Basically I've been playing billards all my life. Never really got better, playing at the same level for years. Meaning that getting more than two or three balls at one go was a rarity.
Until one day when I stopped looking at the white when playing a shot and instead I started looking at the target ball. It's weird that it took me so long to make that little change but it completely changed my skill level.
Something else I realised was that the less time I think about a shot the better the shot comes. As you said, it's a very mental game.
And I realised that it's all about placement: where do I want the white to be after playing a ball into the pocket.
Until one day when I stopped looking at the white when playing a shot and instead I started looking at the target ball. It's weird that it took me so long to make that little change but it completely changed my skill level.
Something else I realised was that the less time I think about a shot the better the shot comes. As you said, it's a very mental game.
And I realised that it's all about placement: where do I want the white to be after playing a ball into the pocket.