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Hi I have recently started practicing a lot after getting into the game in the early 90's. So I have not really ever played long enough to really get into the game. However recently showed promise by practicing the colors off the spots, and last Fri managed to pot them all. I was really over the moon. However when I looked at my tip, it had really worn down and the top was starting to peal away, so I got someone in the club to change it. Ever since I have tried to play since I have struggled and, seem to be putting unintentional side on now, this how really knocked my confidence. Before I really concentrated on technique studying Steve Davis particularly. I could screw the blue in and I would watch the white come back and I was able to stay down and still on the shot, but since the tip change it has become harded to screw back.
I have heard that you have to play a tip in, but is it usual for screw to be harder in this period. How do you know a good tip from a bad one.
Also a sighting question if there is a fair distance between balls, I tend to look at the desired angle on the objct ball as I get down then imagine the point of aim coming back from that ball, and then look at the white as I get my hand on the table, don't know if this is right, but 7 out of 10 I will get me line right, because if I try it the other way around I can't see how you can get down on the right line if you look at the white as you get down. All of the instructional books say which ball to look at when you are down and when you hit it ect, but not which one to look at when you get down, It is easier when there isn't much distance, and can see both at the same time, but very difficult for me when there is a big gap between them.
Many Thanks Paul
I have heard that you have to play a tip in, but is it usual for screw to be harder in this period. How do you know a good tip from a bad one.
Also a sighting question if there is a fair distance between balls, I tend to look at the desired angle on the objct ball as I get down then imagine the point of aim coming back from that ball, and then look at the white as I get my hand on the table, don't know if this is right, but 7 out of 10 I will get me line right, because if I try it the other way around I can't see how you can get down on the right line if you look at the white as you get down. All of the instructional books say which ball to look at when you are down and when you hit it ect, but not which one to look at when you get down, It is easier when there isn't much distance, and can see both at the same time, but very difficult for me when there is a big gap between them.
Many Thanks Paul
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