Lining up

[icantplay]

hi, quick question . .. .
ya'll know the process of lining up the shot, as in getting down to your cue so that your cue is, exactly, in line with the shot once you're down, and your body in the same position for every line you get down on? do you concentrate intently on that, or am i doing too much? my highest is 75 and i keep breaking down on fifties and sizties and feel as if i could stop that by sorting out this business once you're down on the shot.
you've gotten down to a line, is your cue always in the right place, or do you adjust a bit, i cant help but move my cue a tiny bit to the side once im down, and experimenting with placing my hand by my waist and so forth is costing me consistency.
any advice on what to do the instant you're down would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

"its impossible to be perfect, but there's no harm in trying"

[DawRef]

break building

Its been a long time since i got anywhere near that kind of break. However, you're probably down to 3 or 4 reds, so its just a matter of concentration.

You've done the hard work (getting rid of 10+ reds with colours), so the rest should be easy. However, we all know different.

As I said above, its all down to concentration. It's got nothing to do with stance or how you deliver the cue. If you've potted a couple of long shots (>6ft), or a couple of tight angle shots to get on the next ball, your probably thinking the rest should be easy. So you've let your concentration wain. Keep the concentration. Especially if you've 'won' the frame already.

[DawRef]

break building

Its been a long time since i got anywhere near that kind of break. However, you're probably down to 3 or 4 reds, so its just a matter of concentration.

You've done the hard work (getting rid of 10+ reds with colours), so the rest should be easy. However, we all know different.

As I said above, its all down to concentration. It's got nothing to do with stance or how you deliver the cue. If you've potted a couple of long shots (>6ft), or a couple of tight angle shots to get on the next ball, your probably thinking the rest should be easy. So you've let your concentration wain. Keep the concentration. Especially if you've 'won' the frame already.

[DawRef]

Its been a long time since i got anywhere near that kind of break. However, you're probably down to 3 or 4 reds, so its just a matter of concentration.

You've done the hard work (getting rid of 10+ reds with colours), so the rest should be easy. However, we all know different.

As I said above, its all down to concentration. It's got nothing to do with stance or how you deliver the cue. If you've potted a couple of long shots (>6ft), or a couple of tight angle shots to get on the next ball, your probably thinking the rest should be easy. So you've let your concentration wain. Keep the concentration. Especially if you've 'won' the frame already.

[icantplay]

dunno mate, coz when i get down to those positions, the reds are awkward, (obviously as ive taken the open ones), i dunno wether i should have made an earlier effort to open them or what. tables where i play have really tight pockets, and theyre tough along the rail, so u could say thats a problem. but i still think the problems with the lining up, wheter mentally or physically.
but you say youve never bothered with that sort of thing?

[Watford]

You deffinatly worry about this more than I do mate!
I plant my right foot inline with shot
Get down with tip pointing at the point I want to hit the white
Feather
Shoot " while looking at object ball!!!!!"

I don't really worry about the cue much. If I'm playing badly I make sure the cue runs against my body!

[icantplay]

im obsessed with this process, despite the fact i play much better and more fluently while doing what you just said, but i feel that if i dont pay attention to the actual cue, then ill hit a brick wall as far as technique is concerned, sure, i may get a scrappy century eventually ignoring my cue but ill never be a really heavy scorer unless i pay attention to it. but maybe thats all in my mind and i should just worry about potting balls!
if you dont look at your cue, how can you tell whether or not you cued the shot absolutely straight?

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"practise makes perfect, but nobody's perfect . . . so why practise?"

[jimbo]

cueing

Just check the position of your cue and head immediately*after* each shot, not during it. If you haven't moved and you pushed the cue through straight you'll know/see it immediately. Get into the habit of checking this after each shot and your body will soon start correcting any mistakes *by itself*.

Jimbo

[Watford]

I don't know if my cues running straight or not!
I don't know if my team mates could see if I was not cueing right!

If the balls are going in I don't worry about anything, if I miss I tend to think I've sighted the shot wrong!
Don't get me worrying about something else now!
Maybe you could see a coach to see what they think!

[icantplay]

doubts . . .

Just check the position of your cue and head immediately*after* each shot, not during it. If you haven't moved and you pushed the cue through straight you'll know/see it immediately. Get into the habit of checking this after each shot and your body will soon start correcting any mistakes *by itself*.

Jimbo

that correcting by itself. . . aint that talent????? and not everyone (namely I) dont have that, and have to sort it myself.
ill put what you said into practise anyway, thanks!

[icantplay]

lining up

I don't know if my cues running straight or not!
I don't know if my team mates could see if I was not cueing right!

If the balls are going in I don't worry about anything, if I miss I tend to think I've sighted the shot wrong!
Don't get me worrying about something else now!
Maybe you could see a coach to see what they think!

unsurprisingly youre not the first person to tell me not to get them worried about something else!!!
im gonna see a coach once im drivin!!!