poor form . It may be playing on your mind so much that its affecting your concentration . If thats the case then you may be better off changing it . If you like Kamui then give Phoenix mediums or Black magic mastercue tips a go .

[matt926_uk]

thanks guys, i have a medium phoenix, but havn't tried them yet, i want to give this kamui a fair trial first.

I think i do have a little bit of a psychological problem when it comes to my tip! lol, ive changed it quite a lot already this year

something i read in another thread was about concentrating too much on your technique while playing matches, which is something i do. I think i need to work on my techniqque while practising but when it comes to a match i need to clear my mind of technical issues and just play.