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World Snooker Championship

JobForTheMoyes said:
Way it is looking Trump will emerge victorious. He has a gear higher than everyone else at the moment.
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Logic dictates that Trump will be champion. He is 32 and has 15 years on the other three. The "Class of '92" are magnificent, but they are out of their own era here - which simply underlines their true greatness and the failure of the following generation to put them away. However, Judd Trump should, in all objectivity, be crowned champion again on Monday night and then he can go in search of pantheon placement in likely battles with the Chinese and, perhaps, a rejuvenated Selby and Robertson.
 
Drico said:
Logic dictates that Trump will be champion. He is 32 and has 15 years on the other three. The "Class of '92" are magnificent, but they are out of their own era here - which simply underlines their true greatness and the failure of the following generation to put them away. However, Judd Trump should, in all objectivity, be crowned champion again on Monday night and then he can go in search of pantheon placement in likely battles with the Chinese and, perhaps, a rejuvenated Selby and Robertson.
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Selby's no spring chicken, 39 this year, Robertson is 40.
 
Drico said:
Logic dictates that Trump will be champion. He is 32 and has 15 years on the other three. The "Class of '92" are magnificent, but they are out of their own era here - which simply underlines their true greatness and the failure of the following generation to put them away. However, Judd Trump should, in all objectivity, be crowned champion again on Monday night and then he can go in search of pantheon placement in likely battles with the Chinese and, perhaps, a rejuvenated Selby and Robertson.
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This is interesting:, and especially important for snooker:

"Just as you may not run as fast or jump as high as you did as a teenager,your brain’s cognitive power—that is, your ability to learn, remember, and solve problems—slows down with age. You may find it harder to summon once familiar facts or divide your attention among two or more activities or sources of information. These changes affect your ability to focus, so you may find yourself getting more easily distracted than you were when you were younger.

"As you age, it takes longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural loss of receptors and neurons that occurs with aging may also make it harder to concentrate. Therefore, you not only learn information more slowly, but you also may have more trouble recalling it because you didn’t fully learn it in the first place. With slower processing, facts held in working memory may dissipate before you have had a chance to solve a problem.

"In addition, the ability to perform tasks that involve executive function declines with age. Many people learn to compensate for these changes by relying on habit most of the time and devoting extra effort to focus on new information they are trying to learn."
 
JobForTheMoyes said:
This is interesting:, and especially important for snooker:

"Just as you may not run as fast or jump as high as you did as a teenager,your brain’s cognitive power—that is, your ability to learn, remember, and solve problems—slows down with age. You may find it harder to summon once familiar facts or divide your attention among two or more activities or sources of information. These changes affect your ability to focus, so you may find yourself getting more easily distracted than you were when you were younger.

"As you age, it takes longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural loss of receptors and neurons that occurs with aging may also make it harder to concentrate. Therefore, you not only learn information more slowly, but you also may have more trouble recalling it because you didn’t fully learn it in the first place. With slower processing, facts held in working memory may dissipate before you have had a chance to solve a problem.

"In addition, the ability to perform tasks that involve executive function declines with age. Many people learn to compensate for these changes by relying on habit most of the time and devoting extra effort to focus on new information they are trying to learn."
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So. Back to the snooker then !
 

JobForTheMoyes said:
This is interesting:, and especially important for snooker:

"Just as you may not run as fast or jump as high as you did as a teenager,your brain’s cognitive power—that is, your ability to learn, remember, and solve problems—slows down with age. You may find it harder to summon once familiar facts or divide your attention among two or more activities or sources of information. These changes affect your ability to focus, so you may find yourself getting more easily distracted than you were when you were younger.

"As you age, it takes longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural loss of receptors and neurons that occurs with aging may also make it harder to concentrate. Therefore, you not only learn information more slowly, but you also may have more trouble recalling it because you didn’t fully learn it in the first place. With slower processing, facts held in working memory may dissipate before you have had a chance to solve a problem.

"In addition, the ability to perform tasks that involve executive function declines with age. Many people learn to compensate for these changes by relying on habit most of the time and devoting extra effort to focus on new information they are trying to learn."
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It's definitely interesting.
In fields like Chess and being a concert classical performer people tend to peak early on too, where you wouldn't have thought that age related decline would be all that much of a thing.
 
JobForTheMoyes said:
This is interesting:, and especially important for snooker:

"Just as you may not run as fast or jump as high as you did as a teenager,your brain’s cognitive power—that is, your ability to learn, remember, and solve problems—slows down with age. You may find it harder to summon once familiar facts or divide your attention among two or more activities or sources of information. These changes affect your ability to focus, so you may find yourself getting more easily distracted than you were when you were younger.

"As you age, it takes longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural loss of receptors and neurons that occurs with aging may also make it harder to concentrate. Therefore, you not only learn information more slowly, but you also may have more trouble recalling it because you didn’t fully learn it in the first place. With slower processing, facts held in working memory may dissipate before you have had a chance to solve a problem.

"In addition, the ability to perform tasks that involve executive function declines with age. Many people learn to compensate for these changes by relying on habit most of the time and devoting extra effort to focus on new information they are trying to learn."
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Take it you've never met James Milner mate ?
 


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