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Same grip, each and every time. Power shots or finesse, jacked up or jumping, draw or follow, even breaking. The cue slots into my hand the same for every shot, it's the only way I know.

Stephen Lee, even though he is a cheating disgrace to snooker used to say he tightened the grip at impact. Which reminds me, I wonder how he is getting on serving burgers at McDonald's. Tightening the grip just before contact actually zaps all the action out of the cue ball because it slows...

Pendulum, piston, j, ABC... It doesn't matter. I use a variety of any stroke imaginable when playing. Not just one. But I use just one wrist position and one wrist movement.

Another little trick is to release the pinky from the cue and keep it off throughout. I've heard of several players that do this on long shots.

A grips pressure can help reduce squirt? Am I missing something here....

I'm not asking anyone to do as I do. Like I said my wrists are very stiff which really helps me I feel in Cueing accurately. Other with more flexible wrists may not benefit from my insights. I know that if any person went to any of the instructors I've used and they saw a wrist that didn't hang...

A cues overall weight can help reduce squirt ? Am I missing something here...

A common problem amongst amateurs and even professionals. The difference between the two? Professionals learn to adjust for their wrist turning. If humans didn't have wrists, we would be far more accurate in striking the cue ball. The wrist can turn in all directions making it unpredictable...

I don't think I explained my self very clearly. I wrote that the stiffness, taper etc doesn't matter. Which I believe it doesn't as long as you are comfortable with those characteristics. I mentioned about me liking light cues... I wouldn't ever switch to a heavy cue if mine broke... I'd get...

I play a lot of pool, own about 16 pool cues. I mentioned what I did based on it effecting being able to move the cue ball around the table. I can spin or generate the same amount of power with any cue. If it's something I'm not used to it may take a little time practicing with it. Stephen...

I agree. It never crosses my mind. Soft stun shots which are meant to be the worst go where I want. Nothing trumps experience in understanding how pool balls react.

If you are playing players at your speed shouldn't you win about the same percentage of the time regardless of the rules? Or are you one of those players that never seem to get good rolls or any luck? Myth... I always get unlucky rolls and my opponent always gets lucky. :-)

The type of cue doesn't matter. It's all personal preference. I like really light cues. John Smith likes really heavy cues. Does a certain weight cue make anyone get more action, pocket balls better? No. Does a light cue, for example, make someone who likes light cues pocket balls...

Imagine the rail isn't there. Sometimes if you are to use inside it's best to try to fractionally miss the OB and go slightly rail first. Other times you need to hit the OB first for positional purposes... In this case it becomes more tricky and simply takes practice.

I've always used elks. Snooker, pool, what ever. When you get a good one they're unbeatable IMO, nothing comes close. I just don't like how soft they feel so I cut about 2/3 off before I install them. It can get fairly pricey. A new tip a month, and when you consider you may have 2 or 3...

Don't ever try mimic another person's timing. It can ruin your cue action. A better way is to film yourself just hitting shots, say 10 straight in shots trying to stop the cue ball dead. Remember what number shots achieved this because when you watch it back you can come up with a count for...

Pool is a power game. Aiming systems make you a more consistent Potter. X pro pool player couldn't make it in snooker, even if they started at an early age. The pros always think 3 shots ahead. The pros don't give anything back to the game.

Lol spoken like a true pool player.

Because your cue is never level, the butt is always higher than the tip, especially on draw shots think of the slow start as letting the butt naturally swing for the first inch before you use any muscles to drive the cue forward. If you try to control the cue for the first inch with your arm...

I was 13... It was over 10 years ago, I say months but in reality I can't quite remember. It definitely took a long time so was probably over the course of a year or two before it became second nature.