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Summary: One of the best billard books that i ever read
Review: I read a lot of books about billiards. This book is definitely the best book on the mental side of billiards. It tells you a lot about how your mind works and is very good written. I never read a book about billiards, that was so easy to read.
If you want to learn something about the mental side of pool buy this book!!!!!!
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Summary: One of the best billard books that i ever read
Review: I read a lot of books about billiards. This book is definitely the best book on the mental side of billiards. It tells you a lot about how your mind works and is very good written. I never read a book about billiards, that was so easy to read.
If you want to learn something about the mental side of pool buy this book!!!!!!
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Summary: Scientifically hardproof and well structured
Review: I'd like to congratulate Dr. Fancher for his efforts on breaking up the myths that covered billiards' mental game. With solid scientific arguments, he proves pool's "mental hell" can quite become a "mental orgasm" if you learn to deal with your thoughts properly and if you're able to make the difference between the conscious and unconscious parts of your brain. I find this is an excellent and exhaustive review of the most important mental aspects of the game and I recommend it to every player who would not fear hearing that their mental construction of billiards is totally erratic and that they have to change it from the bottom.As a medical student, I was pleased with the great section covering the integration of neurologic processes (esp. unconscious ones) to explain motricity, focus and concentration. From what I have learnt about neurology, I find these details exact and the advice given by Dr. Fancher very profitable to any level of pool playing. If the author (Bob Fancher) happens to read this review: I would like to send you an e-mail for further details about my impressions and what I'd like to do to help spread this new pool philosophy. You can e-mail me at francout@hotmail.com and be assured I will reply as soon as possible. Thank you.
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Summary: Bob Fancher gets to the guts of it!
Review: I've read a number of books regarding the mental side of playing pool. Dr. Bob seems to break it down to the nitty gritty and manages to keep it interesting. If you've ever played pool and need work on your mental game, this book could quite possibly help you out. It helped me. Try it and see....it's defintely worth a read if you're serious about playing a better mental game than you are now.
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Summary: Essential for Serious Players
Review: If you're a serious player, this may be the most important purchase you'll ever make to improve your pool game. Once you are proficient at pocketing balls, getting shape, breaking, safety play and kicking, it's your mental game that determines if your skills will "come out to play today" or not. If you usually play much better in practice or when nothing is on the line than when in serious competition, this book is for you. Dr. Fancher teaches you how to use competitive pressures to your benefit. Believe it or not, you actually have the capacity to play better in competition than in practice by using the methods contained in this wonderful book. It's worked wonders for my game. I've surprised myself many times over the past year with sterling play during pressure packed matches. If I could rate this book higher than 5 stars, I would without hesitation.
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Summary: Very helpful
Review: It didn't take long after reading this book for me to notice distinct improvements in my competitive game. To me, the most important part was the chapter regarding realistic confidence. Keeping perspective on my own abilities allows me to feel happy when I'm playing up to my own expectations, even if I'm losing -- and as it turns out, I actually end up playing better! A great book to help you keep your head in the game and your negative emotions in check. HIGHLY recommended!
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Summary: Very helpful
Review: Simply put, this book delivers. No mystical nonsense about Being In The Moment With The Ball. No bad science about Spanking Your Inner Child. What it does is deal very well with the different mental approaches to practicing versus competing, the dangers of self-talk, the acquisition and maintenance of effective self-confidence - you know, the useful stuff. It gives sound advice, and then tells you why the advice is sound, based on what science knows about the human mind and body. If you want drivel based on the fictional pseudo-Zen teachings of "The Master," you won't find it in this book. Myself, I've never met a Zen monk over a five-and-ten game of nine-ball, so I'll put my trust in good ol' Western science, thanks.
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Summary: Pleasures of sound psychology
Review: Simply put, this book delivers. No mystical nonsense about Being In The Moment With The Ball. No bad science about Spanking Your Inner Child. What it does is deal very well with the different mental approaches to practicing versus competing, the dangers of self-talk, the acquisition and maintenance of effective self-confidence - you know, the useful stuff. It gives sound advice, and then tells you why the advice is sound, based on what science knows about the human mind and body. If you want drivel based on the fictional pseudo-Zen teachings of "The Master," you won't find it in this book. Myself, I've never met a Zen monk over a five-and-ten game of nine-ball, so I'll put my trust in good ol' Western science, thanks.
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Summary: The new version
Review: Since I have to give this book "stars" to post about it, publically I give it five--as one would assume most authors would about their books. Such self-doubts as I may have needn't be advertyised, right? Anyway, the stars aren't my idea, but oh, well. The point of this "review," though, is to tell readers of the first edition how this edition differs. This edition is about fifty percent larger than the original, organized into twelve chapters (and an "interlude") rather than the original seven. The new material is mostly about competition, motivation, and the place of the body in the mental game. In addition, new material has been worked into various chapters to elaborate or clarify.
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Summary: The new version
Review: Since I have to give this book "stars" to post about it, publically I give it five--as one would assume most authors would about their books. Such self-doubts as I may have needn't be advertyised, right? Anyway, the stars aren't my idea, but oh, well. The point of this "review," though, is to tell readers of the first edition how this edition differs. This edition is about fifty percent larger than the original, organized into twelve chapters (and an "interlude") rather than the original seven. The new material is mostly about competition, motivation, and the place of the body in the mental game. In addition, new material has been worked into various chapters to elaborate or clarify.
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