Important Tips for Beginners

[CocoboloCowboy]

Best tip to give a beginner is skill is more important then a Cue you play with. Any Cue will do to lean with, if it straight, has a decent Tip, and you have Chalk. Any Chalk.:wink:

 

[Sharivari]

I think that the rotations per second on the cue ball are simply the product of the speed of the stick at impact and the distance from center that the ball is struck. Do you feel that there is another factor?

No. But the right timing is responsible for the right speed of the stick at impact.

 

[Tin Man]

Sharivari, the timing of this post was uncanny. I just posted a clip from last week's Cue It Up Podcast where I talk about the negative feedback loop that occurs with poor tip accuracy and why people fall into this trap. Check it out!

Guys, he's spot on here. Less is more. If your cue ball doesn't do what it should with a relaxed swing then go to work on your tip accuracy and cueing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-NElVfsfFs

 

[Scott Lee]

Sir, I just wanted to clarify that following through farther does not improve accuracy or action on the CB (your video showed you following through farther on purpose). There are a lot of players and even some teachers who insist that if you follow through more you'll get more results...which is simply not true. Love your videos and explainations! One of the best available!
:thumbup:

Scott Lee
2019 PBIA Instructor of the Year
Director, SPF National Pool School Tour

Thanks Scott. Yes, that is very true. However I just simplified what you just explained with "following through". It would have been too much to explain the concept of timing in this video. However, I did it once in another video about how to get more rotation on the cue ball. There are even some slomos in it, that show how quick the cue ball seperates from the stick.

 

[dr_dave]

Sir, I just wanted to clarify that following through farther does not improve accuracy or action on the CB (your video showed you following through farther on purpose). There are a lot of players and even some teachers who insist that if you follow through more you'll get more results...which is simply not true.

Scott,

This is a cause and effect issue. Here’s a quote from the stroke follow through resource page that summarizes the point:

a good and appropriate follow through is not the “cause” of a good hit, but it is often a strong indicator of a good stroke into the ball (before tip-ball contact) … which does affect the hit.

Love your videos and explainations! One of the best available!
:thumbup:

Agreed. Sharivari creates excellent videos.

Regards,
Dave