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Thread 'training cue balls'

Dec 14, 2006

What kind of drills can you do with one of those training cue balls, like Elephant or E-Z cue ball? Are they useful basically to show you how much English you're using?

They show you where a center cue ball hit should be, but I was wondering how useful that is when you have to hit an unmarked cue ball. I would think Joe Tucker's 3rd eye trainer would be better for that (I haven't used that either, so I'm just speculating). I don't have a table at home, so if I wanted to use any of these training aids, I'd have to take them with me.

• PKM
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The Rempe training ball is great for showing someone else how far off center they can hit the ball as well as all the in-between. Then they can visualize what you are telling them.

It is good to use a striped ball, as the cue ball, with the stripe pointed vertical - to see if you are hitting dead center or not. Also this will show you draw.

Personally I like playing with the measles (Pro Cup) cue ball because I can see what the cue ball is doing when it is down table. It gives me feedback on my shooting.

I also just use a striped ball and follow the Byrne theory that the top of the stripe or 70% is as much as you'd need to really hit it if you stroke it right.

First I place one of those sticky rings - the kind used to reinforce the holes in loose leaf paper - at the spot where I want the object ball. I then place the elephant ball on the ring with the seam where the white and red meet aimed straight for the pocket I'm shooting at. This gives me a good view of the contact point and the path the ob must tak