How To Prevent a Miscue
Trick
Watch Jackie hit the yellow 1-ball and the left edge of the red 3-ball with low left English/Spin. The 1-ball and the 2-ball will go in the side pocket, the 3-ball will go in the right corner. Then, the cue ball will pocket the purple 4-ball in the left corner.
How to set up this trick shot:
Make sure the 1-ball, 2-ball and 3-ball are all touching one another and that the 2-ball and 3-ball are in a perpendicular/90 degree line away from the rail. Place the 4-ball in the jaws of the left corner pocket. Place the cue ball about two feet away below the contact point between these three balls.
Use low left (7 o’clock) on the cue ball and hit about 1/8 of the left side of the 3-ball and simultaneously about 3/4 of the 1-ball with medium speed.
Tip
How to prevent a miscue:
The definition of a miscue is when the tip of the cue stick slides off the cue ball because there is no friction. Chalk creates friction between these surfaces. You must be sure that your tip is properly taken care of so that it can maximize this friction.
- Use a higher quality tips because they miscue less often
- Make sure that your tip has the proper shape which is comparable to the curvature of a nickel or a dime
- Make sure your tip is scuffed up enough so that the chalk can grab on to it
- Chalk your cue after every single shot
- And finally, do NOT blow on your cue tip afterwards because minute bits of saliva will create slippage
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