I always appreciated Jerry Briesath's comment that "whitey doesn't lie".
You may think you are really hitting it low, but what counts is what is left on the cue ball at the moment of impact with the object ball. Using the stripes, chalking well, looking for the chalk mark on the cueball after, not dropping the elbow, normal stroke follow-through instead of poke-and-stop are all effective, but in the end whitey just doesn't lie.
I took lessons from a local pro, and noticed that on his break and draw shots the ferrule was all the way back into his bridge fingers (without wiping chalk off the tip) during the pause before forward acceleration. He got lots of power on the break, and plenty of spin with very little apparent effort (compared to me attempting to sledgehammer the ball into submission.)
Note also Freddy the Beard's banking book under the heading "some fundamentals never mentioned" recommends shortening the bridge on draw shots, lengthening for follow, all relative to your normal bridge length.
Which reminds me my long-distance draw and accuracy still are weaker elements in my game, so my fundamentals must need more work, results don't lie. Perhaps my internal robot is waving his arms shouting "warning Will Robinson a low percentage shot" so I tighten up, jack up, death-grip the cue and kill action. I'm off to the practice table for some needed quality time.
You may think you are really hitting it low, but what counts is what is left on the cue ball at the moment of impact with the object ball. Using the stripes, chalking well, looking for the chalk mark on the cueball after, not dropping the elbow, normal stroke follow-through instead of poke-and-stop are all effective, but in the end whitey just doesn't lie.
I took lessons from a local pro, and noticed that on his break and draw shots the ferrule was all the way back into his bridge fingers (without wiping chalk off the tip) during the pause before forward acceleration. He got lots of power on the break, and plenty of spin with very little apparent effort (compared to me attempting to sledgehammer the ball into submission.)
Note also Freddy the Beard's banking book under the heading "some fundamentals never mentioned" recommends shortening the bridge on draw shots, lengthening for follow, all relative to your normal bridge length.
Which reminds me my long-distance draw and accuracy still are weaker elements in my game, so my fundamentals must need more work, results don't lie. Perhaps my internal robot is waving his arms shouting "warning Will Robinson a low percentage shot" so I tighten up, jack up, death-grip the cue and kill action. I'm off to the practice table for some needed quality time.