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

A very high number of punters eventually lost money. The ratio of losers may be up to 95%. Therefore, there is this small elite group of 5% of punters that will 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 has to be treated as a business, not as a hobby

This really is an integral factor which is usually under-estimated. When you are in a business, every business transaction will be carefully handled to make sure that it brings in a profit. You do not transact the business just to have fun. Same with sports betting. Serious punters devote much efforts and period to running their betting campaign as a business. They’re going to 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 even 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 may help them to identify the reasons behind the winning bets as well as the causes behind the losing bets.

Keeping records takes a great deal of time, efforts and discipline. Though 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 effort to find out why they lost. Should they knew, they will have done something about it, reverse the tide, and after that become winners.

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

Have sound money management rules

The winning punters know that despite the fact that they may pick more than 50% of winning bets, they might still lose if they stake more income on the losers. They know that no staking plan can turn a losing selection in to a winning one BUT a good 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 permit them to weather any downward swings in the long betting marathon.

The main mistake made 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, as well as doubled up to “play catch-up” when losing. They risked too much of their betting fund on a few of such “emotional” bets. They did not spend enough time for you to know that sound money management practices can maximise their profit and help them to to avoid losing all of their betting fund. Inefficient money management can make them insolvent faster than they expected.

Stick to the plan at all costs

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

You can find punters who may make reference to their rules a 100 times but have problems sticking to some, particularly the stake size. Remember, you might pick 60% of winners but still lose in case you are putting more $ on the losers.

The pros have 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 weekly will be disappointed. You are going to win and you must expect to lose. You will have highs and you will have lows. Streaks happen along the advantage 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 in the short-run nevertheless they never lose sight of their betting business in the long haul. Their priority is to ensure their betting fund just isn’t depleted.

Every punter must do not forget that cash 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 mentioned six factors may sound easy to understand and follow, but when real money is on the line, it may not look that easy to do any more.

It takes a whole lot of efforts to strategise a winning plan. It may be harder psychologically to stick to the program religiously. This really is why majority of the punters fails to win consistently. I hope you have what it takes to be a member of the exception.