The Main Reason You Are Missing Straight Shots

How to fix the most common reason for missing straight in shots.

00:00 True Center
00:08 Unintended Side Spin
00:50 Eye Alignment
01:12 Center Ball - Drill I
01:42 Shadow Trick
02:43 Center Ball - Drill II

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[Adrenaline]

I've recently found that the tip type and especially condition of the tip has an enormous effect on shot performance, but I haven't found any instructional videos on this topic. I just thought my aim was bad until a professional showed me that my cue tip was flattened out of shape. She shaped and scuffed it for me and the result was dead-straight cue ball travel. Yea - turns out the thing that strikes the cue ball is incredibly important for accuracy and control, but you hardly ever see it mentioned.

[abdullahabdulrahim]

I never knew about the tip regarding the lights of the pool table before. Thank you for sharing. Your videos really do help enhance my skills in pool, keep up the good work buddy. Cheers 🥂

[HerbertsBilliards]

This is a great little trick to add to your arsenal! Thanks. Also, for those wanting to know, if you're hitting "center", put scotch tape over the tip of your cue, and try shooting longer shots (stun) and you will notice RIGHT AWAY if you have ANY spin, cuz you will miscue EVERYTIME with ANY kind of spin. You can do it with an unchalked cue, as well, but this avoids possibly damaging your tip.

[garybkatz]

I will try the light trick. Up til now, my method was putting my tip at the base of the CB, since I know the CB rests on its middle. Then I bring the cue tip straight up to the height I need. Of course, if I'm attempting a follow shot, the light will be closer to my tip's destination!

[richardbarrett]

Well done, that drill can be used by players of all standards. It can tell even experienced players if they are accidentally using spin.

[amywatson]

This wouldn’t work in any other orientation. The reason it worked in this video, the light on top of the table happened to also be going parallel to the shot direction.

I LOVE all your videos. You are one of the very few people on YouTube that actually provide some real insight. I just started watching and found all your videos to be well put together, informative and professional. This is the only video I am not sure about.

[___Luca.a___]

guy is so good he misses his shots accurately

[soderhamn]

Really smart trick with the lights! I will try this!

[seamusmcfadden]

I've been doing a LOT of stroke drills lately. Especially the "Mighty X". Best drills you can do IMO.
I just tried that last shot.
On my 2nd try I got it to come back very close to the center diamond!
Much closer than you js 😉🙃.
Now to work on the REST of my game lol.
Great video as always!

[HuFlungDung]

Lately I've been practicing stroking the cue stick with a slight seesaw action in the vertical plane before taking the shot. When watching the motion of the cue stick while doing this, you may be able to determine if you are seesawing in a vertical plane (or are not, or are wobbling all over) and make some correction to your elbow position until it appears that you have achieved motion confined to a vertical plane. Then shoot.

[blessings]

Oh man it's been long but yo tips keep me in the right shape for the pool game

[GarryBussy]

I feel form is a huge factor as well that I was surprised wasn’t really discussed. I was practicing at a hall and someone came to be helpful explaining why my difficulty with straight shots (more so range shots in general) had more to do with the fact my elbow would be cocked out to the side. Practicing in front of a a window/mirror helped a lot to realize I wasn’t swinging my arm in a perfect pendulum.

[frsty]

Hey im new to playing pool your videos help me to improve

[jasonnieuwenhuis]

Thanks! Dr Dave gave you a shout out on Facebook, so I follow you there now too.

[joerobertson]

The light trick is okay IF the cue ball is in the center of the table. I've heard that if you cue super low you can use the cue ball's point of contact on the table which should be the exact center of the cue ball. I've tried this and it works fairly well. Nothing works perfectly....except a couple million practice shots.

[chrishabgood]

Your head position can really throw you off. I had a session with Charlie Bryant and I said I am looking at the center of the cue ball. He said you are 1/16 th of an inch off to the left. So I shifted my head to the right a bit and that solved the problem.

[BROU-bbuc]

Long straight shots are alot of people's kryptonite.

[darrenhadden]

Awesome tip with the light 😁👍 btw my dominant eye is my right eye and it's blurry and I can correct it. What do you recommend? Should i aim with my left non dominant eye? Great channel 👍

[vyger]

When you hit the cue ball are you looking at the object ball or at the cue ball. It seems very difficult for me to hit the cue ball exactly in the middle if my focus is on the object ball. That's why I think I seem to miss straight in shots half the time. I have done some research on this and it seems some profesional pool players focus on the cue ball when they shoot and some on the object ball.I know you have to keep your eye on the ball, but which ball LOL??

[theznooker]

hi can you help me with vision centre and head position problem?
my cue is online but my brain tells me that its not correct. my right eye is the dominant eye but i normally cue centre chin . i have to tilt my head alot to the left while cueing centre chin and it really feels uncomfortable but thats only when i can see straight line, however if i put the cue under my dominant eye right eye, i still have have to tilt my head to the left but its not as much but still feels uncomfortable. so without tilting my head i cannot see a straight line straight when down. how do i fix this ????
tnx alot