straightline said:

My bad. I thought they might be package relief. Nice work. Any particular kinds of wood?

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Mostly marine ply - leftovers from a camper fitout. I may have bought in some thin ply for the drum skin. Tried to keep the skins as thin as possible and as hard a wood as possible. One of them was pine which sounded too dull.

trokiki said:

After few months with index and middle finger, I noticed this morning that my cue tip was diving when shooting. It seems like I can’t help but tightening my grip (like I can’t help anticipating the recoil when shooting with a gun, which makes me takes the gun a bit). Of course it impacts my aiming on the ball but also my precision.
I spent one hour playing with index finger only and noticed a real improvement. I wonder how common this grip and my diving issue are.

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Matt_24 said:

My game vastly improved when I switched to the grip I use now.

As far as grip placement I let it fall naturally into place (arm and elbow at 90 degree angle at point of contact).

For my actual grip I JUST hold the cue with the thumb and index finger. The other fingers don't touch the cue at all.

Grip pressure depends on the type of shot and I just kind of let that happen naturally.

Once I switched to this grip, my game improved vastly. Sometimes I forget and go back to an old grip...and have to realize what I'm doing before I switch back and instantly see my ball pocketing improve.

May or may not work for you, but it improved my game.

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After few months with index and middle finger, I noticed this morning that my cue tip was diving when shooting. It seems like I can’t help but tightening my grip (like I can’t help anticipating the recoil when shooting with a gun, which makes me takes the gun a bit). Of course it impacts my aiming on the ball but also my precision.
I spent one hour playing with index finger only and noticed a real improvement. I wonder how common this grip and my diving issue are.

hwang said:

Location?

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