Howdy howdy. Thanks for taking the time to read about my troubles and needs. First off, if there are any qualified instructors in or near Richardson or Garland Texas, please get in touch with me. I have been playing for just under two years now and have actually been lucky to have some quality players on some APA teams and am joining a new 10 ball league with some truly top notch local players next week.
For the record, I am currently a 5 in APA 8 ball, a 6 in APA 9 ball (which in my opinion is not true 9 ball), and will be starting as a 70 in NAPA 10 ball. The most important thing I am learning over the past few months is pace. Not only the speed of the tables I play on, but the pace I need to mot effectively get english on a cue ball. At first, I thought to get draw that I really had to slam the cue ball and I know now that is not the case.
My main issue at the moment involving pace however seems to be banks and kicks. It seems I miss my banks by about half a diamond on bar boxes with 2-ball pockets, and my kicks I make good contact 90 + percent of the time but sell out the next shot. When working on kicks and banks, what types of drills and shots should I be working on consistently?
My other main issue I seem to have is breakout shots. Similar to my kicks, I can make contact on a breakout shot fairly consistently but I either miss pocketing the first object ball or, more often still, make weak contact on the breakout and don't have a quality shot, and no longer have a good breakout opportunity. Any advice on drill or anything at all to help on breakout shots, outside of not leaving it until the last ball?
Thanks,
Eric Prince
Shooting cues: Dale Perry production with Moori medium tip
Omega 10 with Tiger-Everest tip
Break cue: Cheap remake of a J&J Break-jump cue.
For the record, I am currently a 5 in APA 8 ball, a 6 in APA 9 ball (which in my opinion is not true 9 ball), and will be starting as a 70 in NAPA 10 ball. The most important thing I am learning over the past few months is pace. Not only the speed of the tables I play on, but the pace I need to mot effectively get english on a cue ball. At first, I thought to get draw that I really had to slam the cue ball and I know now that is not the case.
My main issue at the moment involving pace however seems to be banks and kicks. It seems I miss my banks by about half a diamond on bar boxes with 2-ball pockets, and my kicks I make good contact 90 + percent of the time but sell out the next shot. When working on kicks and banks, what types of drills and shots should I be working on consistently?
My other main issue I seem to have is breakout shots. Similar to my kicks, I can make contact on a breakout shot fairly consistently but I either miss pocketing the first object ball or, more often still, make weak contact on the breakout and don't have a quality shot, and no longer have a good breakout opportunity. Any advice on drill or anything at all to help on breakout shots, outside of not leaving it until the last ball?
Thanks,
Eric Prince
Shooting cues: Dale Perry production with Moori medium tip
Omega 10 with Tiger-Everest tip
Break cue: Cheap remake of a J&J Break-jump cue.
