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If you're looking for immediate gratification, then watch TV and don't play any sports.

Right. Now you've got it. Too much vitamin K = thicker blood.

Yup. For sure. My dad was on blood thinners for over 25 years. Can't miss a blood test, have to stay on top of the numbers, don't make any major dietary changes, stay in touch with your doctor and adjust your dose based on his or her recommendations.

Great! Glad it helped. So now you have to analyze why so you can prevent the problem from recurring. What's your analysis of why your cue was going off line?

No worries. It didn't take any time. Remember, I used to play on tour. If I can't read a table in a quick glance, then I didn't deserve to play against the top level women players. I think you have the right idea in challenging yourself. Just make sure you remember that your sub-conscious mind...

You got the vitamin K part right, and the part where you need to keep your diet consistent right, but vitamin K is a blood-clotter, not blood thinner. Green leafy vegetables are high in vitamin K which can thicken your blood if eaten in abundance.

Well, I did give you the alternative of shooting the 4 in your chosen corner if you would have read my post thoroughly. That happens when you get a sharper angle on the 3 than allows you to stay under the 4. Regarding practicing more difficult layouts, I would recommend that you don't set up a...

The entire run goes to hell if you don't get good on the two. 1.) Punch the 1 with a little speed and come off the side rail stopping approximately parallel to the 2 ball. 2.) Shoot the slight back cut on the 2 with high running, traveling diagonally down the table using both side rails and...

One tee is not two tees.

Yes, according to the fallen tees, he would have to have moved the entire cue in a sideways motion parallel to the shot line. If that's what happened, then the problem should stick out like a sore thumb.

Well, I think you did an amazing job in being able to knock both tees over nearly perfectly parallel to each other. I don't think I could do that, even if I tried.

Gradually you can start to place the first two back around the cue, but keep the pressure of those two light and play mainly with the last three. A lot of people who play mainly with the first two, tend to play more with their hand than with their arm to where their hand is in some kind of...

Glad to hear it helped, Leigh. Perhaps you were twisting the cue ever so slightly with the first two fingers. As for the awkwardness, it's because right now it's out of your comfort zone, but for those of us who have been using that grip for years and decades, it feels perfectly natural. So if...

Great news, Mike. My dad had a mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve. The valve was still working 25 years later when he passed at 95 years old. What I learned over the years watching him, is to not skip scheduled blood tests, don't make any drastic changes to your diet, because it...

Sure. Just to let you know, I changed one thing in my post. I changed "there's no room for an aiming mistake" to "execution mistake," because in that context, I was referring to the result of the cue moving fast through your bridge hand.

There could still be other things wrong with your fundamentals.

Good question. Which bridge do you think will be more stable --- one that has more parts of your palm and fingers on the cloth or one that has less parts of your palm and fingers on the cloth? Since the cb is traveling at a fast speed over a longer distance, accuracy is key. I think the margin...

Well the big change when you shoot a draw shot like that from shooting other shots is that you have to flatten your bridge hand to aim low, and keep it secure while you move the cue faster through your fingers. If you're keeping the same bridge hand position and just pointing the tip low, you're...

Poor fundamentals.

It sounds like you have some bad habits that keep coming back, which, by the way, happens to everyone. The drills may have helped straightened things out a little, but over time, your sub-conscious mind will take over again. Drills are nice, but in order to break bad habits, you have to pay...