Lost mydraw shot......

Though some of these tips may help you, you do not need any special wrist action, bridge placement, grip, shoulder or elbow adjustment.

Physics-wise, if you hit low on the cue ball, and with force (using anything... even an umbrella), it WILL draw. It's literally impossible for the ball to do otherwise. So if you're not getting draw, you're no longer hitting low, or you stopped hitting with enough force.

Use this test: Chalk your tip excessively. Clean off a striped ball. Now use the stripe as your cue ball. Set it up so that the number is facing straight out towards the rail. Now aim at the bottom of the circle that goes around the number (or even just at the bottom of the number). Afterwards, no matter what happens, pick up your striped cue ball. There will be a chalk mark on it showing you where you struck. If you didn't draw, I can guarantee that the mark will end up around the center of the number instead of below it.

Force yourself to hit low, don't fear a miscue... that fear can cause you to subsconsciously steer the tip upwards. Make sure you're hitting hard enough.

PS: there is one other thought... if the stick didn't change, and you didn't change, did the felt or balls change? Thick nappy felt is harder to draw on, and it can be especially hard to draw a barbox cue ball that's heavier than the other balls.
 
ENGLISH! said:
In the past I always drew the ball with knid of a pop & retreat stroke w/ not much follow thru & it worked great for me. In fact I could not draw it much @ all with a follow thru stroke.
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Interesting.

I taught myself to draw the ball that way and was told it was all wrong, in spite of the fact that I can move it pretty good that way. Pretty good control with the "pop and retreat" stroke as well. I can hit it real soft and draw the CB back just a tad, or really pop it and watch whitey run down to the end rail.

After a very long layoff, I got my own table, joined AZ, and started to practice. I also started watching all the great vids of world class players, and saw that virtually none of them draw the ball the way I've always done it. So I decided to try and get draw by hitting low and following through well. All I could do was to golf the ball off the table, or just get tremendous miscues.

I've been working on my stroke a lot lately, and I am starting to get good action on the ball, but table-length draw shots are still eluding me. Some strokes it works great, others hit on the same spot on the CB (using a clean striped ball, and looking at the chalk mark after the shot) cause me to miscue badly.

This is very frustrating to me, but seems to go along with all the other "here today, gone tomorrow" aspects of my game. I think it has more to do with the "accelerating through the cue ball" concept, but how do I know if I'm doing that or not?

BTW is it universally considered to be incorrect to pop the ball that way? I have seen SVB seem to pop the CB (little or no follow through) to get some awesome side english on a softly hit shot to make a seemingly impossible kick. Why not use that technique for draw shots as well?
 
Lots of good tips here. One other thing to add, some guys dont realize its only the top portion of the tip that makes contact. They think its the middle, so their whole perspective of whats too low, is skewed. Its not a bad idea to go so low as to miscue a couple of times, just to get a feel for exactly how low your stroke will allow you to go.
 
Standbykid said:
Well, after years of being able to draw the rock pretty well, I can't draw it all. Literally, it becomes a stop shot, the cue ball flies off the table or it rolls backwards 2-3 inches and that's it.

No changes in my equipment or anything. The same Nitti I've been using for a year with a 12.75 stock shaft (Tried a low deflection a while back and didn't care for it).

I'm stuck. I'm sure it's mental but I can't get past it. Haven't been able to draw at all the last two weeks. I've watched some videos, read a couple of my instructional books and......nothing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeremy
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FYI, lot's of good draw-shot technique advice, including video demonstrations, can be found here:

I hope it helps,
Dave
 
Thinking too much

Relax, don't stress on it.

A man much wiser than myself once said, You can't make a draw shot happen, you have let it happen.
 
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