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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2007

Learning pool with Thorsten Hohmann & Mike Massey

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  • Steve Davis' dad used to hold a cue above his head when he was practicing to ensure his head didn't raise.

  • You dont miss BECAUSE you stood up, its the anxiety related to too much pressure or a lack of faith in performing well on a shot (sometimes caused by misalignment) that makes us jump up. Thusly, you miss because you misaligned, and jumped up because you didn't feel confident and reacted to the COMMITMENT with fear.. The better I play, the less I jump up - true, but the causality is the reverse. Of course, its a hallmark of confidence to stay down, and is thus intimidating to your opponent!

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  • Staying down is VERY important.........part of funamentals of pool.

  • You can hear that TN accent.............good to hear Mike again.

  • @FaceLessTheFreak because when you get up while you shooot it throws off your stroke if you stay down after your shot then you know your stroke will be clean

  • Mike's vest is epic.

  • @FaceLessTheFreak If you pop up as you shoot you will have a tendency to strike the cue ball at a spot other than you intended because of your body movement. Therefore staying down on the shot ensures proper alignment while cuing the ball.

  • why would someone need to stay down and not raise up ? i still dont get it...

    can someone explain to me please?

  • did he have to throw in the fact that he "might be the world champion"?? haha

  • this is really a good point, it took me weeks of practice to get rid of my old habit, and sometimes I still make the mistake when I play under stress ... when you miss a shot, straight away, you know you raised up, Thanks for the posting!

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