Practice that Makes a Difference.
It has been said that perfect practice brings perfect results. After thirty years of teaching this game I can tell you that perfect practice is
the only way to train. Anything else is a waste of time. Unless your practice is specific and deliberate you are wasting your time.
There is a good reason for this concept. Sometimes we think long hours of training, is the answer to great skill development and many
times long hours will produce favorable results. But that is not the whole of the answer.
Specific and deliberate practice produces a neurological response. Perfect practice creates a chemical in our brain called Myelin. When you
train in a specific way, myelin is actually grown in your brain and this chemical enables you to retain the skills you are working on. The
more myelin the better pool player you are. It can only grow when you are specific about your training.
The Synapse are electrical neurons in our brain that send signals so we can spring into action. For a long time we thought this was the key
to skill execution but now, they are finding out that when these Synapse are wrapped in a white substance called Myelin the ability to
experience real skill development begins. If I were a gambler and had the ability to measure a persons Myelin count I could sit in the
stands and tell you who the superior player was without ever seeing them hit a ball. The more Myelin the higher your skill level.
WE BUILD MYELIN BY DELIBERATE PRACTICE.
Many players reach a plateau and never seem to improve. They read more books, they increase their practice, they spend more money on
the game and year after year they stay at the same level. This is because they are not practicing the right things. They waste time. They
produce their own faults over and over on the table and myelin cannot be grown in their brain. In the world of pocket billiard there are
specific skills you must master. This is not a game where you can just bang balls around and hope to become a better player.
If you are a three in the APA I can take you to a six in just five days. Normally it would take five years to move to this level. If you were
to attend one of my Main Events your game would improve dramatically because we work on a specific and deliberate skill development
program for five long days. In other words, we grow myelin. So when you return to your friends, you will be a new and incredible player.
Skills are physical cells that wrap neural circuits around your brain in direct response to specific experiences. If your training is detailed
around skill development you will build a flood of circuits around your brain and thus be able to turn in that stunning performance. Let’s
face it, our eyes see the shot, our brain uses its existing skills to produce the stroke that will give us our desired results. If your circuits
are layered with myelin you will send the ball deep into the pockets of success. My mantra to my students is “see the shot, know the
stroke shoot the shot.” If you study that mantra you will see that I am not asking you to shoot with knowledge. I am asking you to shoot
with instincts. Your instincts will be honed by how much specific practice you are involved in. In other words, how much myelin have you
produced from your training experience.
When I lean over a shot and do not know how hard to hit it I have not built up enough Myelin on that shot. I shoot it several times and
begin to feel how hard to hit the cue ball. It is this "feeling" that is controlled by the amount of Myelin I have gained from my practice.
Dr George Bartzokis, a UCLA Neurologist put it this way, “All Skills, all language, all music, all movements are made of living circuits,
and all circuits grow according to certain rules.” In other words, we must be specific about out practice.
In The Lesson Book I detail specific training exercises that will bring your game to a higher level.
It has been said that perfect practice brings perfect results. After thirty years of teaching this game I can tell you that perfect practice is
the only way to train. Anything else is a waste of time. Unless your practice is specific and deliberate you are wasting your time.
There is a good reason for this concept. Sometimes we think long hours of training, is the answer to great skill development and many
times long hours will produce favorable results. But that is not the whole of the answer.
Specific and deliberate practice produces a neurological response. Perfect practice creates a chemical in our brain called Myelin. When you
train in a specific way, myelin is actually grown in your brain and this chemical enables you to retain the skills you are working on. The
more myelin the better pool player you are. It can only grow when you are specific about your training.
The Synapse are electrical neurons in our brain that send signals so we can spring into action. For a long time we thought this was the key
to skill execution but now, they are finding out that when these Synapse are wrapped in a white substance called Myelin the ability to
experience real skill development begins. If I were a gambler and had the ability to measure a persons Myelin count I could sit in the
stands and tell you who the superior player was without ever seeing them hit a ball. The more Myelin the higher your skill level.
WE BUILD MYELIN BY DELIBERATE PRACTICE.
Many players reach a plateau and never seem to improve. They read more books, they increase their practice, they spend more money on
the game and year after year they stay at the same level. This is because they are not practicing the right things. They waste time. They
produce their own faults over and over on the table and myelin cannot be grown in their brain. In the world of pocket billiard there are
specific skills you must master. This is not a game where you can just bang balls around and hope to become a better player.
If you are a three in the APA I can take you to a six in just five days. Normally it would take five years to move to this level. If you were
to attend one of my Main Events your game would improve dramatically because we work on a specific and deliberate skill development
program for five long days. In other words, we grow myelin. So when you return to your friends, you will be a new and incredible player.
Skills are physical cells that wrap neural circuits around your brain in direct response to specific experiences. If your training is detailed
around skill development you will build a flood of circuits around your brain and thus be able to turn in that stunning performance. Let’s
face it, our eyes see the shot, our brain uses its existing skills to produce the stroke that will give us our desired results. If your circuits
are layered with myelin you will send the ball deep into the pockets of success. My mantra to my students is “see the shot, know the
stroke shoot the shot.” If you study that mantra you will see that I am not asking you to shoot with knowledge. I am asking you to shoot
with instincts. Your instincts will be honed by how much specific practice you are involved in. In other words, how much myelin have you
produced from your training experience.
When I lean over a shot and do not know how hard to hit it I have not built up enough Myelin on that shot. I shoot it several times and
begin to feel how hard to hit the cue ball. It is this "feeling" that is controlled by the amount of Myelin I have gained from my practice.
Dr George Bartzokis, a UCLA Neurologist put it this way, “All Skills, all language, all music, all movements are made of living circuits,
and all circuits grow according to certain rules.” In other words, we must be specific about out practice.
In The Lesson Book I detail specific training exercises that will bring your game to a higher level.
| In all Main Events The Monk has guest teachers. Here Jimmy Wetch shares his vast knowledge with students. In the up coming Main Event The Monk is bringing six Monk Master Teachers to work with just eight students. The Monk is serious about your game. You also receive books and dvd's plus The Masters of Art in Pocket Billiards program to help you continue your training. If you want to bring your game to its highest level make plans to attend the Next Main Event Workshop! |