How to Make Straight in Shots & Why You Keep Missing Them

Many players fear long,

straight

shots

, and for good reason, it shows the flaws in the foundation of our game. We cannot blame our mistake on a skidding ball or not being able to see the angle in this video that I am going to discuss. two of the most common reasons why players miss these

shots

, why players find it easier to hit slices and

straight

shots, and finally how to hit

them

consistently if you're having trouble aiming, although what you can do is use the ghost ball method. and simply

make

the object ball your actual ghost ball, this will result in a full hit and it should go perfectly straight as knowing where to aim is not a problem because all you have to do is hit this ball squarely, There are actually only two. reasons for

missing

this shot, whether the release of your cue through the cue ball was bad, you are making the left to right spin of the cue ball, maybe even both, either of these are not only detrimental to holing out the shot, but also Think about it throughout the game, if you can't even

make

a fastball and a shot with the way you shoot, how many other shots do you miss because of the same flaws in your game?

It is the most basic part of playing pool. ball accurately and if you can't do that you will never be a good player first, let's talk about poor throwing of the cue ball through the cue ball. There are numerous reasons why you might have a poor shot, but what it really boils down to is: you are able to send the cue directly through the cue ball accurately and consistently. If the answer is no, then you have some kind of flaw in your fundamentals. your posture may be unbalancing you. maybe you have some head movement every time you shoot. maybe your grip is too tight maybe you need to work on your backswing and release.

The second most common reason players miss a shot is due to an error in the perception of vertical access. Basically, players think they are aiming for the central axis of the cue ball, but they are actually aiming slightly off the true vertical axis so that when they throw the cue ball, it ends up with an involuntary spin from left to right. This slight, unintentional left-to-right amount is exacerbated by a straight ball because the pitch and the object ball are maximum when hitting a ball straight in, if you hit a little left, the object ball is launched toward the right and if you hit with a little forehand, the object ball is thrown to the left, many players will do this.

They complain that they can easily hit a slice shot, but they have to look directly at the shots and that's why you usually put some kind of spin on the cue ball in the first place every time you hit a slice shot to control where. points the cue. the ball goes off the rail, this means that you already planned to hit with a slight right or left and you have already corrected it additionally, even if you do not plan to use any side spin, the effects of a slight left or right are not going to be almost as exacerbated as with a straight shot, which means you still have a good chance of making this ball, so how do you fix this right?

I can tell you from firsthand experience that it won't be fun, but I promise. that once you have solved this you will see a huge improvement in your game. If you are a new player the first thing you should do is make sure you can at least shoot the cue ball and a specific spot in the pocket if you are able to do that move on to bouncing the cue ball between the long rails and back to the tip of the cue and then continue to bounce the cue ball between the short rails and back to the tip of the cue.

I recommend placing the cue ball along the line between those two center diamonds, if the cue ball returns to the left or right of the cue then you know you have some unintentional English on the cue ball. I would say as long as the cue ball hits your tip it was a successful attempt once you can do this successfully the next thing you want to do is start setting up these straight shots and just shoot

them

and I mean a lot of them we want shots shorter straight shots and make sure you can stop the cue ball perfectly without turning and finally continue with increasingly longer and straighter shots and make sure the cue ball stops without turning left or right.

What I personally did was dedicate the first 30 minutes to an hour of each of my practice sessions to shooting straight shot only. I did this for a month and my improvement was significant. When I first started, I noticed that I ended up with a slight amount of English in my left hand almost every time I shot and I actually only made about sixty to seventy percent of the shots at first. I thought this was some kind of bug in my program, but it turned out to be a misperception of the vertical axis. As the month went on, I was able to slowly adjust my aim. the cue ball and I started to choke on the cue, just a hair at the end of the month.

I could easily get 20 of these in a row. It was crazy how much my accuracy and shooting improved over the course of a month of shooting I took. I felt it would have been a flip of a coin before I felt favored to make you