Practicing without chalk

I knew a guy who played real good without chalk. His nickname was "No Chalk Johnson." He played in San Diego in the 90's sometime. He went a whole year and half without chalking his cue and played pretty strong.
 
I let players train with tape over their tip. This way you must hit it centre bal or close to that. Practice that way you learn to find easier lay outs and apply better q-ball speed (instead of q-ball spin).

Great training!
 
Richard Harris told me a while back that a good way to practice 9 ball on a big table was to play without chalk. It's an excellent way to learn natural cue ball paths and learning to stay near the center of the cue ball. That really helped me b/c I have gotten accustomed to using english on almost every shot! Without chalk you can only use about a 1/4 tip of english. Richard said if you can beat the ghost to a race to 7 without chalk, you are playing pretty good! Guess that's why he used to play 9 ball so darn good!

Note: Be prepared to cut your tip off and put a new one on, especially if you are using a layered tip. I will beat the tip down severely and you will have to reshape it at a minimum!
 
If your stroke is smooth you can get a pretty wicked follow stroke without chalk. You can also get a draw stroke if the balls are within a couple of feet. It's only a matter of time until you scratch doing those though!
 
If I'm not wrong, I recall reading somewhere that stick game is first invented and played on the floor. Then sometime around 1800s..think so, it went up onto the table without pockets, and played with sticks without chalking. After that, can't remember who was the smart fella to invent chalking.
 
Bobby and Irish

The great bar table player Bobby "Bakersfield Bobby" practiced all the time without chalk and he had a magnificent stroke and game. I don't remember anyone beating him playing even on the small table with the big rock. Johnny Irish used to rob A 9 Ball players playing with a cue with no tip on it.
 
Grady said:
The great bar table player Bobby "Bakersfield Bobby" practiced all the time without chalk and he had a magnificent stroke and game. I don't remember anyone beating him playing even on the small table with the big rock. Johnny Irish used to rob A 9 Ball players playing with a cue with no tip on it.
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Too bad..I think the rules disallow tipless cues..
 
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