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Hook plainbutt, have a friend or someone watch your arm. The J to the left is most likely caused by 3/4ths the way through your stroke your body movement (elbow or such) is bringing your hand away from your body (right) and the bridge is the pivot point bringing the tip to the left. Is your...

Schon for sale I have a Schon STL1-EB Cocobola for sale. Approximately 19 ounces and original shaft which is a little over 13 mm. Straight and only played with a few nights.

Racking First off, buy Joe Tuckers Racking Secrets DVD. You will learn far more than you ever hoped. But on that, he doesn't go into so much detail on racking/breaking 8 ball to cheat. 9 ball is, on the other hand, completely open to reading the rack (or racking yourself) to an advantage that...

Cue Ball Control Improving cue ball control takes a lot of practice, knowledge and skill. Knowledge of cue ball path on stop shots, follow shots, draw shots. The skill to be able to execute stop shots from all distances (consistantly). This is where practice comes in. The other big step is...

Skill Levels From playing over 5 years in the APA I have seen a lot of weird things. I have seen a brand new player was handed a match (now no E-8's or anything like that). The other player dogged everything and left an easy table for the new player, they got out, beat them what looked badly...

Wrist Curl There can be lots of reasons why you are curling your wrist. Here is my 2 cents on the subject. You are tensing up when you are shooting "Power" shots. This is wrong and you should be completely relaxed. Your stroke should still be smooth and fluid, but just a quicker stroke...

Breaking Depending on what game you play.... 9 ball I would recommend the cut break. Break from the side with a slight cut on the one ball and with a little draw. without breaking hard you can make the wing or the one ball. 8 ball you can break from the side and try 1 of 2 breaks. First is...

Great event Having a blast with this 6-pocket. A lot of good teams and a great new game.

Slip Stroke I have heard of a stroke called the "Slip Stroke". This is where the cue is actually sliding forward on the final stroke and during contact with the cue ball. If you play around with this you will notice some interesting results. Letting the cue slide a little during the...

Jumping Jumping straight is all about alignment. Most people (right handed) come off the line of the shot when they raise up for a jump shot. They start on the line and pull the cue up and left. If you have a friend double check your alignment after you are raised up this should confirm...

Difficulty... I know the difficulty on the shot if it was just a masse. I'm fairly good at regular masse shots. But for this shot I jumped the 8 ball with right english. I hit just enough height and speed that the cue ball cleared the 8 and right about when it started to masse it had stopped...

Difficult... I would say I'm 95% chance to make a good hit on that long jump shot (the other 5% would be because the 9 ball was so close to the line of the hit), but to add a little masse so that it hooked at the end to cut the ball, I was pumped up. So pumped up that even though I had really...

I was playing earlier and came across this shot. First I grabbed my jump cue. Then I noticed it was a full ball jump over the 8 ball and then I would be hitting the 6 ball on the wrong side. I told my friend I'll just masse the shot a little. What would you say the difficulty of this shot is?

In my opinion I wouldn't come up with just 1 practice schedule. I would start with how many days a week you are going to practice. If you are practicing 3 days a week then come up with 3 different practice sessions. Start with a 15 - 20 minute warmup which should include stroke straightness...

I wasn't aware Mika had switched to the USA's side, but that would be nice. I would like to see the team SVB, Dechaine, Archer, Putnam and Deuel. I play out of Archers pool hall and get to see him and Putnam play often, so I'm pulling for both of them to make it. Deuel is one of my favorites...

Insructor Qualifications I have been teaching in the Atlanta area (mainly North near Marietta Billiard Club) for about 9 months now. I do not have the BCA certifications but I will eventually get certified. These 9 months have been a major learning experience. I have helped brand new...

Start Over Starting over is great advice. I try to be completely immersed in the task at hand. I take a drink of my beer, oh I mean water. Then step up to the table and reevaluate. I go through my whole routine and if I'm focusing/concentrating enough by the time I get to the end of my...

Fundamentals As far as what someone said about firming up your grip, don't take that too far. You don't want to be gripping too tight, that will ruin your stroke. The daylight seen through your grip can be closed up without actually tightening your grip. A pointer that helped me stop...

8 Ball 8 Ball is one of the hardest games that most people play. You have decisions to make throughout the entire rack. A few pointers: Always have a plan and you may have to adjust it throughout the rack. Never run out your easy balls and leave a problem ball. Always take care of the...

Stroke There's a few key principles to focus on: Level Stroke Loose Grip Accelerate through the ball Follow Through like said before, people want to hit this shot harder and they might tense up which slows the stroke. Or they jerk through trying to power through and they hit higher than where...