how you shoot

[Texas Carom Club]

do you change your stance,
psr
anything different when you play billiards as apposed to pool

I just recently tried a few things different while playing that helped me make a few more shots

for playing pool
I used about 6 or 7 inch bridge length
long practice strokes bringing the tip back to my bridge hand before shooting
got down low as you can

I always felt like im not being able to see as much as I need getting down that low playing billiards

I increased bridge length to about 12inch length or so
take short practice strokes
standing much higher I can see and aim better, and make more shots

I know for a fact I need to tighten up my stroke as I almost always am off of where I hit when I swing, I saw a vid on faceboo that showed a guy using a bottle and striking the tip through at different lengths, im going to give this a try

is this something you guys already know and do or do you shoot the same no matter what the game you play?

 

[Azazello]

The Coke bottle thing is an old practice aid that I learned from pool. Most of the better pool players these days use a really long bridge. Maybe they learned it from watching Efren, I don't know. I use the same bridge lengths for both games and it depends on the shot. You wouldn't want to use a 12-inch bridge for a little double-the-rail shot in a corner where the ball travels less that 2 feet but you couldn't use a really short bridge for a 5 or 7-railer where you have to hit it fairly hard.