Lotta good tips Bille !
Lotta good tips Bille !
I am having an accuracy issue when elevating the cue..<--Not surprising Bille, everyone does..:frus... is there a trick to this or just hit a couple (HUNDRED) thousand shots?
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Bille,
Never having seen you, or a video, of your stroke, or style of your approach to the table, its hard to render an opinion or try to give advice...First of all, I don't know what you mean by "elevating your cue"...Are you talking about when you are over a ball or on the rail, trying to get some juice on the cue ball...or what ?...I'm also not understanding some of the 'tips' being offered... 'Simonis cloth' (?) etc.. (C'mon Billy S., What have you been playing on all these years.)
Let me point out, that over 80% of all shots, in any game, can be executed just fine, (english, center ball, whatever)..
IF you keep your cue stick, as level as possible, in relation to the the table...Beginner up to shortsop, this is probably the FIRST thing any good instructor, will be sure to advise you of..(Unless you wanna be a 'trick shot artist' or shoot a lot of masse shots) IMO, a level cue is a VERY important component, of a good, dependable stroke.
Obviously, there are times when you HAVE TO elevate the butt of your cue. If you will notice, when ANY player does this, (especially to the extreme)...please notice a good, knowledgable commentator, (like Dr Bill, or Grady) will usually say, "Uh, oh..I don't like this"...That is because even with the best player's, the more you elevate, the bigger the chance for a poor result to occur...They know that, thats why they cringe..They've been there..!
With someone, or anyone, at your level of play (I'm assuming here) you can only multiply those chances for a bad result... So my advice would be...Don't beat yourself up, over a bad result under those conditions... there are lots of really good player's, that don't like those 'elevated' type shots...Try and learn the 80+ % of the game first..(that should keep you busy for a while
)..If you feel that you are 'exceptionally' weak at that part of your game, don't get frustated...Just spend more time practicing it...It ain't easy for anyone, and you won't get better at it overnight...Try and not 'fear' the shot, just do the best you can, and move on..There are many times your own position play, will get you in those spots, (over a ball, etc)...Concentrate on learning to avoid those pitfalls.
PS.. Glad to share my take on this, with you and the other guys...I have screwed up my share of these elevated shots..If a decent player is not in dead punch...often, myself, I prefer finding another shot (if available)