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Dear Terry (my Technique aspects coach)
Dear Steve aka Vmax (my Psychological aspects coach)
and
Everyone else on the forum;
I wanted to write an email to Terry and Vmax only but then thought of putting it as a thread so others can benefit (if there is something worth benefiting from through my craziness). I just wanted to share this unique experience with everyone and also my joy. Coming from 5 frames down for a professional player is rather different but for a person like me suddenly striking a break of 61 when in the blues is not just another day's story.
To be short and precise, I was playing bad, as bad as one could get. Finding it hard to pot two balls in a row missing easy chances even when in the balls nothing seemed right. I was thinking in mind "well Sidd this is who you are this is your standard why the f*c* dont you realise, this is perhaps the time to quit this game for good go do some gym and reduce your damn fat it would be productive at least
all sorts of negative things in mind" played 7 frames absolutely bad to an extent that those who know my game started wondering and asking me what was wrong and I said umm well NOTHING this is my standard and when I play well thats just good luck maybe. Yeah I was that down. I even visualised my retirement hahaha where the press person would only use one line to explain my career "another dumbass goes down the drain" hahahhaa LOL
There comes the last frame and I know I have to go home after this so I try to give myself one last chance and ask myself to show some discipline and only lock eyes on the potting spot on the object ball and do not think of ANYThiNG ELSE. I do that and make a sudden out of nowhere break of 61 WOW where did that come from? they all exclaim. I was about to beat my highest of 67 but I missed the pink and black for a possible 74. Well took the blue near centre with running side went to bottom cushion but missed the cannon on the pink tucked in the side cushion. Anyway, i was not even in the zone and played like that.
What happened? Following lesson learnt:
While playing bad I had the grip elbow shoulder thing in mind always. so even though I thought I was looking at the potting spot on the object ball, I wasnt. This is what really happens and some of us like me do not get it. Steve and Terry have mentioned this many times to me but I thought I was looking at BOB at the time of strike but in reality I wasnt. What happens is that you take aim go down feathers then front pause eyes locked on BOB then backswing back pause then ........ on delivery you stare at the hollow space or thin air rather than the ball i reliased that on delivery and at the ACTUAL TIME of SRTIKING THE cue ball since I had other factors in my mind so I was physically looking at the BOB but not with the mind ... better still.. my looking at the BOB was not accompanied by the looking of the brain. i.e. mind was somewhere else like grip elbow noise comments etc etc etc This time what I did was intentionally look at BOB and during back swing and delivery stayed with with eyes as well as brain ... I got the feeling during this break ... something I always wanted the answer for i.e. how you go in the zone.
I always used to wonder that when in the zone you do everything best but can not and do not remember HOW you did it. What did you do to get ot the zone right. Also while in the zone what was the grip doing where was the elbow the shoulder etc etc when in the zone comments noise nothing matters. But after that you try to recall how the grip was how the elbow shoulder others things were so that you can remember and replicate the same again but you have no answer and cannot go to the zone yourself.
You are just timing the ball excellent and getting desired results without much force or effort. I think I am on the verge of revelation to this mystery and that is: since your eyes/mind is focused on BOB everything else starts to happen subconsciously. You have got the grip elbow stance shoulder bridge etc etc corrected during solo but you dont know and then during the match if you only concentrate on eyes/mind on BOB everything that you have learnt comes to play without having you noticing it at all. This is how this game is played, no other way out. Things in technique have to become second nature :love_heart:
So from now onwards I know that I have developed a solid technique to rely upon and its just this that you do not have to only lock eyes on the BOB with your physical eyes but also with the eyes of the mind, they need to loock there as well i.e. eyes (both physical and that of the brain) have to be locked on BOB at the EXACT moment of strike.. how you achieve that well easy your eyes and brain has to be locked on the BOB at least 2 seconds before .... during... and 2 seconds after the strike.
Last but not the least, one DANGER that remains with you in this regard is (my experience and opinion only) that once things start to happen for me and I keep my eyes/brain locked on BOB and get the results I have a tendency to take things for granted i.e. taking 4 hard balls in a row and landing at an easy ball makes you take it for granted... BANG ... this is where the problem starts and you go in to thinking what is wrong is it the grip or elbow or what and everything happens over and over again
whereas its just that you allow the brain to play games on you in this direction-- if you dont and try to get your focus there with you .... it would do wonders (one needs to have a sound technique in order to forget everything else and do only this BOB business with eyes and brain) like if you are doing BOB with eyes/brain but do not follow through correctly things would not be good or moving the head or anything else.... So during and after this break of 61 that came out when I was totally totally down and playing like a man who has never played snooker ... I realised two things:
1. its all BOB for someone playing at my level.
2. my technique things are perfectly all right cuz if those were not how could I manage a 61 under extreme pressure of playing bad ?
Food for thought...happy snookering !!!
Dear Steve aka Vmax (my Psychological aspects coach)
and
Everyone else on the forum;
I wanted to write an email to Terry and Vmax only but then thought of putting it as a thread so others can benefit (if there is something worth benefiting from through my craziness). I just wanted to share this unique experience with everyone and also my joy. Coming from 5 frames down for a professional player is rather different but for a person like me suddenly striking a break of 61 when in the blues is not just another day's story.
To be short and precise, I was playing bad, as bad as one could get. Finding it hard to pot two balls in a row missing easy chances even when in the balls nothing seemed right. I was thinking in mind "well Sidd this is who you are this is your standard why the f*c* dont you realise, this is perhaps the time to quit this game for good go do some gym and reduce your damn fat it would be productive at least
all sorts of negative things in mind" played 7 frames absolutely bad to an extent that those who know my game started wondering and asking me what was wrong and I said umm well NOTHING this is my standard and when I play well thats just good luck maybe. Yeah I was that down. I even visualised my retirement hahaha where the press person would only use one line to explain my career "another dumbass goes down the drain" hahahhaa LOLThere comes the last frame and I know I have to go home after this so I try to give myself one last chance and ask myself to show some discipline and only lock eyes on the potting spot on the object ball and do not think of ANYThiNG ELSE. I do that and make a sudden out of nowhere break of 61 WOW where did that come from? they all exclaim. I was about to beat my highest of 67 but I missed the pink and black for a possible 74. Well took the blue near centre with running side went to bottom cushion but missed the cannon on the pink tucked in the side cushion. Anyway, i was not even in the zone and played like that.
What happened? Following lesson learnt:
While playing bad I had the grip elbow shoulder thing in mind always. so even though I thought I was looking at the potting spot on the object ball, I wasnt. This is what really happens and some of us like me do not get it. Steve and Terry have mentioned this many times to me but I thought I was looking at BOB at the time of strike but in reality I wasnt. What happens is that you take aim go down feathers then front pause eyes locked on BOB then backswing back pause then ........ on delivery you stare at the hollow space or thin air rather than the ball i reliased that on delivery and at the ACTUAL TIME of SRTIKING THE cue ball since I had other factors in my mind so I was physically looking at the BOB but not with the mind ... better still.. my looking at the BOB was not accompanied by the looking of the brain. i.e. mind was somewhere else like grip elbow noise comments etc etc etc This time what I did was intentionally look at BOB and during back swing and delivery stayed with with eyes as well as brain ... I got the feeling during this break ... something I always wanted the answer for i.e. how you go in the zone.
I always used to wonder that when in the zone you do everything best but can not and do not remember HOW you did it. What did you do to get ot the zone right. Also while in the zone what was the grip doing where was the elbow the shoulder etc etc when in the zone comments noise nothing matters. But after that you try to recall how the grip was how the elbow shoulder others things were so that you can remember and replicate the same again but you have no answer and cannot go to the zone yourself.
You are just timing the ball excellent and getting desired results without much force or effort. I think I am on the verge of revelation to this mystery and that is: since your eyes/mind is focused on BOB everything else starts to happen subconsciously. You have got the grip elbow stance shoulder bridge etc etc corrected during solo but you dont know and then during the match if you only concentrate on eyes/mind on BOB everything that you have learnt comes to play without having you noticing it at all. This is how this game is played, no other way out. Things in technique have to become second nature :love_heart:
So from now onwards I know that I have developed a solid technique to rely upon and its just this that you do not have to only lock eyes on the BOB with your physical eyes but also with the eyes of the mind, they need to loock there as well i.e. eyes (both physical and that of the brain) have to be locked on BOB at the EXACT moment of strike.. how you achieve that well easy your eyes and brain has to be locked on the BOB at least 2 seconds before .... during... and 2 seconds after the strike.
Last but not the least, one DANGER that remains with you in this regard is (my experience and opinion only) that once things start to happen for me and I keep my eyes/brain locked on BOB and get the results I have a tendency to take things for granted i.e. taking 4 hard balls in a row and landing at an easy ball makes you take it for granted... BANG ... this is where the problem starts and you go in to thinking what is wrong is it the grip or elbow or what and everything happens over and over again
whereas its just that you allow the brain to play games on you in this direction-- if you dont and try to get your focus there with you .... it would do wonders (one needs to have a sound technique in order to forget everything else and do only this BOB business with eyes and brain) like if you are doing BOB with eyes/brain but do not follow through correctly things would not be good or moving the head or anything else.... So during and after this break of 61 that came out when I was totally totally down and playing like a man who has never played snooker ... I realised two things:1. its all BOB for someone playing at my level.
2. my technique things are perfectly all right cuz if those were not how could I manage a 61 under extreme pressure of playing bad ?
Food for thought...happy snookering !!!
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