for me ive found a 1 hp shop vac works great then a damp rag. small and easy to move around with one hand. and the other vacuums
or just either one is better than any brush.

SBC said:

Tell me the percentage of times a WNT pro hits the ball center only?
It ain't even 30%

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Maybe so, but they are, and are able to, hit the center when they want to, that's a big difference.

Timothy Leary's wife.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

I've tried the whole hitting it up and down the table thing to see if the cue ball comes back to your cue tip. Turns out I'm really good at hitting the centre.

But if I try and hit the bottom centre and get it to come back to the cue tip, it feels like an impossible task. I do feel I miss more when playing draw shots so quite probably this is the cause. No idea how to fix it though.

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you simply are not stroking straight all the time or just on your draw shots. only you can figure out which. and need to do.

when hitting to extremes on the cue ball each little bit moves things a lot more off course.

start by practicing hitting stop shots that actually stop with no spin. until you can do that you have no stroke that goes straight.

then slowly go down a tiny bit and draw back a certain amount of inches. till you can do that to what you think is your ability. keep going back until your reach your limit.

then until you can go more don't draw past that point as you are just going to miss the shot.

Chris,

the problem is if you cant hit the center of the cueball you cant also know where or the amount of english you are putting on your shot.

so a little right for position might easily mean hitting it dead center or even a tiny bit with left english. or more right than you want.

the idea of being able to hit it dead center enables you to hit all your shots exactly on the cueball where you intend. instead of hitting in an area of it. you simple become much more precise and make more shots. and most importantly don't miss some shots that are almost gimmies.

and in reality most shots are made correctly with a hit on the centerline of the cueball without using left or right english at all.

ShootingArts said:

The main catch in my viewpoint is if you can't hit center ball, why would you think you could consistently hit a certain distance from center?

A deep thoughtgrin) If you can't hit center accurately you can't hit to one side any more accurately. I would go so far as to say if you can't hit center accurately you are even less accurate hitting to the inside or outside because you always use center as beginning reference even if you don't consciously do it. Hitting to the side when you can't hit center is compounding errors.

Hu

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Ok. Center ball is a figment. Hold the cue ball at eye level - or anywhere comfortable. Place a second ball on top. Balance for 40 seconds. If this is too easy, try in a crowded bar...

Center ball might be a function of stroke and stroke speed.

What to do? It's on you.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

I've tried the whole hitting it up and down the table thing to see if the cue ball comes back to your cue tip. Turns out I'm really good at hitting the centre.

But if I try and hit the bottom centre and get it to come back to the cue tip, it feels like an impossible task. I do feel I miss more when playing draw shots so quite probably this is the cause. No idea how to fix it though.

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Same stroke no matter what the other requirements is a good place to start.