Pool: The Mental Game Is 80%: Your Skill Alone Is Not Enough
About this audiobook
Foreword by Jennifer Barretta - Supported by pool instruction legends Dr. Dave and Dr. Cue!
Pool: The Mental Game Is 80% is for players who are tired of practicing their stroke and still falling apart under pressure. We take you through four acts: The Mind, The Proof, The Work, and The Arena.
Inside you will hear:
- A personality based training framework that matches your drills to the way you think
- Pressure training that builds nerve one measured dose at a time
- Chapters built on the teaching of respected instructors, including Mark Finkelstein, Larry Nicholson, and Thorsten Hohmann
- Routines for breathing, focus, and recovering mid-match when your game breaks down
- The brain science behind why players miss, and what everyday food, sugar, and light do to a competitive brain
- Your Turn reflection questions after every chapter, so you can turn each lesson into your own training record
Whether you play in a weekly league or chase titles, this audiobook trains the part of the game you cannot see.
Proceeds support a friend's care and pool instruction for new players who lack access.
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About the author
Christian Lawson is a competitive pool player based in New York City, where he trains and competes at Skyline Billiards and Amsterdam Billiards. He has studied psychology for thirty years and is the son of Australian author Terry Lawson, whose psychology books have been taught in universities since the 1990s. He holds analytics and artificial intelligence credentials from numerous organizations, and brings that training to the question every player eventually asks: why do I lose matches I had the skill to win? He writes at ChristianLawson.Substack.com.
His philosophy is 'People First, Machines Second'. He also Authored "It will not be Controlled" about what "Super Intelligence" will do and what technology it will use, and a Small Business Security book to train businesses to protect themselves from AI Hacking.
Jennifer Barretta is a Women's Professional Billiard Association Elite Pro and former world number one. She teaches most days and runs Skyline Billiards in New York. One of the top teachers worldwide.
