A Follow-up To “Make a Conscious Intention to Play Better Pool”

By Ernie Reynolds

If you read my previous post about stating your intention to play better pool you may be interested in this follow-up.

My brother and I usually get together and play pool on Friday nights. I have been playing a little better than him lately and he was wondering why. I told him that it was because, on Friday mornings when I first wake up, I state an intention to myself that I will play excellent pool that night.

It has been working pretty well for me. I encouraged my brother to try it out and see if it helped his pool playing to improve. Then I didn’t mention it for a few weeks.

Two weeks ago, he was playing markedly better. He was making some nice cut shots and missing fewer easy shots than he usually dies. I mentioned that he was shooting really well that night. He informed me that he had made an intention that morning upon waking that he would play good pool that night.

“Aha! So it works for you too, huh?” He said, “I guess so.” He really was shooting much better pool. We were pretty evenly matched all evening. I’d win a game or two and he would win a game or two. It made for a better night of pool in my opinion.

Last week my brother was back to his habit of missing easy shots and giving me nice leaves to run out the table. He was getting mad at himself for playing lousy. I asked him, “So, did you do an intention to play good pool this morning?” He said, “No. I forgot.” “Ah, that’s why you’re not playing as well as last week.”

I’d be willing to bet that in the coming weeks my brother will be making more intentions on Friday mornings. It is such an easy thing to do and only takes ten seconds. What have you got to lose?

When you wake up and you are still in that state between being asleep and fully awake, simply state to the universe that you intend to play excellent pool tonight, today, or whenever you plan to play. Then just go about your day and don’t think about it anymore. It really does work wonders for my pool game.

I have used this process for other intentions as well. For example, “I intend to have a lot of fun today” or “I intend to get some good work done today.” It seems to work well for these types of personal, emotional things. I have yet to use it successfully to win the lottery, but I keep on trying! It doesn’t cost anything but a few seconds of my time.

If you are in a league or play pool at certain times every week like I do, I suggest you try this little experiment and intend to play better pool. Try it one day and not the next and compare your shooting performance. It works for me and my brother. I can’t see any reason why it won’t work for you too.

Le me know how you make out!