Learning the Staying Down

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!

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!

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