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You know what they say...you are judged by the company you keep. I'm blessed to be in some very good company. Steve

Randy, They still don't know what they don't know. Do you remember the student I turned away from one of our schools in Charlotte? I saw him a couple of weeks ago. He is still shooting at the same level he was back then, and he still thinks he has all the answers. The only answer he didn't...

Where you grip the cue has very little to do with the cue, and everything to do with your individual body structure. The goal is to have your hand directly under your elbow when your tip contacts the cue ball. A loose grip that allows the cue to roll through your fingers as your grip hand...

That which happens after contact is used to help identify what was happening at contact. If all we were to evaluate were the actual time when the tip was in contact with the cue ball, we wouldn't have much to look at, would we? Steve

Have you ever been asked to watch a close hit on a pool table. If you try to see which ball was hit first, it can be extremely difficult. If you understand how to evaluate the results of the hit, it is very easy. Same principle applies here. Steve

Pool School is more fun than smoking. Pool School is healthier than smoking. Pool School will help your game more than smoking. There's your first three reasons! Steve

And just who is the one granting them this "leeway" on the subject of what a stroke should and shouldn't be? I think the years of research and study they have put in on the subject give them a good bit of credibility. How many videos have you studied of player's arm movements? How many...

I don't think he said anything about slowing dow the cue speed on the shot. Cue speed will vary from shot to shot as needed for position. And yes, the grip hand needs to be relaxed at contact. And no, your grip hand does not have to stop at the armpit. It needs to stop at it's natural finish...

Nine words to live by! Great sentiment! Thank you! Steve

Looks to be an inexpensive (Excalibur?) cue. Put a hard tip on it, and you could use it as a break cue. Steve

Tony? Amsterdam? Great player? Hmmmmmmmm. Wonder who that might be. ;) Steve

If you are interested, give me a call, or send me a PM. You could come up to Charlotte and we could spend a day at the table, set up the video camera and see what is going on. I suspect we could accomplish quite a bit in a day, and even with your driving, you could be up and back in a weekend...

If you really want feedback, rig it up so when you twist your wrist, or move the cue off the straight forward line, it sends an electric shock straight to the shooters hand. Same principle as those dog training collars. Bad behavior gets unpleasant results! I promise you will be stroking in a...

Scott, while drills like the ones diagramed do serve a purpose, they really aren't designed to address the straightness of your stroke. Whenever you miss one, you have to determine if you missed because of a flaw in your stroke, or if you were just off in your aim. Get with a qualified...

RWOJO. Which instructors have you already worked with? Steve

I will say this, and then I will quietly retreat from this thread. You only need one stroke. It needs to be smooth, it needs to move the cue stick forward in a straight line, and it should not be decelerating until after the cue ball and tip have separated. The only thing that needs to change...

Most tables have a sweet spot to break from. When I break in 8 ball, I usually break from the right side, on the head string about 1 diamond from the rail. (I like my bridge hand on the table, not on the rail.) If nothing is dropping, I start moving closer to center until balls start dropping...

Yes, there is a reason. When you are above the shot, your are working in 3 demensions, when you are at table height, it becomes two demensional. You have to make your decision while you are standing, verify it when your bridge hand hits the table, while you are still just mid way down, and...

Mine comes out in almost every class I teach. Steve

This whole thread can be debated on the forum for months with nothing being resolved. It can be debated on a pool table, and be put to rest very quickly. Steve