Striking the Cueball..

[Pool Player]

Hi all,

I've just got myself a Jim Rempe learning ball. Judging from the design of it, I reckon that the cueball should only be struck within the black circle otherwise a miscue will happen?

However, why is it that most people when applying draw are cueing (or aiming) at the point where the cueball and the felt meets? Wouldn't that cause a miscue?

Stephen

 

[Black-Balled]

Hi all,...
However, why is it that most people when applying draw are cueing (or aiming) at the point where the cueball and the felt meets? Wouldn't that cause a miscue?

Stephen

I dunno about the ball, I think you have to put batteries in it.

And those people that touch the table with their tip on the warmup strokes...they aren't that good!

If you watch the cueing action of 99.4846545% of the top players- think world scale here- the final inch-ish of their stroke has the cue approaching the CB in a straight line. You can't do that at the base of a ball without hopping it.

It is possible to strike the ball real low, but not at its base.

 

[Cornerman]

Hi all,

I've just got myself a Jim Rempe learning ball. Judging from the design of it, I reckon that the cueball should only be struck within the black circle

Is that what the instructions say? I can't see why you'd constrain yourself like that.

otherwise a miscue will happen?

Try it.

However, why is it that most people when applying draw are cueing (or aiming) at the point where the cueball and the felt meets? Wouldn't that cause a miscue?

If it would cause a miscue, then you wouldn't see most people doing it.

Most every top player addresses lower on the ball for draw than many people can imagine (if they never saw top players). It's amazing how much easier drawing the ball is if you actually aim that low (and don't miscue!).

Try it.

Fred <~~~ likes to emulate the top players

 

[SK Custom Cues]

View

It's all about the view. There are people who play differently, as there are many different ways to strike the cue ball. The person the comes to mind first is Busti. Watch him on most shots, and he addressed the ball low no matter what kind of english he's applying. What he is doing is keeping his tip out of the way so that he can see what he's doing. r Guys like him know all too well where to hit on the cue ball and how it feels to apply for instance, low left or high right. As you will also note, Busti doesn't come near the cue ball at all staying a min of 1-1/2" away from the cue ball. This is because he doesn't want to risk touching the cue ball with his warm up strokes and also helps him to look at the shot better.

That is one of the traits of a loose, relaxed stroke. The slapping action of the tip creates drag and there is a delay in the wrist/tip movement.

Looking at Buddy Hall every single day, he doesn't do that. He addresses where he is going to strike and does warm up strokes to that exact point. This is the apparent ideal model of consistency, my friend. You want to copy Buddy Hall not Francisco Bustamante.

 

[pooltchr]

One point to keep in mind. When you are "aiming low", it's not the center of your tip that will make contact with the cue ball...it's the top of the tip. So, if you were to actually slide your cue stick into the very bottom of the ball, contacting the ball and the table at the same time, the contact point would be roughly 13mm above the base.
Steve

 

[Pool Player]

One point to keep in mind. When you are "aiming low", it's not the center of your tip that will make contact with the cue ball...it's the top of the tip. So, if you were to actually slide your cue stick into the very bottom of the ball, contacting the ball and the table at the same time, the contact point would be roughly 13mm above the base.
Steve

Copy that.