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Reddit mentions of The Inner Game of Tennis
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you learn more from losing than you do from winning.
always try to play against someone better than you.
that way you can set your own standard for your level of play and always maintain it and work on improving it one little piece at a time.
i find that when playing people i can always win against makes it too easy to play sloppy. i lose focus, use less than ideal mechanics, take more risks, have poor shot selection, and the WORST is i hit the balls too hard.
not only that but having a good day and playing 'even' with (or playing better than!) someone that should beat you feels so good.
on the other hand, if you're having a good day and shooting particularly well you can feel bad or even a little guilty for whopping on someone you could beat even on one of your bad days.
all the already mentioned stuff is great too, you will find some of it helps and some of it doesn't but it's all good advice mentioned above.
for my off the wall suggestion i will recommend a 40 something year old book about tennis. :) yea im serious lol
The Inner Game of Tennis is only 140 pages and $5.49 and talks about how tennis players (also a sport of 1 vs 1) get so much done in their head so fast to hit a ball to a specific spot with this angle and that speed with some spin..... all without overthinking it and all without letting your mind get in the way... just let it happen. it's a good read and can be totally applied to shooting pool. it was recommended to me from one of the old timers at a pool hall a some years ago.