The Secret Is In What You Can't See
One of the big things that makes it so hard to advance to a pro or high level pool player is: we can't see the most important thing we need to understand and practice.At its highest level pool is 85-90% mental but the line that gets blurred is in how that translates to the player's physical game. Amateurs that realize the mental capacity it takes think that means they have to physically try real hard and that results in costly mistakes.It's no secret that Efren Reyes is a master chess player and that's due to knowing what high concentration can do, but when he gets down and shoots it seems effortless, like he's not trying at all.Pro players are experts of doing everything the physically-easy way all while concentrating at an extremely high level. There's a line they walk and if you want to reach that level then you have to learn to walk it.Most video makers on YouTube cannot tell you this because they-themselves don't know it and we can't see it in the pro players because it's in their brains.Taking your game from good to great demands a higher level of concentration than you might think. Once you are a physically great player the rest is in your mental game.