Just a stray thought that I believe might help a few people who haven't been playing too long.
This little trick prevents a very common mistake, getting too close to your next ball. After we have played awhile and know how to move the cue ball around we have a tendency to put the cue ball where we looked last before setting up for the shot. I try to leave the cue ball 18-30 inches away which gives me a little leeway either way, trying to enter that area at a good angle when possible gives tons of leeway.(try to traverse the zone as closely as possible to the line of your next shot, not from a right angle to the next shot) A simple trick, looking directly at the exact spot on the table that we want the cue ball to stop often gives me good results. I don't like indicating a spot with my stick, when we do that we let our opponent know just how accurate our shot was.
Part of the game is a battle for information, never give your opponent any you don't have to. That includes showing any displeasure with the results of a shot. The weaker we appear the more confident our opponent becomes and few things improve a person's game more than confidence that they are in control. The less control we have of ourselves and the table the more control the other player feels. A bad shot does the least damage when we laugh it off. If we can't laugh it off the next best thing is appearing to. With a little repetition the laugh will become real.
I guess the information in the second paragraph is another trick, in south Louisiana we always like to give lagnaippe, a little something extra!
Hu
This little trick prevents a very common mistake, getting too close to your next ball. After we have played awhile and know how to move the cue ball around we have a tendency to put the cue ball where we looked last before setting up for the shot. I try to leave the cue ball 18-30 inches away which gives me a little leeway either way, trying to enter that area at a good angle when possible gives tons of leeway.(try to traverse the zone as closely as possible to the line of your next shot, not from a right angle to the next shot) A simple trick, looking directly at the exact spot on the table that we want the cue ball to stop often gives me good results. I don't like indicating a spot with my stick, when we do that we let our opponent know just how accurate our shot was.
Part of the game is a battle for information, never give your opponent any you don't have to. That includes showing any displeasure with the results of a shot. The weaker we appear the more confident our opponent becomes and few things improve a person's game more than confidence that they are in control. The less control we have of ourselves and the table the more control the other player feels. A bad shot does the least damage when we laugh it off. If we can't laugh it off the next best thing is appearing to. With a little repetition the laugh will become real.
I guess the information in the second paragraph is another trick, in south Louisiana we always like to give lagnaippe, a little something extra!
Hu
