Hard to Find the Center of the Cue Ball
- By gregcantrall
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That reminds me of watching Ray Martin playing 9 ball. His cueball movements were always minimal and very precise. My assessment was his game shouted, "straight pool champion".Almost all shots under thirty inches, most under twenty-four.
My earliest study of Mosconi's book led me to a drill that refined short draw to precision. Starting with A line of balls between the two side pockets and ball in hand on the first shoot them in order to the foot corner pockets. Cueball can't touch a rail. A drill that teaches how to apply the side in small precision manner to help when just a little out of line. The throw of the object ball and slight change of cueball path are worth studying.