Practising with music...

[Nugget]

As Hendry is back playing well, he has credited the results with his hours spent alone on the table, listening to his Ipod.

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How does everyone feel about practising and listening to music, good or bad?

[hegeland]

Bad. I tend to go for sillty shots and not taking my time and focusing properly.

I have never tried listeing to music I don't like though... maybe I should give it a try?

[April madness]

well, I don't know... If I am concentrating for a shot, or just concentrating on something, I'd just simply let the music pass my ears and won't be able to tell what I was listening to afterwards But maybe it can help you stay in a good mood and positive look on what you're doing.

[missneworleans]

Maybe good....but not for serious match

[Semih_Sayginer]

may be good to stop distractions which wouldnt normally happen in matches, but still wont be the ideal when its a real game to be used to chilling to some tunes.....

[Alex0paul]

I always listen to music when playing solo. It really spurs me on and heightens my concentration.

[Cessy143]

Seems to working well for Hendo anyway

[canuck]

I practice when listening to music or podcasts. It doesn't really distract me.

[Maija]

I've used music to do other kinds of practice, and I suspect that it would be great to build a rhythm and to "get into the flow". After a while I didn't really need the actual music anymore, but still went by the same pace.

Also, if I get extremely aggitated for some reason or another it can help to "mentally play" a slow song. (Mine is a hinduist mantra as performed by a "celtic metal" group. It can't get much more obscure, can it?) Maybe I should send a copy to Ronnie