Some pointers?

[coomsey76]

yeah sorry was juggling kids, computer and cooking....

No worries mate, I know exactly what your saying..... I'd love to get involved in some Sunday comp action but it's only real family time I get at the minute.

good to hear hes still at it, i'm under it still so wouldn't interest me at the moment

Yep he's still in the thick of it, maybe I'll see you down there in the future when things calm down for us.

[j6uk]

yes I practiced the line up but found it boring after a while,every ball goes in every pocket and all down the middle of the table.a more realistic routine was spread a few balls round the pink and black and one on the side rail either above the pink to break out with the pink or below the pink to break out with the black and never leave it while last,also I joined a private club with my own key and the tables had tram lines from the black to the pocket I would imagine that line going back to the rail and try and never land on it so I had a angle on the black.On pack splitting mike always wanted to split while a red was still open under the pack because there is a certain amount of luck involved in going into them. On technique and cuing I found that when you drop in stroke you tend to go a bit wild and try and pot everything (which you cant and soon fall out of stroke)so when I thought I was cuing well I would reign it in a bit.another point on tips my preference is I hated new tips so when I bedded one in I would pop it off and put it in a little tin in my case,also ken the manager let me retip all the rack cues I would find the good played in ones and keep them.

yeah when i first cleared the lineup i felt it was a real achievement, i remember it more so than the first ton. after i was able to clock the lineup three times on the bounce i moved to doing the max then sequential maxes line, at the same time i was running a hundred blacks 'which i think is the best routine around the black. i then made it my goal to follow and complete this: http://fergalobrien.ie/practice.html with most of these ive done many times over. of course i was sparing, giving out big handy caps.
i like what you say about not pushing the boat out when your cueing nice. i too found if you take three of more liberties that don't workout in your favor things tend not to go your way for a few frames, and as you say if your not careful you can undo a good weeks practice in one sparring session.
iv pop off a hanging off tip or two from a rack of cues that someones made a half arsed attempt at retipping, always good to have a backup knocked in tip