Fixed pages
Posted at 10:21 PM, August 20, 2008 to Online pool
So I just found out last night that my Sky Hook video and commercial weren’t rendering properly on Internet Explorer. I’m surprised no one told me about it sooner. Anyway, I think it’s fixed now, so check them out again if you didn’t get the full effect the first time.
Jump Draw Stroke
Posted at 5:32 AM, August 19, 2008 to Online pool
So I spent some practice time today getting my jump-draw stroke back, at least enough for the over and under shot. You don’t need a lot of elevation, maybe 15 to 20 degrees, and hitting 1/2 tip below the level cue center point. That’s at least the way I envision it when I shoot, but there’s probably a better way to describe it. I wasn’t able to get a couple of the other advanced jump-draw shots down again, but I’ll be getting on that soon.
More practice
Posted at 5:18 PM, August 18, 2008 to Online pool
Still trying to hone down the shots for the Comet Classic. I’m not sure what it is, but I’ve had to re-work some of my masse’s. I’ve been having some luck though mixing and matching my masse cues. I’m preferring to use my original cue butt with a shaft from my second cue, even though the joint doesn’t match up smoothly. The shaft has a brass ferrule on it. I seem to be more consistent with that set up. My jump-draw stroke was also nowhere to be found yesterday. I kept miscuing and jumping the cue ball over the object ball or I didn’t get any jump at all. I’ll have to put some time in on that when I practice next time.
Cue back
Posted at 5:43 PM, August 14, 2008 to Online pool
I got my original masse cue back from Crown Cues. I had sent it back to get a little work done on it. I also got one of my masse shafts done with a brass ferrule put on it. The heavier weight of my first masse cue makes an amazing difference in the ease it takes to perform a masse shot. It also made some of the jump-masse’s easier too. I’m still having problems with a few shots in the new program though, and switching back and forth between my masse cues probably isn’t the best way to be trying to get the shots down. I’ve also started incorporating the dart grip, which you see more Europeans use, so that changes things as well. I’ll have to spend the next couple weeks narrowing down the variables and figuring out how I’m going to make adjustments at the Comet Classic.
Sky Hook video
Posted at 4:01 AM, August 9, 2008 to Online pool
As promised, here’s the video of Sky Hook.