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Well, the shot line doesn't change so the stance around the shot line can remain pretty much the same as with a player who stands lower. The biggest difference is in the arm swing. Once you start to stand a foot or more above the table, there will be some form of an elbow drop in the stroke...

My wrist hangs straight down at address and remains straight throughout the stroke, unless I intentionally unlock it for a particular type of effect, and I recommend the same to players. One example of a wrist release during the stroke would be a hard break shot. Another would be when the cb is...

Recurring bad habits are the result of a poorly trained sub conscious mind. Our sub conscious mind only knows repetition and is incapable of judging right from wrong. So, making the same mistakes repeatedly without correcting them is basically training your sub conscious mind to keep doing them.

If you're looking for immediate gratification, then watch TV and don't play any sports.

Right. Now you've got it. Too much vitamin K = thicker blood.

Yup. For sure. My dad was on blood thinners for over 25 years. Can't miss a blood test, have to stay on top of the numbers, don't make any major dietary changes, stay in touch with your doctor and adjust your dose based on his or her recommendations.

Great! Glad it helped. So now you have to analyze why so you can prevent the problem from recurring. What's your analysis of why your cue was going off line?

No worries. It didn't take any time. Remember, I used to play on tour. If I can't read a table in a quick glance, then I didn't deserve to play against the top level women players. I think you have the right idea in challenging yourself. Just make sure you remember that your sub-conscious mind...

You got the vitamin K part right, and the part where you need to keep your diet consistent right, but vitamin K is a blood-clotter, not blood thinner. Green leafy vegetables are high in vitamin K which can thicken your blood if eaten in abundance.

Well, I did give you the alternative of shooting the 4 in your chosen corner if you would have read my post thoroughly. That happens when you get a sharper angle on the 3 than allows you to stay under the 4. Regarding practicing more difficult layouts, I would recommend that you don't set up a...

The entire run goes to hell if you don't get good on the two. 1.) Punch the 1 with a little speed and come off the side rail stopping approximately parallel to the 2 ball. 2.) Shoot the slight back cut on the 2 with high running, traveling diagonally down the table using both side rails and...

One tee is not two tees.

Yes, according to the fallen tees, he would have to have moved the entire cue in a sideways motion parallel to the shot line. If that's what happened, then the problem should stick out like a sore thumb.

Well, I think you did an amazing job in being able to knock both tees over nearly perfectly parallel to each other. I don't think I could do that, even if I tried.

Gradually you can start to place the first two back around the cue, but keep the pressure of those two light and play mainly with the last three. A lot of people who play mainly with the first two, tend to play more with their hand than with their arm to where their hand is in some kind of...

Glad to hear it helped, Leigh. Perhaps you were twisting the cue ever so slightly with the first two fingers. As for the awkwardness, it's because right now it's out of your comfort zone, but for those of us who have been using that grip for years and decades, it feels perfectly natural. So if...

Great news, Mike. My dad had a mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve. The valve was still working 25 years later when he passed at 95 years old. What I learned over the years watching him, is to not skip scheduled blood tests, don't make any drastic changes to your diet, because it...

Sure. Just to let you know, I changed one thing in my post. I changed "there's no room for an aiming mistake" to "execution mistake," because in that context, I was referring to the result of the cue moving fast through your bridge hand.

There could still be other things wrong with your fundamentals.

Good question. Which bridge do you think will be more stable --- one that has more parts of your palm and fingers on the cloth or one that has less parts of your palm and fingers on the cloth? Since the cb is traveling at a fast speed over a longer distance, accuracy is key. I think the margin...