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Do you love to play pool, but hate that your friends kick your butt all the time? Would you like to learn to play better, so they’ll be buying you the drinks? It’s not hard, but it will require a little time and effort. It’s called pool practice, and it works superbly. If you follow the simple steps below you’ll become a much better player very quickly.
Novice pool players make a number of common mistakes that can be quickly rectified. Each is listed below, along with why it’s a problem, and an easy practice drill you can do in 10 minutes that will help you quickly fix the problem. Do these practice drills for a few minutes every chance you get, and you’ll be a better player in no time.
- Don’t hit the ball hard. Most beginners hit the cue ball way too hard, resulting in poor aim and causing it to travel much further than you want. How hard is too hard? Well, stand at one end of the table and place the cue ball close to you. Hit it down table hard enough to hit the opposite rail and come back to you, stopping close to your rail. This is called lag speed, because this shot, called a lag, is often used to determine who breaks first in tournament matches.
We don’t care about pool tournaments here, but practice the lag until you have a good feel for it, paying close attention to how hard you’re hitting the ball. This speed is enough for most of your shots, not counting the break. Unless you have a good reason, don’t hit the ball any harder than lag speed.
- Keep the cue level. Novice players tend to hold the back end of the cue stick up in the air, so they’re hitting down on the cue ball. This is bad because it causes spin which will cure the cue ball’s path a little, resulting in it hitting the wrong spot on the object ball and thus a miss. The amount of curve is usually quite small unless you’re really jacked up, but even a little is too much in a game that requires as much accuracy as pool.
Using the line between the rail and the fabric on the cushion as a guide, line up over the rail and stroke your cue a few times. Try to keep it as straight as possible, and as level as possible. While you’re shooting, you can look back to insure that your grip hand is low, and the cue stick is as close to level as you can, given that you have to stroke over the rail.
- Keep your eye on the object ball. When you line up to aim, take a few practice strokes and check to make sure you’re going to hit the cue ball in the right spot. Then look at the point on the object ball that you want the cue ball to hit. Stare at this spot for two more seconds and hit the cue ball while you’re looking at the object ball. If this seems awkward, think of driving your car. You aim the car with the steering wheel, but you don’t look at it, you look at where the car is going to go. Same with pool. Practice this until it becomes second nature.
You can test yourself by closing your eyes as you take your last backswing, and keeping them closed until after you hit the ball. Keep staring at the target point right through your eyelids, even though you can’t see it. You should make the ball almost as often as when you’re looking.
These three tips, if you follow them and do your pool practice as outlined, will improve your game very quickly. So enjoy that victory beer, and get used to winning. It’s so much more fun.
John Biddle is a retired IT professional who plays pool every chance he gets. He publishes Pool Student’s Blog where you can find more in depth articles, along with drills, puzzles, quizzes and more, all about getting better at pool. He also founded PoolSynergy, a monthly collection of the best writing on pool.
Is an Eliminator pool cue a quality cue?
I’m looking to purchase an NFL Eliminator pool cue for my boyfriend who is into pool and has a couple of cues of his own. It costs approx. $100. The shaft is Michigan hardrock maple with a wood to wood composite. I’ve done a bit of research and I believe that those features are what I’m looking for but I want to make sure that the Eliminator brand is quality and justifies me spending the money on it. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Cece I wouldnt play with one so if Mama bought it for me it would be a dust collector
There some better brands that have team logos on them but not for a hundred dollars
Like Kracker said maybe better look at equip.Cases with logos or whatever
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