
In fact, if you notice yourself getting distracted, just bring yourself back to the process and use your senses to engross yourself.
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Learning how to be more present or more “mindful” is a skill, that you can get better at it with practice. This means they’re not preoccupied with the past or future. One of the things that players describe when they achieve “dead stroke” is being very “present”. Trust in a good process will keep the conscious mind quiet and allow the stroke to be more subconscious, resulting in better shot execution. Process goals tell us where we need to place our attention and with practice, we can make it a habit. My best students measure their success by the quality of their pre-shot process, not the outcome.

In this article, I’ll give you 5 strategies that will help you “get in the zone”.ġ. However, we can train ourselves on and off the table so that “dead stroke” can be accessed more readily and more frequently. But what usually follows is the question: “How can I play like that more often?” Most of us just accept that this optimal state for pool performance is something that only happens at random, and we can’t do much about making it happen. Ironically, it happens when you least expect it. The state that these players are describing is synonymous with “dead stroke”. Being alert and focused, with no distractions.Whenever I ask my students to describe their mental state during their best pool matches, they all say very similar things, such as:
