Perfect Concentration In Two Minutes!

[Asi]

Very nice test I've received from Nic Barrow:

http://www.thesnookergym.com/blog/

[DandyA]

Very nice test I've received from Nic Barrow:

http://www.thesnookergym.com/blog/

excellent Asi! and no I didn't to answer the question raised in the video ...

[Asi]

Thanks Dandy. for me it was a PERFECT example of "ignore the surrounding" tip
which always mention in coaching books/dvds

[bongo]

Great, I see you've been contacting Nic Barrow! I work closely with Nic Barrow and The Snooker Gym.

Guess who 'Chris C' is then.....

[Asi]

Great, I see you've been contacting Nic Barrow! I work closely with Nic Barrow and The Snooker Gym.

Guess who 'Chris C' is then.....

So the credit goes to you!

I've been working as a copywriter for the past 13 years in Israel, Germany and New-York. I can tell you this is one of the smartest TV commercial I've ever seen. great example for snooker concentration as well!

Talked to Nic few times in the past, and he is very nice guy with lots of knowledge.
send him my regards, Thanks

[cueman]

You can't really compare that video test to snooker as you are given a command to count something, if you are looking out for the bear then you cannot do the command you are given, its impossible. If the video said nothing other than describe what you see most people would spot the bear.

That test was obviously set up for drivers to take more care on the road and to look out for cyclists but in snooker you aren't concentrating in the same way.

In snooker you are always thinking, a lot of the time without realising it about the position of the balls and how to think 2-3 shots ahead when breakbuilding. I don't think this video helps you do that, its slightly misleading because of the command it gives you.

[noel]

Did Anyone Catch the Name of the Moonwalking Bear?

Your have 20 seconds to comply. I mean, r e p l y ..
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b o n g o (well done Sir!)

[tallguy]

You can't really compare that video test to snooker as you are given a command to count something, if you are looking out for the bear then you cannot do the command you are given, its impossible. If the video said nothing other than describe what you see most people would spot the bear.

That test was obviously set up for drivers to take more care on the road and to look out for cyclists but in snooker you aren't concentrating in the same way.

In snooker you are always thinking, a lot of the time without realising it about the position of the balls and how to think 2-3 shots ahead when breakbuilding. I don't think this video helps you do that, its slightly misleading because of the command it gives you.

I agree with cueman. Spotting the bear is more a test of awareness rather than a test of concentration.

I have read that once you decide on the shot to play and the pace, you shouldn't be thinking about the where the cue ball would land up while actually playing the shot. Instead you should be concentrating one hundred percent on the pot and the pot only. If your cueing is true, physics will take care of the rest.

The real difficulty is to hold this concentration shot after shot, frame after frame.

[poolqjunkie]

i saw the bear, but I could not count to 13 passes. I was like, "where did this bear come from?" while I was counting the passes.

[bongo]

cueman and tallguy: I don't think you got the real idea of the test. You were asked to count the passes, then they asked about did you see the bear, it was showing that when you put your mind on something (counting passes), you can miss something (bear, or in reality the cyclists). They are saying watch out for cyclists as you can easily miss them as you did with the bear. When driving on the road, you won't be counting the passes a basketball team makes so you are alright! People are not expecting you to see the bear first time unless you are not concentrating on the basketball passes.

In snooker terms, the video shows us that when we are counting the passes the team makes (command) it is easy to miss something else (moon walking bear). When I did it first time, I was concentrating on the passes and when the guy asked "did you see the moon walking bear?" of course I didn't because I was concentrating on something completely different.

In snooker then, if you are concentrating on your mate on "How you got on last Thursday in the league" then you will miss ALL the learning opportunities and good results you can get from the game.

[tallguy]

I still don't get the point. The video/test certainly demonstrates you can miss something very obvious if you are preoccupied with something else. I agree with that.

In snooker terms, I suppose it is relevant when you are reading the table and considering shot selection. But once you bend down to play the shot do you want to be able to "see the moon walking bear" ?

Bongo, if I am wrong can you please explain it better. I am sorry but I didn't get the snooker analogy in the last line of your post.

[bongo]

Basically, if you aren't concentrating on the game, and your mind isn't on it, then you won't play your best and you will make bad mistakes!

In a snooker game the "moon walking bear" could be a very good chance to pot a red and open the black area for breakbuilding, or a chance for a snooker to put your opponent in difficulty, there's an easy stun shot behind the black for a tricky snooker, or a difficult blue into middle, you take the blue, miss and your opponent clears up!

It isn't easy to explain as the video is basketball and we are here for snooker.