Most players want to do better at adjusting aim for english and in offsetting english's deleterious effects on their minds as sidespin destroys their strokes and shots!
I've taught extensively on correcting and compensating for the errors including collision-induced throw and cue stick deflection that crop us with parallel english (both hands to one side of center ball) or pivot english (butt to one side of center and the tip on the opposite side).
A great technique that some readers know is called "backhand english." Aim cue ball center, adding english with your shooting hand on the final forward stroke. See 2 Wrong Ways And One Right Way To Stroke With English for more.
But today I'll present an ultimate billiards english technique you might enjoy called body english. Mosconi and Greenleaf used body english, and I've seen many of the "non-Snooker" kind of pros (who don't stand super straight and square near 100% of shots) do it.
I'm trying to not raise a firestorm when I have my students move from the feet or trunk during the stroke but "BE" adds so much feel and confidence to cue ball shape in my opinion.
Billiards English? Body English!
For body english shooters dance along by stroking for center ball but moving their body on the final stroke forward, right for right english or vice versa. Trunk to legs move right, for example, and a relaxed upper arm comes on the ride. The lower arm folds left under the upper arm, taking the cue butt left and turning the tip right for english.
Keep the bridge hand immobile but relaxed. Body english feels like hitting dead center on the cue ball! Inside english (on the same side as the cut on the object ball) "BE" is so subtle it's barely evident, outside english (when cutting a ball to your left, outside english is any measure of right english and vice versa) feels like gently pitching the cue ball a longer distance than usual. Key words are subtle, gently and slightly!
Write me at About.com for more if you are struggling to master this technique. I use it constantly for superb results.
