Practice a predictable stroke, or see how predictable your current stroke is, by using this simple exercise:

Take a striped ball and place it inside the jaws of a corner pocket, with the stripe going straight up and down. Strike the ball dead in the center and shoot medium soft, aiming in a straight line through the diamond in the middle of the opposite end rail.
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Your body and its actions determine the outcome of every pool shot you attempt. Parts of your body – including your mind — can easily sabotage your expectations at the pool table. I’ll save the mental dimension for another post, and examine the physical/mechanical aspects of executing a pool shot here.

DEVELOP A STROKE AND A STANCE YOU CAN RELY ON

The ultimate goal of evaluating the mechanics of the game is to produce a sound shooting routine that you can rely on in any situation. Different players will have different routines, but all successful routines share a proper implementation of the following elements:

BODY – STANCE – SIGHT – BRIDGE – GRIP – STROKE

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