They’ve worked hard on their straight-in stop shots over a variety of ball distances and speeds to get where they are today, at the top echelons of the sport. Fisher said she drilled these straight shots for hours at a time to gain intense feedback on her stroke.
I can read your mind and know some of you are thinking, “I don’t have time for that stop shot drill, Mattie. I’m paying table rental fees to play, not practice, for an hour here or there only.”
I understand. What you can do real quick, though, is send up table a ball 20 times, to bounce off the far cushion and come straight back to your cue. I can do this 20 of 20 times if the cushion is in good working order to return my ball, that is.
To enhance your feedback still further, try this just 5 times only but use a striped ball instead and place the stripe straight along the path of the shot.
Even before the ball strikes the cushion, observe whether the ball rotates true. If the stripe wobbles instead of rolling true, you have aiming or stroke issues or both.
Concentrate and make that ball roll true. Get to studying with me your classic stroke, classic table stance and pro-styled ball aiming as you need.
Your straight strokes, especially those all-important stop shots, will thank you.
