Adv
anced
Lo
c
k
Pic
king
Simple
lo ck
picking
is
a
trade
that
an
y
one
can
learn.
How
ev
er,
adv
anced
lo ck
picking
is
a
craft
that
requires
mechanical
sensitivity
,
physical
dexterity
,
visual
concentration
and
analytic
thinking.
If
you
striv
e
to
excel
at
lo ck
pic
king,
y
ou
will
gro
w
in
many
wa
ys.
7.1
Mec
hanical
Skills
Learning
how
to
pull
the
pick
ov
er
the
pins
is
surprisingly
dicult.
The
problem
is
that
the
mechanical
skills
you
learned
early
in
life
inv
olv
ed
main
taining
a
xed
p
osition
or
xed
path
for
your
hands
indep endent
of
the
amount
of
force
required.
In
lo ck
pic
king,
y
ou
must
learn
how
to
apply
a
xed
force
indep endent
of
the
p
osition
of
your
hand.
As
you
pull
the
pic
k
out
of
the
lo ck
you
w
an
t
to
apply
a
xed
pressure
on
the
pins.
The
pick
should
b ounce
up
and
down
in
the
k
eyw
a
y
according
to
the
resistance
oered
by
each
pin.
T
o
pic
k
a
lo ck
y
ou
need
feedback
ab
out
the
eects
of
y
our
manipulations.
T
o
get
the
feedback,
y
ou
must
train
y
ourself
to
b e
sensitiv
e
to
the
sound
and
feel
of
the
pick
passing
ov
er
the
pins.
This
is
a
mec
hanical
skill
that
can
only
b e
learned
with
practice.
The
exercises
will
help
y
ou
recognize
the
imp ortant
information
coming
from
your
ngers.
7.2
Zen
and
the
Art
of
Lo
c
k
Pic
king
In
order
to
excel
at
lo ck
pic
king,
y
ou
m
ust
train
y
ourself
to
hav
e
a
visually
reconstructiv
e
imagination.
The
idea
is
to
use
information
from
all
your
senses
to
build
a
picture
of
what
is
happ ening
inside
the
lo ck
as
you
pick
it.
Basically
,
you
w
an
t
to
pro
ject
your
senses
into
the
lo ck
to
receive
a
full
picture
of
ho
w
it
is
resp
onding
to
your
manipulations.
Once
y
ou
hav
e
learned
how
to
build
this
picture,
it
is
easy
to
c
ho ose
manipulations
that
will
op
en
the
lo ck.
All
y
our
senses
provide
information
ab
out
the
lo
c
k.
T
ouc
h
and
sound
provide
the
most
information,
but
the
other
senses
can
reveal
critical
information.
F
or
example,
y
our
nose
can
tell
you
whether
a
lo
c
k
has
b een
lubricated
recently
.
As
a
b eginner,
you
will
need
to
use
21
your
ey
es
for
hand-eye
co ordination,
but
as
y
ou
improv
e
y
ou
will
nd
it
unnecessary
to
lo
ok
at
the
lo ck.
In
fact,
it
is
b etter
to
ignore
y
our
eyes
and
use
your
sight
to
build
an
image
of
the
lo
c
k
based
on
the
information
y
ou
receive
from
y
our
ngers
and
ears.
The
goal
of
this
mental
skill
is
to
acquire
a
relaxed
concentration
on
the
lo ck.
Don't
force
the
concen
tration.
T
ry
to
ignore
the
sensations
and
thoughts
that
are
not
related
to
the
lo
c
k.
Don't
try
to
fo cus
on
the
lo ck.
7.3
Analytic
Thinking
Each
lo ck
has
its
o
wn
sp ecial
characteristics
which
make
picking
harder
or
easier.
If
y
ou
learn
to
recognize
and
exploit
the
"p ersonality
traits"
of
lo cks,
pic
king
will
go
muc
h
faster.
Basically
,
you
wan
t
to
analyze
the
feedback
y
ou
get
from
a
lo ck
to
diagnose
its
p ersonality
traits
and
then
use
y
our
exp
erience
to
decide
on
an
approach
to
op
en
the
lo ck.