Hindsight is 20/20, so goes the saying. You can study a matchup for hours, formulate a mental game plan as to how it will all shake out, and then make your wager based on all of your due diligence. But sometimes things don’t go as planned which should cause you to review your mistakes and determine what you did wrong, why you did it wrong, and what you could have foreseen that would have prevented you from making your erroneous prediction.
That’s what seasoned sports bettors do; they try to learn from their mistakes. Well, we all make them and even the very best handicappers make them about 40 percent of the time. There are no crystal balls, and no sure things even though the paid touts would have you believe otherwise. Let’s discuss a few mistakes many of us made in the past that we will desperately try to avoid in 2021. Without further ado, let’s get to it!
Don’t Chase – We all have losing days but we mustn’t chase our losses. Tomorrow is another day to get back in the ring to take another swing. If you are betting with your head and not your heart, then you are more than likely a serious bettor who is looking to make money and not just pass the time. Understand that you put a great deal of time into crafting your wagers so don’t get into bad habits by manufacturing opinions on games that you wouldn’t ordinarily bet. It is a recipe for disaster – so don’t do it!
Get the Best Line – Sometimes the line on a game is the same everywhere you go but other times there are differences. And because there are variances in the lines being offered then it is up to you to get the most advantageous numbers available. But how do you do that if you are playing with only one book? Well, the answer is – you can’t. Therefore, it is important that you not only use the best sportsbooks to cash out your earnings but have accounts at several of those elite books so that you can compare and contrast the numbers and choose the best one for you.
Football Bettors Listen Up – When the talking heads you see on television, the purported pundits, eagerly disseminate their views on each scheduled matchup and render their predictions, there is often one glaring omission in their analysis. While they focus on the skill positions matching up with the opposition defenses, there is little talked about in terms of the teams’ offensive lines. Some of the best observations made regarding this past Super Bowl focused heavily on the Kansas City Chief’s decimated offensive line.
If you recall, the Chiefs had a backup playing right tackle in their AFC Championship game against the Bills because the starter, Mitchell Schwartz, was injured. But then KC’s left tackle, two-time Pro Bowler Eric Fisher, tore his Achilles in that game. That meant that the second-stringer, Mike Remmers, who was filling in at right tackle was moved to the all-important blindside, and a third-stringer named Austin Wylie was moved to right tackle. This was the reason why Patrick Mahomes had no time in the pocket which limited the juggernaut Kansas City offense to just nine points in their Super Bowl loss to the Buccaneers. In short, make sure you scour the war in the trenches just as diligently as you do the skill position matchups before you make your wager.
Stay Sober – There’s nothing better than watching sports and cracking open a cold one. The only problem is that one often leads to many and before you know it, the early games have finished and the late games are just waiting to get pounded by lil’ ol’ drunken you! Bankrolls have been wiped out by poor decisions and all that liquid courage causes a $50 bettor to become a $500 bettor with just the stroke of a zero on his or her mobile device.
Remember, if you are going to imbibe, make sure to put all your bets in at the beginning of the day, or at least before you hit the barroom, and whatever you do, put your phone away!
