Ranking of Pool Fundamentals

[hang-the-9]

Stance should be much higher, that's where your whole aiming line comes from and also how comfortable you are when shooting. I'm guessing by stance that means the overall alignment of your legs torso arm shoulder and head. I'm surprised that's not a 10 since standing incorrectly will make the whole process of learning to shoot the cue in a straight line follow it.

 

[maha]

What about the ability to stroke the cue straight?

that is really all that matters.
if you cant do that you cant get good.

 

[hello]

Does it matter if your head is cocked a little even though the cue is under the dominant eye? Or does one's eyes have to be parallel to the floor and the dominant eye is over the cue. My vision center is offset from the center of the pupil of my dominant eye. Vision center is closer to the corner of the eye that butts up against my nose. One pool video guy said we all know our dominant eye and it is not important in the grand scheme of playing pool. He said "vision center" is the important factor in eye/cue alignment. What do you think?

Doesn't matter, look at the Miz or Bustamante.