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You are lucky to have a resource like AZ Billiards, there are many posters like Bob Jewett and Dr Dave billiards who have dedicated a lifetime to the sport, Pro players on tour don't have the time to come here and give advice for free, being a Pro player is a grind just like in any other sport...

I'm using the hard tip so no mushrooming at all, I was using hard layered leather tips before using the Bulletproof Recoil tip, a Tippik is not a good tool for that kind of tip in my opinion so I was hesitant to use one on the Recoil tip, after shaping my tip to a proper nickel radius I figured...

I was practicing a couple of days ago and noticed I could not cue as low as I thought I should be able to, I pulled out the old training ball and sure enough, I could not even get close to the accepted limit on the cueball, was it the tip? It sure was.... but it wasn't the tips fault, it was the...

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Because a couple of millimeters at the cueball can mean a 1/4" at the object ball which means you probably missed your shot and you don't understand why you missed it, you think you are doing everything right and you may be doing so, the problem is your cue is not traveling in the path you...

It could be but my first experience was to put the shaft directly under my dominant eye, my instructor said you draw the cue ball pretty well, he had me attempt to draw the cueball straight back from one side pocket into the other, every time I did the cue ball went to the right, he said your...

That was my experience as well, I started just shooting with my dominant eye over my cue and it was a huge improvement but after a lesson with PBIA billiards instructor Kim Young at Dragon Billiards he fine tuned my vision center, mine is about 1/4" from my nose in the corner of my right eye...

If you learn how YOUR brain perceives what your eye sees you can use it to your advantage, it was the biggest advance in my game and I would never discovered on my own.

John Morra was a champion level player who was left eye dominant but used to shoot right handed, it caused neck pain to the point that he had to quit the game, he spent a couple of years learning to play left handed and is back playing tournaments again, pretty amazing

Looks good, I use Becue cues, they are CF butt and shaft, I would love to hit one Just to see what it feels like, I believe players who like wood but like the benefits of CF would have interest in these.

I really could care less what color any ball set is, I don't think the color of the balls makes you miss....hey, I didn't think of that....the color of the balls is making me miss 😁😁😁😁

If you are only breaking at 15 to 18 mph I would argue that the better transfer of energy a CF shaft provides would help a weak break speed, I know this well....... my break speed sucks

How old is this kid? If he is very young let him bang the balls around, young kids interested in pool instead of video games ain't a bad thing 😉

I understand this well, if you are anywhere near NY, Google Dragon Billiards, Kim Young, he is a great instructor, he may know someone close to you if you are not near NY, 1- 607 - 743 - 2055

One of my friends was a sharpshooter in the military, he is right handed but left eye dominant, you don't choose it, you've heard eye hand coordination but this is not true, it's eye,brain, hand coordination, your eye sends information to your brain and your brain then processes the info and...

Every missed shot is caused by human error, either by physically missing the target or improperly acquiring the target.

Kim Young, PBIA Billiards instructor, taught me to map out everything backwards in 8 ball as well.

If they were easy shots no one would EVER miss them......

I bought a set too, they were cheap I believe because of the color, the colors never bothered me and they play really well for $70 ball set, they roll very well, if you don't like the colors .....make them disappear into the pockets.......

It could be both, the OP stated he bought a bunch of different break cues, I didn't hear him mention any instruction......