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I've always suffered with being able to concentrate for long periods of time when I used to play snooker 20+ years ago.
I now play UK Pool and noticed that it's even worse than it used to (getting old!). I find that I can't play as quick as I used to and need to concentrate hard otherwise I make silly mistake and miss occasional easy pots which is partly to blame I guess.
Not a problem in my league matches as they are either 1 or 2 frames only but was wanting to enter competitions where each round is best of 7, so will know I will suffer!
In truth I'm struggling to find that natural game that I used to have when I used to play where the potting angles and angle of cue ball after contact would be near second nature so now have to do a little analysis before each shot.
I guess it's not a bad thing to have a pre-routine before I get down to the shot to do find it draining to have to concentrate that hard for each shot.
Last night I was playing at my local club (winner stays on) and started off very well but after frame 5 I was really struggling and could sense how each shot was becoming more difficult and was lucky to stay on winning (more that they lost the game than me winning it). I ended up having to stop playing after about frame 7 as I was not enjoying it.
Anyone else have this problem? Have you found anything to help improve this area?
I now play UK Pool and noticed that it's even worse than it used to (getting old!). I find that I can't play as quick as I used to and need to concentrate hard otherwise I make silly mistake and miss occasional easy pots which is partly to blame I guess.
Not a problem in my league matches as they are either 1 or 2 frames only but was wanting to enter competitions where each round is best of 7, so will know I will suffer!
In truth I'm struggling to find that natural game that I used to have when I used to play where the potting angles and angle of cue ball after contact would be near second nature so now have to do a little analysis before each shot.
I guess it's not a bad thing to have a pre-routine before I get down to the shot to do find it draining to have to concentrate that hard for each shot.
Last night I was playing at my local club (winner stays on) and started off very well but after frame 5 I was really struggling and could sense how each shot was becoming more difficult and was lucky to stay on winning (more that they lost the game than me winning it). I ended up having to stop playing after about frame 7 as I was not enjoying it.
Anyone else have this problem? Have you found anything to help improve this area?
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