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If lining up half a tip left of the cue ball looks like lining up at the center of the cue ball for someone, how do they see the relation between cue ball and object ball? Are they aligned well there, and their dominant eye only deceives them w.r.t. the cue in relation to the cue ball? This...

That's usually the issue people describe before someone brings up the possibility of the vision center not being where it should be. It was merely an introduction to my theory.

In total agreement here. I just mean to stress that this "favoring" of one eye is, or should be, completely intuitive. This leaves me puzzled. Take this image as an example: The cue ball is in the horizontal center of one's field of view. The cue is perfectly vertical, and the tip aimed...

Yes, I have. And while I'm a huge fan of Dave's work*, a small section on this particular page is one example of the contradicting information circulating on vision center. Nothing to argue about here. You know cue and balls are setup in a straight line. Just put your head in such a way that...

Most people I know, at one point in their lifelong pursuit to become a better player, get obsessed with "vision center" or the "dominating eye". So did I. But after experimenting and thinking about it, I realized that most information found on the subject are trial and error suggestions...

Many paths lead to Rome, as we say over here. I mostly use back hand English (BHE) and slightly vary my bridge length on most shots: a tad longer than the cue's pivot point when I expect the cue ball to swerve, and equal to the shaft's pivot point when shooting harder or close to the object...

Maybe you just misinterpret the second "opposite". The cue ball will always deflect, as Patrick says, to the opposite side of the tip position. But always with respect to the line of the cue. If you adjust that line by pivoting at a certain point on the cue, you can make the cue ball go along...

Thank you all for the feedback. @Bob Jewett & @Patrick Johnson Thank you for your honest answer. I think I will continue the micro adjustments, at least on shots that require the accuracy. It raises the philosophical question though: when are the adjustments necessary too large to do it down...

Hi guys, I've spend the last few years working mostly on my fundamentals on my home table, as kids, work & other hobbies prevent me from finding the time to compete at the moment. I'm quite satisfied with the basic stuff (feet, shoulder, elbow, grip, bridge, etc.) and am confident that I move...

If your bridge length is equal to your shaft's pivot point, it will allow you to aim center ball and then pivot the cue (back hand English, BHE, see Dr. Dave's resources) to the desired left/right tip offset. The deflection or squirt will be compensated for any amount of side spin, and the...

Not a cuemaker, but I've done a bit of research on snooker cue making, and here's what I found concerning filling the grain. Mike Wooldridge uses a slurry of oil (boiled linseed oil I would assume, but he keeps the ingredients secret) and ebony sanding dust, which he rubs into the grain. This...

I do think there's a difference between basically each and every professional player on the snooker tour (from Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, ...) having a particular thing in common, compared to some pretty great players having some other particular thing in common. No matter what that...

What term should be used then? Unfurling seems to be the wrong one too. The back fingers certainly transform from a "closed"/"curled/wrapped around the cue" state to a more "opened"/ straigh ish state. At least when you do it like Shaun Murphy. No, we don't. Simply because I do not support or...

Then we don't disagree on anything :-) You're right, it should be a natural release, not exaggerated. I think the way Shaun Murphy (first video) does it looks very natural though. Chris Melling, well.. does look exaggerated. But he's cueing nicely none the less. I merely tried to say that...

I'm very positive that the percentages DLT gave for professional snooker players are accurate, and that indeed you will not find a snooker coach that will teach it any other way. There might be different emphasis on which fingers to use as the main grip (thumb + index, or thumb + middle, etc.)...

I have respiration protection for that purpose. But health risks like these can probably not be mentioned too often. Thanks! Thanks ! This is probably the most common way to finish snooker shafts, I agree. But just as I learned on here with pool cue finishes, there is more than one way to...

Thanks for these hints. Would you think I should use only dust from very fine sandpaper, or will a mixture of several grits work better? Will these two products allow the oil finish to penetrate into the wood afterwards or will they seal it? Thank you!

I quite like snooker cues. The highlighted grain leading to the arrows/chevrons look. The (I think here they are called) butterfly splices at the butt end. The silky feel of an oil finish, at the bridge and especially in my grip hand. I play pool with a hybrid Chinese 8-Ball cue, which is...

Hi, I would like to fill the the open grain of an ash shaft using cocobolo sawdust. Then apply an oil finish. Can you recommend any (color neutral) grain filler product that I can mix with the sawdust to rub into the grain? CA glue maybe? Does it have to be an oil based filler if I want the...

Some snooker cue makers apparently use ebony sawdust to fill/accentuate the pores of ash shafts to create the typical arrows/chevrons look. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ0Zrz-f_tA https://handmadecues.com/finer-details/ ( However, I assume most mass produced cues just use dark...