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I would shoot this shot depending on the table and table conditions. On a fast table, I'd hit middle right and let the cue ball come back under the 8 ball. I'd shoot it up into the corner opposite the 9 ball. Lots of room for shape. On a slower table, I'd elevate a bit and cue a little low...

Michael...I'm ready for the first installment, but you'll have to start at the beginning. No big words and some pictures for me, is all I ask. After all, you're dealing with a pool player or two. :thumbup: Best, Mike

The upstroke has been panned and dismissed on these forums many times. Even though some of the best in the world have used it, we still can't discuss it without derision. We have several other posters beside yourself, who know something about it, from whom I'd like to hear more. It's not for...

Max Eberle talks about it in one his DVDs, too. I use the visual of tossing the cue ball at the object ball several times as I look at the shot and can actually feel my grip loosen as I do this. :cool: Best, Mike

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SS, Where've you been? Don't stop posting, now! We're just getting started on a 30 page thread. It'd probably take that long to explain all that stuff rolling around inside your head. Sooner or later it's either gotta be shared with the rest of us or get surgically removed to relieve the...

I think a consistent stroke speed is a big part of using BHE. With TOI, a player can adjust their aiming by slightly changing the speed of the shot. In a broader sense, all types of cue ball address can be adjusted to vary the shot line. Depending on position, the IE (to CP) is the easiest to...

LAMas, I also pivot past center to the outside spin. The interesting thing is that I can stop anywhere on the pivot, even before CCB and get any amount of IE or OE I desire. Once the initial setup is established, the BHE, pre-shot is fairly easy to do. When I setup with an inside address at...

All spot on points. I agree with your IE statement (let Keith know if you see him). I fought going past the TOI point, but I took a leap of faith anyway. :smile: Since CP2CP aiming is always inside the cue ball, it got a lot easier with repetition and your continued instruction. :cool: On your...

Don't turn down into the shot. Your shoulder will move your left eye over the stick. Come straight down by bending at the hips as you face the shot with your right eye as dominant. I know...I fight this everyday and had to learn how to do it. :smile: Best, Mike

The squirt compensation is very real and up until a year or so ago, I tried to eliminate it in my game by staying with center cue ball as much as possible. This thread and a few others in the past with you have opened my eyes to how easy it is to aim the cue ball using parallax viewing and the...

He deals with posters on this forum regularly and I'm sure he's aware of AZB's existence. i think it's be great to be able to set up table layouts and have a guygal like him, Keith, CJ, Ray, Chris, Adam, Kid, Danny, Donnie, Mike,SJD, Stan, Landon, Stevie, Darren, John, Bill, Gene, Lee, David...

LOL :thumbup: Best, Mike

I'd like to take a lesson from him sometime. I'm in the Midwest is the only drawback. I think he'd be interesting to talk to about his take on the game more than anything. You could pick up a few pointers, I'm sure. Best, Mike

John, I don't really swipe up on an upstroke. I'm just changing my address on the cue ball and cue angle as I stroke up the ladder. I move through the cue ball rather than up off of the cue ball. I get the sensation of solid contact instead of hitting with the edge of my tip which produces a...

Hey Bill, I think it's the same general principle CJ talks about. I also think the confusion about the hammer stroke is the visualization of the movement by players trying to drive the hand forward and break the wrist down in their stroke. It seems counter intuitive. The key element is...

Another way of looking at it with CP2CP aiming and using IE is that you may need more or less spin. For instance, if you have a thinner cut and your corresponding cue ball contact point is at the edge of the cue ball, instead of hitting the extreme outside edge of the cue ball, you can pivot in...

LAMas, I tried it and found it'll work if I do the work. I like the first CP2CP you showed me better and it has one less step. :smile: A common denominator is the pivot. Part of that pivot gives the shot an over cut on the object ball and is the adjustment for the problem of not being able to...

John, Your post is exactly the point I tried to make in some of my previous posts. You limit the cue ball hop and slide that most strokes create. This helps with cling and throw in close quarters and can allow a player to shoot softer for better speed control. The stroke gets a bad rap when...

Hey Bill, The Snap-On truck is like XMAS on wheels. :smile: You ALWAYS need something! A few years ago, Gerry Kanov told me to watch what the Pinoys (Efren) were doing. He noticed several patterns in Efren and Busty's PSRs that helped to set up the low cue ball address and finish you're...