quality football betting is like running a marathon, not just a 100 meter sprint. Each football season lasts the average of nine months. Each punter has to be prepared for the long haul.

An extremely high percentage of punters eventually lost money. The ratio of losers may be as high as 95%. As such, there is this small elite group of 5% of punters that can generate consistent profit every single year. What separate these punters from the losing punting crowd?

Those are the six factors that separate the winning punters from the losers :

Football betting must be treated as a business, not as a hobby

This is an integral factor which is often under-estimated. Whenever you are within a business, every business transaction will be carefully handled to be certain it brings in a profit. You don’t transact the business only to have fun. Same with sports betting. Serious punters devote much efforts and period to running their betting campaign as a business. They are going to do utmost to maximise profit and remain solvent during the gruelling campaign.

Have a strategising checklist

The pros establish really clear strategising criteria which involve thorough research and analysis. They place their bets according to laid down strategies and not from the ‘sure-win’ tips that they heard or the ‘lucky hunch’ that they feel.

Keep a systematic betting log

No business exists without proper paperwork. In football betting, this really is called the betting log and all successful punters swear by it. Documenting their bets can help them to identify the reasons behind the winning bets and the causes behind the losing bets.

Keeping records takes a whole lot of time, efforts and discipline. However the betting log will reveal an accurate picture of all your bets.

Losing is bad. But losing not knowing why is worse. Most losing punters don’t make an attempt to find out why they lost. Should they knew, they might have done something about it, reverse the tide, and then become winners.

From the betting log, you might be surprised to discover that the main things work better than others. Just do more of what’s working and much less of what is not.

Have sound money management rules

The winning punters know that even though they might pick more than 50% of winning bets, they can still lose if they stake more money on the losers. They know that no staking plan can turn a losing selection in to a winning one BUT a great selection can be ruined by a poor staking plan.

The pros will setup sound money management rules especially on staking size. The amount will be carefully determined in order that their betting fund can remain solvent to allow them to weather any downward swings within the long betting marathon.

The main mistake produced by losing punters is varying the size of their bets frequently in the belief that this really is the fast-track to profits. They doubled up to “make a killing” when winning, and doubled up to “play catch-up” when losing. They risked too much of their betting fund on several of such “emotional” bets. They did not spend enough period to recognize that sound money management practices can maximise their profit and help them in order to avoid losing all of their betting fund. Inefficient money management might make them insolvent much faster than they expected.

Stick to the plan at all costs

The winning punters follow their plan religiously. This is of-course easier said than done since we are all human beings. There are numerous temptations to stray from the plan. There’s always the best reason to do so.

There are punters who may refer to their rules a 100 times but have problems sticking to some, especially the stake size. Bear in mind, you can pick 60% of winners and still lose if you’re putting more $ on the losers.

The pros possess the mindset to be firm and not deviate from their plan.

Be very patient in the event the chips are down

Those punters who expect to be profitable every week will be disappointed. You are going to win and you must expect to lose. You will have highs and also you will have lows. Streaks happen along the way.

Losing is inevitable and is included in the game. The pros accept losing streaks as part of their business. They can be prepared to encounter loss within the short run but they never lose sight of their betting business within the long term. Their priority is to ensure their betting fund is just not depleted.

Every punter must remember that cash is his inventory, like tools to a mechanic. Without cash, he is out of business, and with no chance to make a comeback.

The above six factors may appear easy to understand and follow, but when real money is on the line, it may not look that easy to do anymore.

It takes a lot of efforts to strategise a winning plan. It can be harder psychologically to stick to the plan religiously. This really is why majority of the punters fails to win consistently. I hope you’ve got what must be done to be a member of the exception.