In the last column I talked about controlling the table and how a contest between advanced players is essentially one of who will take control. Since both players know how to control the table, the match is often determined by who can take control first. In pool, the issue of control begins with being...
Natural tempo is an important part of pool and playing in it is synonymous with being in dead stroke—you can’t have one without the other. Your natural tempo is also unique. You can’t learn it from someone else or fake it or make it up. All you can really do is discover it and...
In the last column we saw that the transition part of the shot process is a brief but crucial element. During this phase, you are moving your body from a standing posture to a lowered one, and you are moving your intention (and your attention) from the mental to the physical. It’s an easy...
This is my seventh column on the shot process for InsidePOOL Magazine, and so far we have looked at some very important things. We have examined the standing address in great deal. We have broken the transition phase into minute parts and put it back together. We have analyzed and worked diligently on the...
Please can you explain in more detail how to hold the cue and talk about the grip? First, when I teach pool, I talk about having a pendulum action. When addressing your tip to the cueball, the back hand should fall at a right angle (90 degrees) with the cue. The reason for this...
Pool Etiquette Hi everyone, and thanks for writing to me with your questions. I would like to talk about etiquette in our sport. Having been a snooker player for the majority of my playing career thus far, I felt compelled to talk about the differences in sportsmanship between the two games. I have found...
Hi everyone! Thanks for sending in more of your questions. Every month I will answer questions that come through my website – www.allisonfisher.com (http://www.allisonfisher.com). What diameter of tip do you use and why? When I played snooker, my tip was only 9mm wide. When I switched to pool in 1995, the first Cuetec cue...