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How low do you get on shots? Getting through the ball better because of a kink in the elbow is something professionals and instructors alike all agree on in snooker. If you don't have issues in getting through the ball with a locked arm then it will not help much. But if you do this is...

You touch upon another great benefit... Alignment. It helps get everything (of improtance) onto the line of aim. Its a shame you didn't stick at it if it was getting everything aligned. I remember trying the square stance with the feet 90 degrees to the shot line and I went home with sore...

I could see one possible reason it wouldn't work perfectly on a snooker table... The nap of the cloth. Pinks off their spot to the middle pockets played slowly have to be aimed to miss the pocket because they roll off. I've tried CTE on snooker tables and it works ok. It is hard to keep visuals...

Maybe. I just feel all hunched up with a locked elbow. It also puts a lot of strain on the elbow joint.

Its something not many do instinctively... The natural way for many is to lock their bridge elbow. So why do they go against what comes naturally? Well, here is my take on what benefits a slight kink in the elbow has. Firstly, it allows you to comfortably transfer more weight forward in your...

You keep them pictures to yourself duckie. Im sure SVB will be thankful that he won't have to compete against guys you've shared your deepest secrets with.

Just wipe the shaft down every once in a while. It happens no matter how you chalk so just get into the habit of looking after the shaft rather than trying to delicately chalk the tip. Its easier said than done. I haven't cleaned mine in about a year... And I use black chalk. Looks like I'm...

I simply set up a short straight in shot and aligned the cue aimed through centre ball to centre object ball to centre pocket and raised it on a couple of snooker rests. Got him to get down without touching the cue and asked him to position his head so the tip was aiming at centre cue ball but...

There are players who throw in the odd curve ball. I would be one of them. I am left eye dominant but cue with my eyes even on either side of the cue. If I place the cue with the left eye over it centre ball looks like I'm aiming a full tip to the right of the cue ball. This causes me to have...

Everyone has their own preference. My preference is to not think about it. I just sort of try get both balls and the pocket in my peripheral vision and the correct line of sin jumps out at me. Once I've got the line of aim it either cuts through the object ball in which case I focus on where...

There is a video of Morris doing an instructional session on YouTube and he mentions holding a cube of chalk between index and thumb whilst holding the cue to give the feeling of how the wrist and hand should work and asks to hit some balls trying it. Very ingenious.

No his cue tip was out... And his vision centre for that matter. If he had his vision centre on line his top would have been aimed correctly... Which he now does.

I forget the guys name but he is quite old, looks a lot like Santa and I'm guessing was and still is a very good player. He mentions about prescribing the straight in shot and stopping the cue ball dead in a YouTube video. He mentions about finding where centre cue ball is. He says to him...

It is normally caused by tightening the grip or moving the fingers as a lot of players tend to do. It can also be caused by your eyes been out of alignment with the cue which causes people to try and manipulate the cue onto the perceived line the eyes have locked in. Try and drive the hand...

I shoot snooker at just below pro level I would say and I pot in any game at around a pro level. And I've spent god knows how long hitting a blue off the spot from the baulk line into the corner pocket and drawing the cue ball back into the opposite corner pocket or following the blue in with...

Everyone can perceive a straight line, not everyone can perceive what their hands, feet and head are doing without directly looking at them. Straight shots are the easiest shots imo no matter the distance involved. Like you say they are the easiest to aim. People struggle with them for numerous...

Catchy name! Everyone needs a starting point to help calibrate their shot whether it's the tangent line, a tip position or a certain front or back foot position. Pool is full of these calibration techniques to help you judge the final outcome. You mention about a llittle PAR you do. This is...

I literally put no thought into spin inducted or cut induced throw. Learn to spot the tangent line from behind the shot, learn to spot the 30 degree line from behind the shot and go forwards from there. Notice when playing with outside the tangent line changes so you have to play with a little...

Thing is snooker has a ref, fully aware of whats going on. If you eff up like williams has done in the past then its your fault...which males me think, who left the rack on the rail. If i left it id be like fair enough, and i would verbally abuse my self whilst sat in my seat. I forgot pool is...

You cant say for certain if it would or would not have changed the cue balls path. In that sense, foul. If Mike placed the rack on the rail, common decency dictates that you stfu and dont mention it. If the shooter placed the rack on the rail, then they only have themselves to blame and you...