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      Trust 

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      AFTER ALL THESE YEARS of playing pool, I have determined that the most important skill in the game is trust. Sure, fundamentals and knowledge are very important, but trust is the ingredient that gives life to concentrated effort.

      If you do not know much about the game and have poor fundamentals, trust will not magically make your shots ...
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      Lock and Load 

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      FINDING THE STROKING LINE, setting up your feet, and developing and preparing your bridge hand for each shot all require attention before your stance is complete. What about the stroking arm though; doesn’t that need preparation, too? Absolutely.

      Your stroking arm is basically your weapon in pool and you need to prep it or position ...
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      A Key to Consistant Shot Making 

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      WHILE THERE IS NO single trick to consistently pocketing balls, there are a few of them that, when combined, make for a very nice equation. One extremely important element to this equation is body positioning, or what I call “lining up into the shot.”

      Have you ever been down on a ball ready to shoot when you suddenly had the feeling that ...
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      Threading The Needle 

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      HAVE YOU EVER TRIED to thread a needle? When you tried for the first time, did you notice that you could hold the thread steady until you approached the eye of the needle, and when it was almost there your hand shook and the thread missed the eye? Attempting to pour liquid into the mouth of a very small-necked bottle may often result ...
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      Losers Talk ~ Winners Chalk 

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      There are two types of players, ones that shows up to seek and scorn all the things that can go wrong & do go wrong.
      ~The others hold the trophy~
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      Keeping Your Composure 

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      WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY DEFINES COMPOSURE as “calmness; self-possession.”
      (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2nd ed., Simon & Shuster, 1979, p. 101)

      •Composure is remaining calm and focused enough to perform up to your capabilities.

      •Composure is consistently responding to stressful situations with ...
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