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First I will tell you a little about myself. I have been shooting pool for about 12 years. I started out just shooting for fun, then I joined a league in my town. About 2 years ago I started to get serious about the game and joined a BCA sanctioned league. During the summer I shoot in 9-ball tournaments every week. During the pool season I shoot in team tournaments here in Wisconsin.
Last summer in one of the 9-ball tournaments I won about $400 in the 9-ball break contest.
The weekend of March 4 & 5, five other ladies and myself entered a team tournament that had a total of 48 teams entered. We finished up in 10th place.
BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER INTO THE TIPS SECTION TAKE A LOOK AND LAUGH AT THE GRAPHICS TO THE RIGHT.
The first thing to achieve is consistency in your stroke. I you are not able to hit where your're aiming at, you can't identify or correct problems in your game.
Try to develop a pre-shot routine that is the same every time. Always line up your eyes withe the cue ball path before shooting.
The angle between your upper and lower arm should be 90 degrees, when
the cue tip touches the cues ball.
Your shooting foot shooting should be directly below your shooting
hand.
The bridge hand, shoulder and wrist should all be in the same vertical
plane throughout the stroke.
Keep your eyes focused on the object ball(not the cue ball) from the last back seing to the follow through. Don't move too early after finishing your stroke, wait until the cue ball hits the object ball before you get out of your stance.
Don't stop your stroke too soon, allow the cue to follow through. This is important.
Keep you cue as level as possible, even when the cue ball is very close to the rail. An elevated cue will cause a curved cue ball path.
Chalk your cue tip before every shot. Make sure you apply chalk to the outer part of the tip.
The main thing is PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE.
This is what is supposed to happen when shooting pool.
You
are supposed to hit the ball like this but you should only have to hit
it once.
This
is called trying to make up your mind about your next shot
.
Iwould not recommend trying to do this with an eightball of your own,
because we are a little bit larger than the man pictured.
Did
you know...
The
average family car could run for a year on the fuel a Formula 1 car uses
in a single race?
When
Frank Whittle invented the jet engine, the air force weren't interested
- they said it could never replace the piston engine in aircraft.
