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OK, thanks. Usually, when a player refers to the pocket being out of their line of sight, they're referring to a back cut shot, where you are literally shooting the cue ball in the opposite direction of the pocket at an obtuse angle. For example: If you were to shoot the first shot in the left...

I'm confused. Which corner are you trying to shoot both shots into --- The right corner or the left corner pocket from where you're standing behind the cue ball? You say to the left, but do you mean the left corner pocket for both shots?

You find the line of the shot while standing, which helps you place your feet and then ultimately your pool cue, and then when down, you place the cue tip at a certain spot on the cue ball, which is also an aiming process.

Both. Two different processes, but both are necessary.

When you practice the shot, do you mark it and shoot it different ways until you figure it out? Wouldn't that be the logical thing to do? You can ask people about it, but they aren't you. They don't apply English the exact same way as you do. Maybe you don't hit the ball as low as someone does...

Imagine the object balls are in their underwear. But seriously, you're giving thinking of missing too much weight and making it too important. Everyone thinks of missing. When it happens to me, I learned over time to view it as a fleeting normal thought that doesn't have any importance. My...

The tool for straight stroke training is already in your arm. When I competed in WPBA pro events, there was often a lot of pressure. Being under pressure can lead to a wobble in your stroke. So I knew I had to develop something for myself to assure a straight stroke under pressure. Here's what...

Do you know the old expression, ' Stay down and follow through?' If you do both, it will promote good stroke timing. Many people have asked what following through does, since it occurs after impact. When you start your stroke with the intent to follow through, it will affect your stroke timing...

I don't like this angle for stun. The hit is too thin for me for a stun shot. I would feel it's difficult to control the stopping point of the cb with that shot. I would use low and maybe one tip of left, medium soft hit would do the trick.

I don't know what you mean by focus trigger, but regarding focusing on the ob, it can be done three ways: 1) During the final pause at the cue ball before the execution stroke begins, the player can switch their focus from the cb to the ob and keep it there through the entire back and forward...

Some players have difficulty bringing the cue back consistently slowly, regardless of the speed of the forward stroke. Many players fall into the trap of bringing it back as fast as they move it forward. That often will disrupt your stroke timing where you max out your stroke speed too early in...

You don't have to press that hard and put yourself in pain in order to have a secure bridge. If you keep this up, you can possibly give yourself a chronic tendonitis condition in your fingers. Then you won't be able to play for months until you heal. A secure bridge hand starts with the fingers...

Absolutely do not agree. To quote what the great Buddy Hall once told me: "You have to be able to play all over the cue ball." You need to have as many weapons in your arsenal of shots as possible. Why limit yourself? You can use those 4 points as reference points, but , sometimes you need to...

Well, that would mean then that we should be seeing a lot more breaks where the 9 stands still, right? Are we seeing that? I'm not. I think he should still check the 3 balls directly above the 9. It may have to do with their movement during the break in relation to the 9. Edit: Oh wait, I just...

Thanks for posting the videos. It's very helpful to see. Yes, I think you may be right about the loose balls. The problem with leaving combos on the 9 occurs when the 9 ball stays still and the other balls are moving around it. When the 9 stays still like that, it almost always means the the...

Yes, pressure changes things in players. But remember, pressure is self-inflicted. That up and down thing you see the pros do is because their thoughts are out of order due to nervousness. When your pre shot routine gets out of order due to the distractions of pressure, that's the kind of thing...

I think, at the least, depth perception is necessary in determining speed. Speed can affect your margin of error in the result. So, I think depth perception can play a role in aiming, although I can imagine some instances where it's not needed, but overall, you're giving up a weapon in your...

Back weighted cues seem to be a preference of rotation players. They seem to help keep the cue steady in making the big shots. I felt the difference when I first started playing with one. I eventually found my ideal balance point slightly behind the average balance point, with a little more back...

I think it does matter. For example: I use it when trying to train someone who normally drops their elbow in a detrimental way, to keep it still --- well, at least more still than they did before. Once I've explained to them that when they keep their elbow/shoulder still, the forward motion is...

Yes of course, but the topic of discussion was whether or not a combo on the 9 is left after the break. He said he noticed the combo after an unsuccessful break. I asked if there was also a combo after a successful break. Did you not get that part?