You can make or purchase a landing target that will help your position play dramatically. Cut out a circular piece of paper with a diameter of 6-18″ (the more advanced you are, the smaller it should be).


Play any game, and before each shot, choose a specific location that you want your cueball to be at the end of the shot. Place the target there and go for it. You might be surprised at just how difficult this is — but it shows you exactly which shots you need to work on, and how much you need to work on them.

An additional value of this drill is that it forces you to choose a precise point to land the cue-ball — as opposed to lazily choosing ’somewhere on this end of the table,’ etc.

Use a landing target to improve your precision position play.

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