The sporting legend has dropped to 10th in the World Snooker Tour rankings and only played in one UK tournament this season as he prioritised the competition in Asia, and the 50-year-old star is delighted by his change in fortunes, which included a historic 153 break.
He told Sky Sports: "I've not been playing for a reason, just because I haven't had a game good enough to compete. So I've been trying to find that on the practice table and hopefully bring it to the match table.
"I've had quite a good year, really. I felt like I played really quite good at the start of the season, better than I was, and then I had a dip for a couple of months. January and February wasn't good and I thought 'here we go,' but I've managed to pull it back a little bit.
"We'll just see how it goes. I wasn't even going to play in the World Championship 10 days ago because I was too scared. I felt like I would embarrass myself."
However, now Ronnie is reconsidering because he feels like he has made some improvements.
He added: "But now I feel I probably will go, because I feel like I might pot a few balls. "It's not great, I'm not in a great, great place with it, but I'm better than I was maybe two weeks ago."
The Rocket's last World Championship win came in 2022, and he's chasing glory with the goal of surpassing Stephen Hendry to achieve a record eighth Crucible title.
He won't be playing any other televised tournaments before the World Championship, which will be held in Sheffield from April 18 to May 4.
Ronnie insisted the quality of his competition means he feels "good enough to beat players playing ok".
He explained: "I just can't get to the potting angle of certain shots, I can play maybe 60-70 per cent of shots comfortably, but there's other shots I just don't have in my locker.
"When someone plays like that, I'm just one-dimensional, really. It limits what I can do and the amount of pressure I can put on my opponent. I just have to accept that's how it is.
"On the whole I'm in a much better place now that I was in the last three years and I was two weeks ago. But it could easily fall apart and be in a bad place again soon. I'm just taking each day and week as it comes."
