Hello everyone,
As a novice pool player for many years, i've only begun to take the game seriously in the last few months. I have a friend who i shoot with on a weekly basis who I beat roughly 15-20% of the time. We seem to be challenging each other, which has been good for our games. I, however, want to improve.
1. I am using Joe Tucker's Guaranteed Improvement (i'm a big fan of Joe's). For the last few weeks/months, I have mainly been working on the straight in shots. Revising my stance, bridge, grip, the stop shots have improved.
Where I need improvement, I have noticed, is on the slow, straight shots.
Here is the question: on my stop shots, while focusing on my PSR I have been drawing the cue back slowly all the way to the ferrule. However, I have found more accuracy on slow shots by not taking the cue back so far, focusing on the point on the CB I want to contact, and trying to hit that point (instead of going 'through' the ball).
Is this advisable? Should the backswing be 'less' if i'm not hitting the CB as hard? Thoughts?
2. Rules. UPA, WPA, APA...should we use one, pick and choose or rotate? I want to get into leagues and/or tournament play - is one of these rule systems more preferable than the other or more commonly used?
I will have more questions later. For now, thank you for any and all responses!
As a novice pool player for many years, i've only begun to take the game seriously in the last few months. I have a friend who i shoot with on a weekly basis who I beat roughly 15-20% of the time. We seem to be challenging each other, which has been good for our games. I, however, want to improve.
1. I am using Joe Tucker's Guaranteed Improvement (i'm a big fan of Joe's). For the last few weeks/months, I have mainly been working on the straight in shots. Revising my stance, bridge, grip, the stop shots have improved.
Where I need improvement, I have noticed, is on the slow, straight shots.
Here is the question: on my stop shots, while focusing on my PSR I have been drawing the cue back slowly all the way to the ferrule. However, I have found more accuracy on slow shots by not taking the cue back so far, focusing on the point on the CB I want to contact, and trying to hit that point (instead of going 'through' the ball).
Is this advisable? Should the backswing be 'less' if i'm not hitting the CB as hard? Thoughts?
2. Rules. UPA, WPA, APA...should we use one, pick and choose or rotate? I want to get into leagues and/or tournament play - is one of these rule systems more preferable than the other or more commonly used?
I will have more questions later. For now, thank you for any and all responses!