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To drop or not to drop.... It really doesn't matter. My tip never touched the cloth unless I'm playing with screw back... And quite a bit at that. My cue is always as level as I can get it and is usually less than an inch above the rail. I've never understood why instructors recommend having the...

There are a few reasons that come to mind. One is its a nervous reaction as Dale said. Another is it helps with the timing... Well it doesn't really help but finger taps and waggles amongst the pros tend to be very reiterative and they move to their own personal timing even though they won't be...

The cue runs along my chest of that's what you mean, and yes the bent elbow does lower the torso especially the chest a little. This could also be a reason for the bent elbow... To get as low as possible with comfort in mind.

The same has been said for fat vs thin players but it doesn't seem to matter if the players out in the effort. Judd Trump and Stephen Lee come to mind. Both have two of the best looking and most reliable cue actions known to man.

I'm opposite eye dominant and the only way I can cue accurately is with both eyes evenly either side of the cue with the left eye a fraction closer to the cue ball with a slight turn of the head. Not to mention when I'm tired. In this instance I massively favour my non dominant eye with it...

With a locked elbow I grip my pool cue at the very back of the butt, not ten on the grip. With a bent elbow I grip at the very bottom of the grip. Shifting about a hand further up the cue so you just have to choke up a little. Again, with vision, you just make minor adjustments and anyone who...

Snooker cues are the same length. They just don't have a rubber bumper so when they are upright on the floor they look slightly smaller by an inch or so.

Its how it forces the body to be positioned. You effectively don't hit the chest as soon as you do with a locked elbow.

I agree the snooker world do have a warped sense of some of the physics behind the game. They don't have a Dr Dave though to be fair. More and more are starting to read through his website and more and more are getting to grips with what actually goes on when playing with side. The follow...

http://www.thesnookerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/378x286xGavin_TipToWhite_Frontview1.png.pagespeed.ic.MjqMh09fNA.jpg Hopefully this link works. 90degrees seems like a hell of a lot of bend.

How low do you get on shots? Getting through the ball better because of a kink in the elbow is something professionals and instructors alike all agree on in snooker. If you don't have issues in getting through the ball with a locked arm then it will not help much. But if you do this is...

You touch upon another great benefit... Alignment. It helps get everything (of improtance) onto the line of aim. Its a shame you didn't stick at it if it was getting everything aligned. I remember trying the square stance with the feet 90 degrees to the shot line and I went home with sore...

I could see one possible reason it wouldn't work perfectly on a snooker table... The nap of the cloth. Pinks off their spot to the middle pockets played slowly have to be aimed to miss the pocket because they roll off. I've tried CTE on snooker tables and it works ok. It is hard to keep visuals...

Maybe. I just feel all hunched up with a locked elbow. It also puts a lot of strain on the elbow joint.

Its something not many do instinctively... The natural way for many is to lock their bridge elbow. So why do they go against what comes naturally? Well, here is my take on what benefits a slight kink in the elbow has. Firstly, it allows you to comfortably transfer more weight forward in your...

You keep them pictures to yourself duckie. Im sure SVB will be thankful that he won't have to compete against guys you've shared your deepest secrets with.

Just wipe the shaft down every once in a while. It happens no matter how you chalk so just get into the habit of looking after the shaft rather than trying to delicately chalk the tip. Its easier said than done. I haven't cleaned mine in about a year... And I use black chalk. Looks like I'm...

I simply set up a short straight in shot and aligned the cue aimed through centre ball to centre object ball to centre pocket and raised it on a couple of snooker rests. Got him to get down without touching the cue and asked him to position his head so the tip was aiming at centre cue ball but...

There are players who throw in the odd curve ball. I would be one of them. I am left eye dominant but cue with my eyes even on either side of the cue. If I place the cue with the left eye over it centre ball looks like I'm aiming a full tip to the right of the cue ball. This causes me to have...

Everyone has their own preference. My preference is to not think about it. I just sort of try get both balls and the pocket in my peripheral vision and the correct line of sin jumps out at me. Once I've got the line of aim it either cuts through the object ball in which case I focus on where...