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You must be referring to this scene... I actually use the words "Dollar Bills" from that movie for tempo practice........Dollar on the backstroke and Bills on the forward stroke. The "Dollar" is a two syllable word and the Bills one. It acts as a sort of stroke metronome and promotes a slower...

Another great video.....RE: The cue pointing method....I suspect that method will work better for players that align the cue under the dominant eye (on the same side as the grip hand) Here is a similar but slight variation to that method I did not see in the video you might evaluate.........If...

I was not talking about the bridge being solid.....Personally.....I like to think of keeping the bridge "solid" which naturally will guide you torward keeping a slightly firm pressure without any un-neccessary over use of the muscles.... What I was referring to was open bridge shooting off the...

Honestly I am not even sure what balance point on the cue defines a forward balance vs rear balance.......I like a balance point that is anywhere from the top of the wrap to about an inch in front of the traditional wrap...but then again...what defines the distance from the top of the wrap to...

I don't have different cues for different games.....but I do have a different cue for a different venue......If I am going to be playing in some back alley hole in the wall bar room and don't want to carry a case, break cue etc...or worry about theft, close proximity table, chair and wall...

So that is how they make bar box tables......Wash down a 9' with hot water and it shrinks....😝

There are a few different makers of chalk holders that sell them online.......just not a fan of the hard plastic material. I just designed and printed my own with a TPU filament that has a rubber like feel to it....made some indents for the fingers....won't roll away....and when done...

If you are lined up correctly it does not matter what you look at, you can close your eyes and still make the shot if your stroke is good. How many have had that in the zone moment where you feel like you can't miss and try and recall what you were looking at only to find you can't remember and...

A little trick I use to help with alignment on those not quite straight in shots....(actually I use this method on most shots) is instead of standing behind OB to pocket....First stand behind CB to pocket. When standing behind CB to pocket the amount of angle on the OB becomes very apparant. In...

The only problem with the sticky holes is that you can't (easily) move them around.......That is why I made this. Move it around to any shot on the table and you have multiple references to aim and track line reference.....as well as a quick reference to tangent line (for someone that has a...

I have always done a very similar method yours described but IMO even easier to see.....(I have never bee very good at the off into space marks) .....Obviously my Green Lines are quick crude inserts so may not be exact......It is not the official name for it but I have always called it the "mini...

I never have liked devices that "force" you to make a straight stroke.....Why??? Sure you learn through reputative motion to repeat something 100 times.....The problem with the device though is it does not address the root cause of why your stroke is not straight....Even though you have a bad...

Absolutely.......IMO part of what makes a good instructor is his/her ability to read and adapt to what the student wants/needs. An identified recreational type player...(perhaps a student that enjoys league play and social interaction) bat wants to get better may quickly burn out from...

The trick (as an instructor) is to be able to watch the students "true" warm up.......As a Golf instructor (and I would suspect it would apply to a pool student as well) I would watch the students focus change from their "normal" warm up to a "impress my instructor" warm up as they became aware...

My thoughts flashed back to the days of my youth and the Pinewood Derby races. I then thought.....I wonder how long that print takes. Then of course it was the beginning of this scene......The OG Stimp.

I would tend to agree with......if it were boiled down to stats........ the bell curve would most likly lean more toward a thick hit.....aka undercut. What is totally being left out of this equation though is the mirror effect........There are many a player that will see shots different cutting...

I mentioned that same thing either earlier in this thread or the other joining thread.....It got ignored. I guess I will give him the benefit of doubt.....Perhaps B,C,D players in his area all do indeed overcut that shot. In my neck of the woods however..... B players tend to miss...

Aiming an Alignment are one in the same......Everyone uses a/a even if on a subconscious level....aka even if they don't realize it.......but no two brains are the same....so a method that works for one may not work so well for another.....but most everyone should be able to find one that fits...

I agree with Bob....half is half.....Now is it half full???.....or half thin?????.......;) Personally...I think unless you are into physics....the term "contact point" can be thrown out of pretty much any pool related conversation and the terms "aim or alignment points" are all that is...

So I guess that comment I hear all the time...."He missed it on the pro side" is a bunch of BS???? IMO....Pros and general players overcut and undercut shots equally......It just depends on the player and day if they are over or under cutting. The "hope" for any player is to miss consistently...