It seems lots of people pick and choose what pool advise to accept the same way they pick religion, whatever religion conforms to thier way of thinking is the one they choose. DCP you have been practiceing and practicing constantly, what the hell is the change? Your gonna practice some more? READ THE INNER GAME OF TENNIS. You have a horrible mental game, and no amount of cloth, cue, roll blaming, or unlucky BREAK blaming is going to fix that. JUST QUIT COMPLAINING and blaming things other than yourself. You are the only person to blame when shape or a shot is missed. No shape on the break? Maybe you should watch what the 1 ball is doing and then either draw or follow the cueball to a decent position. Don't rate yourself higher than you are, accept that you arent perfect, you miss position, miss balls and its going to keep happening. Take in what happened, did you miss long or short? Did you hit the ball to hard or too soft for shape? Did you choose the wrong position route?