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Respect Your Power Threshold: Accuracy Beats Extra Pace

Summary

Kyle Koszuta names the trap that follows a clean winner: you add even more pace on the next ball and cross your personal power threshold, where accuracy falls off a cliff. Same as a dart throw — harder and harder does not help once you leave the force that actually hits the board.

And you do not score more for crushing the bullseye. The point is to hit it. Find the pace you can place, then stay under the threshold when the moment matters.

Key takeaways

  • Success with power tempts you to overswing the next ball
  • Past your threshold, pace steals accuracy
  • Bullseye pace beats max pace — points are not awarded for mph

Action items

  • On a drive drill, pick a target and ban any swing that feels past 80% of your max
  • After a winner, deliberately hit the next attack at the same pace or softer

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