tim913 said:

You really need to find an instructor, or at least a seasoned player, to help you. Your bad habits will be harder to correct the longer you wait. You talk about all the things you “see” or don’t “see” but you seem to confuse “perception“ with “execution” . Just because you can see what someone is doing doesn’t mean you can do it.

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Bob Jewett said:

We used to play "call shape" at straight pool. The record was 17, but I think he got lucky, as that was a very good run for him normally. It was only the next ball, and not the next pocket.

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Mobiker said:

It won't be a popular opinion here, but I've had the best luck showing people the Mosconi Cup. The production is great, there's a shot clock, and every shot is very important.

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uk_9_ball_convert said:

I can't get my head around why it's outside spin. So if I'm cutting 90 degrees to left middle pocket I should use right hand English. Surely hitting cue ball on the right handside will cause it to spin counter clockwise, then gearing effect will cause the object ball to spin clockwise which I'd imagine would make it try and swerve past the middle pocket rather than help.

I presume Dr Dave is correct and I have something wrong in my mental model of the physics. But would appreciate someone telling me where I've gone wrong.

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