Tips for Helping Your Cue Ball Control.

If you've been taking your lessons in order, you have developed great physical fundamentals, along with learning the principles behind aiming and knowing how your eyes work. You are well on your way to pocketing plenty of balls! And for millions of players, that often seems to be enough. In reality, pocket billiards is so much more than that. The next logical step is getting control of your cue ball.

Start noticing where the cue ball goes after you make a shot. What you may not have noticed are the countless number of options you have, on each and every shot, to make the cue ball head in a direction that will give you an easier attempt on your next shot.

It have been said that the pros make it look so easy.It seems as if they never have to shoot a tough shot! It is no accident it is called position play and you can't achieve it without the necessary knowledge and developed skills in cue ball control. The fundamentals of cue-ball-control consist of speed control, mastering center ball, and the use of follow, draw, and english. The combinations of all these elements, and how each of these affects speed control, themselves, are endless.