The Mental Game

This video applies to most human pursuits. Here is a link to the Ross article. Chess players should read this.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind&colID=1

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[BigRigTom]

This is good stuff.

Learning to play pool well is a fantastic way to learn many of life's lessons without realizing that you are learning life's lessons.

Kids playing video games learn a lot of things about deductive reasoning, hand eye coordination, quick intuitive decision making and probably lots of other things and all without realizing that they are learning it as well.

The trick in all of this is to channel the learning into the correct stuff to achieve a positive impact in the end.

[forcefollow]

I am not saying video games are completely worthless. The way allot of kids approach gaming is worthless. They bounce from game to game using cheat codes and rarely view a game as a discipline that involves study and practice. Many do however and that is valuable.

[dro2pass]

how can i stop mental pressure from controlling my thoughts and physical actions ?

how can i eliminate mental pressure ?

and is there way that i can stop thoughts from clouding my mind ?

is it true that thinking nothing at all is the best way to complete activities ?

[forcefollow]

Read the work of the authors mentioned at the end of the video.

[digicyc]

"Sadly this is the amount of hours an American child spends playing videos games." Sadly? WTH what's wrong with playing video games? I guess it's best to get your child to practice at pole so he is prepared with something to do at a bar?

[forcefollow]

High level pool is not played in bars.

[Joyofcreativity2000]

A person who spends alot of time playing video games gets the ability to pick out "DETAILS" more than one who doesnt. Details are more important than you can ever imagine in our developing world. Next...you can not become a master without being pushed by someone. If you dont have anybody pushing you, then find one...not someone physically necessarily. B Creative.

[kuneckid05]

But i still think the guys which spend hours playing Call of Duty and other games each night/day are time wasters, (i mean hours, many hours)xx

[frendleyone]

@forcefollow Oh and in addition to helping my mental game the added flexibility from Yoga helps considerably with stretching to reach shots that are out of reach to many.

[frendleyone]

@dro2pass Since this is my first comment, I want to start off by thanking you for all the wonderful videos. My game grew stagnant after many years of bar play. Your videos as well as playing at quality pool halls are taking my game to the next level. As far as the mental game and clearing verbal thought, YOGA. One of the fundamental goals of yoga is controlling/clearing the mind. I recently took a yoga teachers training and it helps me in everything: Basketball, Golf, Pool, Life.

[frendleyone]

@forcefollow Since this is my first comment, I want to start off by thanking you for all the wonderful videos. My game grew stagnant after many years of bar play. Your videos as well as playing at quality pool halls are taking my game to the next level. As far as the mental game and clearing verbal thought, YOGA. One of the fundamental goals of yoga is controlling/clearing the mind.  I recently took a yoga teachers training and it helps me in everything: Basketball, Golf, Pool, Life.

[nadiaw00t]

did this guy do a tour of australian universities?

[SecularTalk]

This is essentially the opposite of buddhism... buddhism says fully embrace and acknowledge every negative thought and emotion and accept it as simply being the nature of the mind, lack of inner conflict.... This video basically says "dont be negative"....seemingly impossible and possibly detrimental in the sense that it causes MORE stress

[radesworld]

great video..im a golfer in the pursuit of greatness..their comes a point were ur skills are good enough to compete at the higher levels..its the control of a quiet mind that allows you to compete at that level...A.J.Sotelo

[lokallize]

nice