The mindset and coaching

[markz]

hi the more I play snooker and work on technique I find im working more on my inner self,
where now when I watch my local club players leaning there cue after they have took the shot to move the white,
or here them tutting and shaking there heads with a uppfft sound when there positional is out,
or heads up and snatching the cue on a big powershot,
I find myself looking inwards
when it is not my turn,
I focus on my breath and relaxing,
when I play a bad shot I force a smile, and try to relax,
when my opponent has good luck, I accept it and try to play the balls as there are,
I never get mad and play rash shots or go for glory with a big power shot because im pissed off!!!
theres more to snooker than I ever realised,
it got a lot to do with what you do off the table than on,

Sounds exactly how I approach the game now. I stopped playing at 19 and came back to the game after 20 year break. As teenager used to play ok, 75 best, but I used to beat myself up over little things all the time. Now I've spent 18 months playing once or twice a week just enjoying the sport, no pressure put on myself and I'm a much better player, made a best break of 92. I watch so many players of all sorts of abilities and they are spending so much time worrying about their game that they end up not enjoying it. To get better at anything you need to enjoy the sport not let it frazzle your brain.

[itsnoteasy]

Well done Markz, hope you get the ton up.

[svendh]

Have you read 'The Inner Game of Golf' by W.Timothy Gallwey?

If you haven't its worth it.......

Also a good read, even more practically: mind over golf from Richard Coop