Pidge said:

I've skimmed through the thread, so my bad if this has been mentioned previously...but what about this shot do you struggle with - potting or getting enough backspin?

If potting then it's usually how you transition from regular alignment to jacked up alignment. Mirrors, lots of mirrors! Will help with this at home. Or you can video yourself and overlay some lines to see where you're going off line in the transition to jacking up.

If you struggle with getting enough draw then I believe this is an easier fix. Simply hit as low as the cushion allows with a punchy type stroke. Then practice. Lots and lots of practice.

Here we all are sounding like absolute professionals, but make no mistakes, this is a very tough shot and one that even the best in the world wouldn't enjoy playing.

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Making shot is the worst part for me.

Drawing it back, well, about half the time.

And I agree with others - it is an extremely tough shot for even top level professionals.

PS. I see that idiot u12armresl has posted. Whatever he said is just stupid. There's a reason he is on ignore. The Mods even admitted that he is an a$$hole.

I've skimmed through the thread, so my bad if this has been mentioned previously...but what about this shot do you struggle with - potting or getting enough backspin?

If potting then it's usually how you transition from regular alignment to jacked up alignment. Mirrors, lots of mirrors! Will help with this at home. Or you can video yourself and overlay some lines to see where you're going off line in the transition to jacking up.

If you struggle with getting enough draw then I believe this is an easier fix. Simply hit as low as the cushion allows with a punchy type stroke. Then practice. Lots and lots of practice.

Here we all are sounding like absolute professionals, but make no mistakes, this is a very tough shot and one that even the best in the world wouldn't enjoy playing.

JPB2 said:

I hesitated to respond. I’m not an instructor etc…. I noticed the body movement. Can any of the mechanics- like shoulder movement be attributed to grip. Looking at shot on 6 ball then 7 ball. Grip contributing to issues?

But OP. You are shooting well

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It takes me at least 10 tries to clean the table. So lots of takes before I got this one right.

I believe you would benefit from getting 4 points of contact on the cue - both hands, chin and chest. Hard to tell, but it looks like you only have both hands always on contact with the cue. If you can't get 4 try get 3 at least and have the chest always in contact.

As other have mentioned the body and head movement is very noticeable. Hard to tell why from this video tbh.

Uploading a video is all well and good of you making all the shots but you would be better served uploading a video of you missing shots as that's when things have gone wrong. Not sure how mobile you filming set up is either, but more focus on you rather than the table would really help too.

I'll finish by saying I would take what lots of people here say with a pinch of salt, my self included in that.

Island Drive said:

Gorst comment.... create a minimum break speed.

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Yes, I'd be fine with that, as long as there are some qualifications for very young players and those with any physical handicaps.

Of course, this will only work for matches having referees, but in WNT events, all "last sixteen" matches have a dedicated referee. Automated break speed surveillance in matches not streamed or refereed sounds expensive.

Still, unless the penalties are stiff, it won't be enough to stamp out soft breaking. Perhaps a second break speed violation could be loss of rack and a thrid loss of match.

skor said:

I wonder if making a heavy KW shaft without any inserts means that the wood is not torrefied enough to get all the moisture and other compounds out and keep it at a certain weight.
is there such a thing? a half baked KW shaft?

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You may be right…….do you think a dark color shaft, like Tsunami, has less moisture from being roasted longer?
Generally moisture is reintroduced in the process of torrefication that typically is 3-4% or the shaft is too brittle.

The cue makers I located that are capable of building a heavy flat faced KW shaft took me months searching to find
any that didn’t add weight to the shaft so many other builders told me they needed to do to meet my specifications.

So maybe skor has brought up something that explains how this gets done but Jim told me the only thing he has to
do is start with a suitably heavy blank that he meticulously weighs and segregates by categorization in his inventory.

Perhaps SCDiver2112, who’s conquered building 4 oz. KW shafts, can comment since he actually builds cue shafts.
All I know is Jim and 2 other cue builders told me it is not difficult at all when you select a suitable heavy weight blank.