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I think a lot of amateur pool players will feel that. They get into a rhythm and start potting everything. Then they either beak the rhythm, get a difficult sho

I think a lot of amateur pool players will feel that. They get into a rhythm and start potting everything. Then they either beak the rhythm, get a difficult shot, or notice their success, over think it all and mess up the mechanics. This analogy doesn't go particular far, but it works to explain the difference between conscious and subconscious mechanical focus.

failwhaleshark 5y ago
Inner game mastery seems like staying focused on not thinking about the mechanical aspects... "in the zone." Like, do you even know your ATM PIN? Could you think of it consciously without pressing in the air? How about your computer password? Has it become "muscle-memory," learned subconsciously as motions while semantic symbols are discarded?