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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

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The CBL in my user title stands for cue ball last. There are a couple others who might show up as well. Jason Shaw claims he does CBL for the reason you cited.

One caution about CBL. You need many hours of memorization of the ob reactions to your shooting before you can safely ignore them. Simply put, know your OB first.
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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

gerard soriano
I believe it has more to do with your Pre Shot Routine and lining your body up to the shot. A shot is made or missed long before you hit the q ball. I always look at the object ball last, but whatever works for You and if a certain way works better for You. I tell people If it aint broke dont try to fix it IMHO
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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

Jesse Cool
I want to talk about cue ball last before stroke compared to other sports that involve striking a ball. Please read on…

I recently made a change to my game that has made a considerable impact to the consistency of my game. I switched from object ball last to focusing solely on the cue ball when striking the ball. I do change to object ball last on certain shots such as when the balls are close together but for the majority it’s cue ball last on 90% of my shots now. The accuracy and consistency of my game has gone up tremendously. This has led me to really start thinking about how others sports focus on the ball they are striking.

I grew up playing baseball and golf from a young age. Obviously these sports involve striking a ball with some type of club. These sports and many others that involve striking a ball, require sole focus on the object you’re hitting. The only difference in these sports compared to pool is, pool requires striking a ball into another ball. When I really think about it, there many things you need to do before the shot if you’re going to take the cue ball last route. One of the most important is to pick your line from standing position and get down into that same line. Although, this is still required even for object ball last. This then leads me to all my years spent in golf. Which I think might be the most closely related sport to pool that requires striking a ball with a club into a hole.

In golf, you must pick your line while standing behind the ball. Once you have done this you get into the same line of the shot with your stance, waggle the club like pre strokes in pool, look up and down from ball to line just like looking back and forth from cueball and object ball, set for a short pause, backswing, and then finally strike the golf ball while having complete focus on the golf ball until contact is made then looking up.

I just found this very interesting when you look at it from another view point. Obviously this subject has been touched on many times but I wanted to have a discussion based on other sports that solely focus on the ball you’re hitting.

To me, it’s really starting to make more sense to focus only on the cue ball when you’re striking it. Once you have made a decision about the whole shot picture, focusing only on the cueball in theory seems to be the most accurate way of hitting the cue ball especially when dialing in specific amounts of english.

I’d like to hear everyone’s creative thoughts. The goal is to use the information and ideas in this thread to improve all of our games.
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What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

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Pool Cue Hub said:
Hi everyone,

I've been spending more time researching beginner pool tips, accessories, and game room setups while building a newer billiards resource site.

One thing I've noticed is that there seems to be a lot of advice online, but not all of it is useful for newer players.

If you could recommend one beginner tip, article topic, or lesson that every new player should learn early on, what would it be?

I've been collecting ideas and resources while continuing to build out my site:
https://poolcuehub.com

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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#1 Not when you are playing against someone but when practicing alone I say that the number 1 thing to do is if you miss a shot take the time to set it up again and shoot it over & over until you can make it consistently, believe me your extra time will pay you back ! I see too many new players just moving to the next shot, never learning anything. #2 Always be a gracious loser & always try to be a credit to a great sport, we cannot be champions all of the time but we can sure act like we are, Jus' Sayn' !
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New to Billiard Pool. Cue stick worth question

iusedtoberich
Nick Varner is a multiple time world champion. His peak as a player was in the 1980's. He used his star power to start a billiard company in the 1990's, and that's the cue you have. It's an import cue, not worth much today. He is still semi-active as a player, and his company is still going. I think he's about 80 years old now.
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What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

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Lowell said:
Table time is on the expensive side where I live, so I tend to get most of my practice in after league night. I mostly just work on long, straight in shots and try to get a feel for better mechanics.
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I'd say find a way to broaden that routine. Throw all the balls out - unless you're skimping on a coin op. (done that a lot) :ROFLMAO: Throw all the balls out and shoot <easy> patterns. Focus on every shot as if they were the long ones you like.Can you manage 50 "regular" shots per session?
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Johnny Archer finally pays off Oscar Dominguez

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g0ds gReeN said:
/jerkoffhandmotion

Once I heard him "proudly" say he'd do it again when he was on with Molina Mike, it's what I will always go back to when I hear his name. Sorry scorp, people besides God can also judge you. Yes, he paid off the debt finally. Congratulations on doing what you were supposed to do, fucking loser. "Let me apologize publicly and sheepishly hide behind faith as if I was always of high moral fiber" lol.

Hopefully he didn't steal the money from someone else. Lucky this wasn't with an organized crime element in it or he'd have gotten fitted for cement shoes.
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that livestream was a dumpster fire and should never have happened..
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Dynaspheres and WNT Launch Major Partnership as the New Balls of the Tour

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Kris_b1104 said:
You know you're not allowed to complain about the ball set on AzB right?

A top tier pro like Jayson Shaw can hit the wrong colored ball due to confusion but people get upset if we have gripes with a new ball set/color.

Get the fk outta here.

The only valid reason I can see them changing the color is for people who are colorblind, like our good friend @iwaspreviouslywealthy

We are entitled to our opinions.
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looks like dynasphere tungstens without the illegible numbering. instead they put the numbers in a white blotch covering big parts of the balls.

valid reason? i would guess it's marketing. goofy colors and numbering, you immediately see it's dynaspheres. and because of how balls are made these days they seem to last forever. probably not a bad idea for manufacturers to change aesthetic stuff if people aren't buying new balls because of wear
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What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

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straightline said:
This might be too general for what's going on with your progress, but on the one hand you have a genre that requires extreme competence and on the other hand, you want to attain that competence while having fun.

The choking you cite is probably self induced conflict. The match gets "real" so you apply rational (and unfamiliar) concerns to an incomplete skill set. Maybe it's the one ball or you can't seem to stay in line. Simply put, you're in over your head.
Back to the drawing board.

You may be lacking in patience. You want to hotrod your talent. That's still a tedious process. Skills have to be commensurate with ambition.
Back to the drawing board.

See a pattern?

Mastering pool isn't about who you beat. It's about mastering pool. The lessers will fall by their own folly.
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I think there is a subconcious issue going on where I'm too focused on my record (against both stronger and weaker players), and it's getting to my head once I get on hill.
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