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Once you have located the shot line, then you have a few choices as to how to proceed. My preference is to find the line first by standing directly over it, then immediately planting my back foot on the line. That becomes my reference point. Once I've done that, I can move my head off the line...

How do you do it?

When the last three are the main pressure points of the grip, the thumb and index never come into play. The thumb doesn't cross or grab on to the third finger. With this grip, the thumb and index finger are lightly around the cue, with the thumb maybe barely touching the third finger, but...

Been preaching this for years --- the last 3 fingers ---best grip. Light on the first two.

I liked him! Sorry to hear of his passing. I will remember him fondly.

In order to compare yourself with a pro, you first must eliminate the most important variable, which is cloth condition. If they're playing on a new cloth, and you're not, you'll never be able to draw the cb like them, or like anyone for that matter. So if you're watching them in a pro...

Players who consistently miss shots that they should make while running balls usually do so because they change their pace. In most cases, they tend to speed up and skip parts of their pre shot routine. Speeding up during a run and taking short cuts in their routine is a common mistake made by...

Well, I think when side spin is involved, it becomes a two-step process. First determine the hit without any side spin, which becomes your base. Then re-aim the shot from there to account for squirt, depending on how much side spin and force you want to apply. As to what to look at when you're...

Yes, you're right. I just saw the word 'cue' in the title.

'Cue' as in cue ball or pool cue?

A combination of both feel and some rules of thumb help players to determine if there is a potential kiss. With a cross bank for example, if both the cb and ob are lined up straight into the opposite pocket, the kiss is almost inevitable. There is a possibility to avoid it with extreme inside...

OK, thanks. Usually, when a player refers to the pocket being out of their line of sight, they're referring to a back cut shot, where you are literally shooting the cue ball in the opposite direction of the pocket at an obtuse angle. For example: If you were to shoot the first shot in the left...

I'm confused. Which corner are you trying to shoot both shots into --- The right corner or the left corner pocket from where you're standing behind the cue ball? You say to the left, but do you mean the left corner pocket for both shots?

You find the line of the shot while standing, which helps you place your feet and then ultimately your pool cue, and then when down, you place the cue tip at a certain spot on the cue ball, which is also an aiming process.

Both. Two different processes, but both are necessary.

When you practice the shot, do you mark it and shoot it different ways until you figure it out? Wouldn't that be the logical thing to do? You can ask people about it, but they aren't you. They don't apply English the exact same way as you do. Maybe you don't hit the ball as low as someone does...

Imagine the object balls are in their underwear. But seriously, you're giving thinking of missing too much weight and making it too important. Everyone thinks of missing. When it happens to me, I learned over time to view it as a fleeting normal thought that doesn't have any importance. My...

The tool for straight stroke training is already in your arm. When I competed in WPBA pro events, there was often a lot of pressure. Being under pressure can lead to a wobble in your stroke. So I knew I had to develop something for myself to assure a straight stroke under pressure. Here's what...

Do you know the old expression, ' Stay down and follow through?' If you do both, it will promote good stroke timing. Many people have asked what following through does, since it occurs after impact. When you start your stroke with the intent to follow through, it will affect your stroke timing...

I don't like this angle for stun. The hit is too thin for me for a stun shot. I would feel it's difficult to control the stopping point of the cb with that shot. I would use low and maybe one tip of left, medium soft hit would do the trick.