There are several powerful exercises that you can do using a mirror.  You can use it to break bad habits or to help you visualize a bank/kick shot.  For example, if your cue stick is not staying level, it is typically due to inadvertently raising or dropping your elbow.  Fixing this bad habit usually requires more than having a coach just tell you that you are moving your elbow.  And, a video recording only shows you what happened in the past.  You need to know, in the exact

The game is 9-ball here.  In Diagram 1, the cue ball is frozen to the 8-ball and their line of centers are aimed to miss to the right hand corner of the pocket. The 9-ball is on the same end of the table. How would you make the 8-ball and also get position for the 9-ball? Diagram 3 reveals that the answer is by using direction-induced throw. Remember that throw is counter-intuitive. Contact the cue ball on the right side of the line of centers of the cue ball and the 8-ball a

Imagine that the cue ball and the object ball are lined up straight and both very close to the end rail. You need to get a position for the next ball, which is at the opposite end of the rail. You could try hitting it hard with high left, but hitting it with such force makes the pocket less forgiving, and it is likely that you miss the shot. Instead, going rail first with a smooth, effortless stroke is much more natural and easy. Also, experiment using high, low, and left Eng

This one rail kicking system is very effective and is easy to use. First, draw an imaginary X with both of the bottom points being the object ball and cue ball. The top points are then placed directly above the other ball, on the rail. Then, find the point where both lines cross. Finally, draw another line from the center point of the X directly above it on the rail . This is where you aim to hit your object ball. Jacqueline Karol is known as “The Angel of Billiards.” She