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You will improve much more by holding the cue lighter also. Focus on a straight-slow backswing and a straight accelerating foreswing. Not zero to 60 but zero to 30 to 60.

Here is the way that works for me. I usually take two warmup strokes. Inhale on the fore stroke, exhale on the backstroke, inhale on the fore stroke, exhale on the final backstroke. When the air is out of your lungs there is a short pause before the next inhale. During that pause is also my...

Sorry bankrupt California. The overspenders can not control their budget and then want the other states to bail them out using tax money paid in by Texas and other states. What a pathetic lot. Go bankrupt!!

I have a table light that accepts 3 bulbs. I took out the incandescent bulbs and put in 3, 60 watt LED's. Perfect lighting and low energy usage. Not much heat generated either.

C.J. I think pool halls and leagues will come back but not so well this year. Everybody is hurting and with some dark numbers coming from employment and manufacturing and retail, who knows what the future brings? I think pool will fare a lot better than close fan contact in a football arena.

I thought triangle tips were "hard". Why would you want them pressed?

John Morra and Chris Melling come to mind as having big time pauses.

Thanks for the input.

I think that is true. After 40 years of playing the wrong way and forming a lot of bad habits, I am progressing into an orthodox stroke routine but it is a challenge. I am getting there. I think by the end of the year i will be near where I want to be. Now I have these forums, U-Tube videos...

For me, pausing a full second on the backswing helps me make more balls.

The pause is so very important. It prevents a "shuddering" effect between the triceps and biceps. This shudder will cause cue tip to be off.

Spraying won't matter. Most pool halls have old moldy carpet that never gets cleaned. It is full of critters and mites and stale beer and coke.

Thank you Randy.

Randy, would you say that timing is the same as rythm? If not, how is one different from the other? IN my mind "smooth transition" is a combination or a blend of timing and rythm. Am I right or wrong?

Thank you all for your input.

Thank you Bob.

What are the two main things most have to work on to improve their stroke? Then, what is the right routine to work on these two stroke issues to improve. If you would like to mention more than two, have at it. Thank you in advance for your input.

If you already have a butt, then I would order the shaft only with the correct pin size fitting your current existing butt and go with that. You do not need a Cuetec butt. That's what I did.

I was not having enough follow through on my digicue blue. So I went to an exaggerated follow through. Many repetitions concentrating on smooth transition with exaggerated follow through. Finally I managed to stay in the high green (good) area of the "follow through" section of the digicue...

When sighting down the cue ball, look at the left edge of your tip. Is it hitting the right side of the cue ball therefore putting running english on the cue ball? This spin will give the cueball tremendous acceleration. In this case center right should get you there. A smooth transition...