damn miscues
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No. A flatter stroke with some fundamentals will help.
fan-tum said:
The answer is no. Make sure your tip is properly shaped, hold a nickel behind it and it should follow the same curve as the nickel, or some like the dime curve. Make sure your chalked well before every shot. Maybe you are jabbing your final stroke instead of a a smooth follow through (probably what is happening). Loosen your grip on your cue a bit. Maybe you are hitting to far off center of the cue ball, try and stay within 2 tips width from dead center of the cue ball at most but mostly within 1 tip off center for english shots. A good practice is to shoot all shots with either center cue ball , 1 tip of follow or 1 tip of draw and use natural angles to your next shot. Throw balls out on the table and do that for an hour or so as practice. But you must have a smooth follow through and practice speed control.
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Most miscues are caused by not contacting the cue ball in the proper spot. You may be lining up correctly, but if there is a flaw in your mechanics, you may not be actually hitting the cue ball where you intended to hit it. As Kevin said...it's most likely in your mechanics, not your tip. (I use Triangles and have very little problem with them)
Steve
Steve
Probably mechanics but it wont hurt if you change the tip.I have a Moori M for a couple of months.first month everything was fine and then it all started.I miscue a lot more then ever before, i am affraid of masses(i play them with house cues)...sanding the tip very often helps a bit, but it`s still not ok.miscues can be a very frustrating thing
Helps your cue repairman pay his bills a bit.Nekdo said:
pooltchr said:
Yep, there's your answer.
-Andrew
I'm currently using a triangle (Med I think) on a 12mm shaft.No real issues unless I start getting out of my chalking routine.I does require an occasional scuff,but no more than anything else I've used.
Originally Posted by pooltchrAndrew Manning said:
Most miscues are caused by not contacting the cue ball in the proper spot. You may be lining up correctly, but if there is a flaw in your mechanics, you may not be actually hitting the cue ball where you intended to hit it. As Kevin said...it's most likely in your mechanics, not your tip. (I use Triangles and have very little problem with them)
Steve
If an instructor isn't available take a cueball line up the dot where you want to hit it. Use plenty of chalk make the stroke and see where the chalk mark landed. Practice this with various speeds. Keep going till you have it. Also pay attention to where your tip ends up after the stroke. Sometimes you'll notice a curved scrape on the cloth indicating your stroke isn't straight. Get it straight.
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I remember being double hill racing to 7 for a ben against Wide Track down here in South Florida and shooting on an 8 to draw back for the 9 downtable. Miscue! I remember this like yesterday and yet I could not remember where I put my car keys this morning.
Funny how you can remember the losses with such clarity.
Funny how you can remember the losses with such clarity.
Ever hear of hoppe
All narrow shafted cues reqiure a tight bridge hand and a good stroke. Earl strickland told me the bridge hand (is where you can gain the most improvement of your game). others are telling you it is where you are hitting the ball -correct- sounds like some bca instruction is needed. Read what Willie hoppe sayes in the billiards Encyclopedia about where to contact the balls and how much follow through,and where to hold the cue. Page 516 Voices from the past. mark
All narrow shafted cues reqiure a tight bridge hand and a good stroke. Earl strickland told me the bridge hand (is where you can gain the most improvement of your game). others are telling you it is where you are hitting the ball -correct- sounds like some bca instruction is needed. Read what Willie hoppe sayes in the billiards Encyclopedia about where to contact the balls and how much follow through,and where to hold the cue. Page 516 Voices from the past. mark
Cast iron elbow stroke is more responsible for miscues imo.
Give me your cue and your miscues will disappear.
