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

A really high number of punters eventually lost money. The ratio of losers may be as high as 95%. For this reason, there is this small elite group of 5% of punters that can generate consistent profit year after year. What separate these punters from the losing punting crowd?

They 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 really is a key factor which is often under-estimated. Whenever you will be in a business, every business transaction will be carefully handled to make sure that it brings in a profit. You don’t transact the business just to have fun. Same with sports betting. Serious punters devote much efforts and time for you to running their betting campaign as a business. They will do utmost to maximise profit and stay solvent through the gruelling campaign.

Have a strategising checklist

The pros establish really clear strategising criteria which involve thorough research and analysis. They place their bets based on laid down strategies and not from the ‘sure-win’ tips that they heard or perhaps 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 might help them to identify the reasons behind the winning bets as well as the causes behind the losing bets.

Keeping records takes a lot of time, efforts and discipline. Although 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 do not make an attempt to discover why they lost. Whenever they said knew, they might have done something about it, reverse the tide, and after that become winners.

From the betting log, you could be surprised to find out that some things work better than others. Just do more of what’s working and less of what’s not.

Have sound money management rules

The winning punters know that even though they may pick more than 50% of winning bets, they may still lose whenever they stake additional money on the losers. They know that no staking plan can turn a losing selection into a winning one BUT the best 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 to ensure 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 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 a couple of of such “emotional” bets. They did not spend enough time to know that sound money management practices can maximise their profit and enable them to in order to avoid losing all of their betting fund. Inefficient money management can 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 as we are human beings. There are many temptations to stray from the program. There’s always a good reason to do so.

You can find punters who may make reference to their rules a 100 times but have problems sticking to some, especially the stake size. Bear in mind, you could pick 60% of winners but still lose in the event that you are 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 also you must expect to lose. You shall have highs and also you will have lows. Streaks happen on the way.

Losing is inevitable and is a component of the game. The pros accept losing streaks as part of their business. They can be prepared to encounter loss within the short run however they never lose sight of their betting business within the long haul. Their priority is to make sure their betting fund just isn’t depleted.

Every punter must bear in mind money is his inventory, like tools to a mechanic. Without cash, he is out of business, and without a chance to make a comeback.

The above six factors may sound clear 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 may be harder psychologically to stick to the plan religiously. This is why majority of the punters fails to win consistently. I hope you have what it takes to be a member of the exception.