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[felipecocco]

Hello,

I've been playing for a couple months and I have this very irritating tendency that I seem to be unable to get rid of no matter what I do. When I feather, I often see that my cue isn't going back and forth perfectly, that it in fact pivots on my hand and swings left and right, such that when I hit the ball the cue is traveling right to left, causing cueball to go left and shots to miss right.

If I make a very conscious effort to keep the cue movement straight, I can somewhat do that when I am feathering, and can successfully hit shots that don't require a lot of cue movement. But, on longer shots... I either make it or 99% of the time miss it right.

I've fooled around with changing stance, grip, etc... but nothing seems to help. If anoyone has ever had this kind of problem and has some advice, I'd much appreciate it.

Cheers.

[Jlaix]

When you're cueing do you tend to feather quite fast? I bet you probably do, but just don't even know it.

Here's something Nic Barrow showed me:

Next time you're practicing, get some time by yourself and cue back n forth very slowly to the point that you're able to keep hitting the white in the centre.

Then start to increase the pace of the waggles gradually, to the point that you're finding it hard to hit the centre. You'll find that the correct pace for your waggles will be just before this point.

[bongo]

When you're cueing do you tend to feather quite fast? I bet you probably do, but just don't even know it.

Here's something Nic Barrow showed me:

Next time you're practicing, get some time by yourself and cue back n forth very slowly to the point that you're able to keep hitting the white in the centre.

Then start to increase the pace of the waggles gradually, to the point that you're finding it hard to hit the centre. You'll find that the correct pace for your waggles will be just before this point.

Ah, you know Nic Barrow, what a great coach he is, in fact, when I read the question, I was going to post this exact solution! To slow down feathers in practice, here is Nic in a video showing this.