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I bet if we asked a lot of the top players what they did, the majority of those who said they look at cb last who actually watched them selves and looked out for their eye patterns would agree they look at object ball last. I'm not saying top players don't look at the cb last, but an...

Give them a cue, sit down and watch. It's amazing how enthralled kids get when playing for the first time. Take a mental picture of the look on their face and how into it they get. Once you have this locked in its simple. Simply try to recreate that look every time they play. Pool is a simple...

2016 has been an off and on year for pool. I've not really put in much table time this year. A few hours here.... A couple of months off, then another couple of hours. I quit smoking in January so naturally avoided the snooker hall so I didn't get the habit to light one up. Took a month off...

It means your vision centre is close, but you don't get get a cigar. Maybe.... If your vision centre was perfect on this little set up you would look down at your shaft and it would look centred beneath your vision centre. This is in an ideal world. In reality, if video and pictures prove...

Yeah, you can't bring the cue back then forward without a pause. What I mean though is a distinct pause that allows the body and head to settle and remain still.

A simple (rather) way to give yourself the best chance at celebrating through the white and having all the benefits that brings is to start the first cm-inch slow... Very slow, and controlled. I made a thread I believe a while back on it. The acceleration plus the added control and accuracy on...

If he always favours one side then this wouldn't be the case. If he has always favoured the inside of the cue ball... Which I've seen quite a lot... Then this could most definitely be the reason. It's still doubtful but it's definitely a possibility. Chances are the culprit is a wayward vision...

Did you set the lines up yourself? I'm a big fan of this test for finding your ideal eye position over the cue but it falls apart if someone having doubts or struggles with vision anyway sets it up. You set it up ever so slightly off and it's a void test. That's why manufacturers produce these...

It could also be that you cue with a little bit of unintentional inside spin. The reason the shots look thicker with a thicker shaft is that a thicker shaft generally produces more cue ball squirt so you have to aim thicker.... Or the tip is aimed through the cue ball thicker to compensate for a...

You may be one of those that subconsciously aligns with the inner part of the shaft, a little like SVB for example. Fran explains it very well, but basically with a thicker tip and shaft diameter the inner part will appear to be aimed thicker on the object ball, however centre of the tip and...

Hit the ball with outside on both shots. Straightens the cue balls direction up when playing these shots. You may think you didn't hit with outside but you must have, and quite a bit of it at that.

Buy a few sheets of a3 paper and cut thin straps of varying sizes and leave the along the rails. Place the straps on the table to create the borders of the zone. You can cut plenty of straps from an A3 size so it should be quick to change. It also doesn't restrict you to a rectangular or...

I always thought everyone just looked at the pocket, then the object ball and automatically got the eyes behind the cue ball along the line of aim and got down. How wrong I was. It is the way I do it and it wasn't until I joined this forum I learned about all the different types of systems...

You lack confidence in rolling the cue ball, right? Its something you're not used to naturally doing, right?thats why you're having issues. It brings doubt into your game. Am I going to make the ball, get shape... Too much going on in the head. I agree when you reach your level of play you...

Do it! I enjoy reading tips from other players. Can never have enough pool advice. I appreciate yours and everyone else's help in trying to get to the bottom of this. I'd like to see a thread on your thoughts on the grip. It will help lots of players out as I think it causes the most common...

My wrist is nice and straight all throughout the stroke. The vision shift doesn't make a difference to my cueing at all. I can still score heavy and make the breaks I just find it odd. Everything I've read points to it being fixed but I'm experiencing something different. It may be due to...

I've dropped you a message John. I'm not a huge fan of trying to get the head in one specific place under the eyes every shot. I always tell people to sight the shot and stay on this sight line with the vision as you get down and bring the tip to centre ball. 99 times out of 100 a player will...

I can't wait for Bob to reply. I assume his answer will be something I take for granted but I'm hoping he has picked up on something I've never noticed before that I can test out.

Does anyone experience this? One week, day, month you play with a certain vision centre and you play great then you start to play bad and can't hit the cue ball at all then you shift the vision centre slightly or drastically in some of my experiences and you play better than ever for a while...

I agree it isn't for everyone. But I feel you must have been doing something unorthodox if you found it to be restrictive. When done correctly your cueing accuracy goes through the roof and with that you are able to develop greater accurate cue power which is the important thing. The only way I...