A Mind for Pool: How to Master the Mental Game

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Author: Philip B. Capelle

ISBN-10: 0964920417

ISBN-13: 9780964920415

Category: Pool & Billiards -> Variations & Advanced Techniques

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Part 1Your Game1Chapter 1Getting Started3Developing Your Game the Right Way4Setting Your Goals7Practicing Pool11Chapter 2Getting Instruction17How to Select Your Instructor18How to Be a Great Student20The Cost of an Education21Advice: The Good and Bad22Finding a Mentor24Chapter 3What Your Need to Know27Pool from the Ground Up28The Three Master Skills29The Little Things Make a Big Difference31How to Really Use English33Chapter 4Changing Your Game35Breaking Bad Habits36Managing Change38Change Breeds Enthusiasm40All About Slumps42Stroke Keys Are Your Short-term Solution44Chapter 5Secrets To Big Improvement45The Big Secret46Chain Reactions47Quantum Leap49Chapter 6Your Game53Writing Your Story54Your Most Prized Possession55Your Basic Nature57Mastering Pool58The Keys to Consistency59Let the Trend be Your Friend62How Well You Play Versus Your Results63Dealing with Missed Shots64Chapter 7Knowledge is Pool Power67Learning from Watching the Best68Pool on the Tube70Tips on Video Taping Your Game71Getting the Most from Books and Tapes73Memory Power75Chapter 8Evaluating Your Game77Seven Definitions of Your Game78Grading Your Current Level of Play79You Versus the Competition81Your High Run: The Straight Pool Test83Balancing Your Game85Physics and an Eye for Pool87When to Buy a New Cue89The Eye of an Eagle91Your Winning Percentage92Part 2Competition95Chapter 9Basics of Competition97Entering the Real World of Pool98Choosing a Format for Your Game99Tournaments=Low Risk, High Reward101Matching Your Game to the Competition104Getting a Jump on a New Season105Bar Box Billiards107Chapter 10Preparing for Battle111Bringing Your Game to a Peak112When Not to Play One-Pocket114Scouting Reports Can Give You the Edge116Evaluating the Playing Conditions118Chapter 11Playing Under the Heat123Pressure Proofing Your game124You Gotta Have Heart128One Shot at a Time130Dead Stroke132Total Concentration136Playing with Confidence138Anger143Chapter 12Winning Techniques147Winning Without Your "A" Game148Using Feedback to Elevate Your Game149How to Use Your Sitting Time Wisely150Timeouts Can Change the Momentum152Chapter 13How to Think Like a Player153The Mind of a Pool Player154Putting Opponents in the Proper Perspective157Shark Proofing Your Game161The Value of Experience164Never Give Up166Effective Crowd Management168Chapter 14All About Winning and Losing173Goals and Expectations Should Fit the Competition174How Winning Can Improve Your Game176Winners Learn from Losing178Putting Your Matches in the Proper Perspective181The Magic Formula for Winning Tournaments183The Rolls: The Luck Factor in Pool185Chapter 15Playing for the Cash191Wagering Sensibly on Pool192The Art of Handicapping Pool195Some Perspectives on Giving Weight202Backing Pool Games for Fun...and Profit?205How Tempo Affects Time of Possession209Chapter 16League Pool213An Introduction to League Pool214Putting Together a Winning Team215Choosing the Right League217Choosing Your Team's Home Room218Setting the Teams Goals219Achieving Team Unity221Every Teammate has a Role to Play224Giving Your Best Effort on League Night226The Nationals at Las Vegas230Chapter 17Playing Pool with Class233Part 3Your Journey237Chapter 18Your Journey239Your Life in Pool240Questions to Improve Your Journey241Every Day's a New Day243Drafting Your Laws of Pool245Choosing Your Home Room246Out on the Road248Pool Ages You Gracefully251Chapter 19Enjoying Pool255Why it's so Easy to Love Pool256All of the Pool Room is a Stage257Talking a Great Game259Listing Your Pool Pleasures260Your Definition of Fun261Freewheeling262Happiness is Your Pool Game263Eliminate the Negatives Now264Music Can Elevate Your Play265Your Gallery of Memorable Shots266Time Management267The Games that You Play269Retaining Your Zest for Pool271What the Game Means to You273Moments of Pool Magic274The Sounds of Spheres in Motion276Pool is a Book Lover's Dream277Pool on the Silver Screen279Chapter 20Pool People283Great Players284Geniuses of Pool287Old Timers288Friends and Acquaintances290Junior Pool Builds Character292The Rogues of Pool294Appendix297