I miss pocketing cue ball kicking cue ball to my left but pocket cue ball when kicking to my right.

Paul_#_

Paul_#_

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I have a drill where I place cue ball one diamond from side pocket and near the middle of the table. I kick the cue ball to opposite cushion to pocket cue ball in the side pocket. I do this on each side of the same side pocket. I can pocket the cue ball in the side pocket easily when kicking from the first diamond to the left of the side pocket but miss pocketing cue ball when I kick the cue ball from the first diamond to the right of the side pocket. That is to say, I miss pocketing cue ball when kicking to my left but pocket cue ball when kicking to my right.

In an attempt to fix this, I used a Rempe ball with a center spot on the ball to instruct me on where to hit. I have hit the cue ball using a Tucker Third Eye to center my hit. It’s a little better but not big difference using these training aids.

Is this a right-handed thing?

Does this have anything to do with hitting diagonally to the side rail when hitting to one’s left?
 
second guess
put a piece of chalk on the rail where you want to hit
be precise it is the same distance from the side pocket on both sides
and similarly put a donut to mark where the cue ball is on both starting places and be sure it is precisely the same corespondingly
you might find you sight alittle different left from righ and dont hit the same spot
btw
do you miss cutting to the left more than cutting a ball to the right?
fyi
i am not an instructor
 
bbb said:
put a piece of chalk on the rail where you want to hit
be precise it is the same distance from the side pocket on both sides
and similarly put a donut to mark where the cue ball is on both starting places and be sure it is precisely the same corespondingly
you might find you sight alittle different left from righ and dont hit the same spot
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I will try that (I've tried a lot else).
If not that, its likely unintended spin. That seems odd, however, given how much work it is taking to address a right versus left shots issue. Maybe kick shots are even more sensitive to right/left spin than I'd imagined.
 
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Paul_#_ said:
I will try that (I've tried a lot else).
If not that, its likely unintended spin. Maybe kick shots are even more sensitive to right/left spin than I'd imagined.
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Yes ……,No spin kicks are Very sensitive to unintentional spin
Think about it
Even going across long rail to long rail straight across
The tiniest bit of spin and the cue ball does not come straight back
 
bbb said:
put a piece of chalk on the rail where you want to hit
be precise it is the same distance from the side pocket on both sides
and similarly put a donut to mark where the cue ball is on both starting places and be sure it is precisely the same corespondingly
you might find you sight alittle different left from righ and dont hit the same spot
btw
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That helped but the most improvement occurred when I exagerrated the stroke. I pulled back my right hand to the butt end of the 58" stick even though that is not my usual or ideal position. I made long practice strokes and a longer bridge. I figure my stroke was often misaligned and this sort of corrected it. It is a band-aid improvement as the percentage potting is still poor.
 
Paul_#_ said:
That helped but the most improvement occurred when I exagerrated the stroke. I pulled back my right hand to the butt end of the 58" stick even though that is not my usual or ideal position. I made long practice strokes and a longer bridge. I figure my stroke was often misaligned and this sort of corrected it. It is a band-aid improvement as the percentage potting is still poor.
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I think there is something wrong with your mechanics and it isn't a matter of aiming.
 
bbb said:
Why?
If he is consistent in one direction?
I am not disagreeing with you bob just curious to your reasoning
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I assume he is clear on the direction to send the cue ball. I consider that to be the aiming part. He is either not sending the cue ball on that path or he is putting side spin on the cue ball. Those errors, in my view, are not aiming errors, they are mechanics errors.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I assume he is clear on the direction to send the cue ball. I consider that to be the aiming part. He is either not sending the cue ball on that path or he is putting side spin on the cue ball. Those errors, in my view, are not aiming errors, they are mechanics errors.
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Are there known reasons to have mechanics errors when kicking in one direction but not the other? Or do you think he makes mechanics errors both ways but one way works for some reason?

pj
chgo
 
Bob Jewett said:
I assume he is clear on the direction to send the cue ball. I consider that to be the aiming part. He is either not sending the cue ball on that path or he is putting side spin on the cue ball. Those errors, in my view, are not aiming errors, they are mechanics errors.
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Thanks for the reply bob
 
Patrick Johnson said:
Are there known reasons to have mechanics errors when kicking in one direction but not the other? Or do you think he makes mechanics errors both ways but one way works for some reason?

pj
chgo
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Pure guessing, but.... The chosen kick path will be short (for example) because the rails are sticky. A little side (for example) will help on one side but hurt on the other.
 
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