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learning from mistakes?
Posted By: Bill Riles In Response To: learning from mistakes? (rummer1973)
Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008, at 2:02 p.m.
Several thoughts:
1) Play good players, and pay attention to their play. Ask a few questions (not so many as to be a pest) -- most are responsive to "did I play that right?" or "why did you do that?".
2) Play against Snowie, or GNU. I'm a Snowie user and play against it a lot. And play with the panels showing so you can get immediate feedback to your plays -- it is important to immediately compare the results to your thought processes that went into the move while they're still fresh in your mind. Don't be in a hurry, take the time to understand your errors.
3) For match play the understanding of score implications and match equities is requisite. Woolsey's book "How to Play Tournament Backgammon" is a great tool. I'm sure there are other similar texts but that is the one I'm most familiar with.
4) If playing on-line, and the option to review your matches is available, do so. In live play, videorecord your play if you can and review them later. You'll find your play different over the live board. But in both cases, watch for patterns in your errors. You'll not remember every position and error, but if you can note patterns of errors you'll more easily remember and correct them.
5) Learn a number of basic reference positions and think how to extrapolate them to similar positions you'll encounter.
6) Learn to count pips, and the implications associated with pip counts.
I might have went overboard with some of the basics if you're a serious player. However, thought some random ideas might help others as well.
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