Appreciate the advice from everyone,
to give a bit more of a background I played a lot of pool from probably 10-13 then golf was the only thing that mattered.. I hadn't touched a cue since then up until 1.5 months ago at age 26.
but in that 1.5 months ive probably logged an average of 5 hours a day of pool and watched a couple hours of pool online each night before bed.. I've gotten a lot better fast and managed to run a couple racks of 9 ball on a diamond 7 footer and have come close on the 9 footers at our local hall.. I have no idea where my game would stack up as the only opponent ive ever had is a good buddy of mine and my dad.
Another question i had was what would be a decent starter cue for someone like me who is relatively new, not that wealthy, and wants to take the game serious?
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below is my stroke tonight with my broken 13 dollar cue from sports authority
(not sure how to embed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ph2Mnt-ZKg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzt4QyBDyGo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br-z_al5hMo
I think i had a very straight line stroke as that was all i focused on before, however I felt that i got steery/jabby that way and liked the feel of the pendulum stroke letting the weight of the cue do more of the work.. so I tried to give myself a bit more shaft to play with and move my forearm into a more vertical position at address.
