Archive for the ‘Pool Tip’ Category

Quick and Easy Way to Clean a Pool Cue

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Today I’m going to show you a quick way to clean your pool cue shaft when you’re out at a pool hall. This technique is very effective at cleaning a dirty pool cue and you’ll probably to get it about 75% as clean as a professional pool cue repair shop will be able to do. Obviously, to get it fully clean, you’ll want to take it into one of those pool cue repair shops because they’ll have the tools to get it 100% clean.

What we need for this is: A paper towel (the natural, brown colored ones work best) and some water. You’ll want to wet the paper towel just a bit. A few capfulls of water is all your need. You don’t want the paper towel to get soaked, just nice and damp. After that, you’ll wrap the paper towel around the cue and you’ll want to move it quickly up and down the shaft to create heat. That heat and friction is what is going to force the dirt to come off. After about 30 seconds of this, you’ll notice that the cue is already quite a bit cleaner. If you continue to do this technique, you’ll start to see the cue become much cleaner.

Quick and Easy Way to Straighten Your Stroke in Pool and Billiards

Friday, March 9th, 2012

As you may already have guessed from the title of this video, today I’m going to show you a quick and easy way to straighten your stroke. To do this, we’re going to use a “highly specialized” tool called the “Billiards and Darts Direct $2 Stroke-Straightener”. Yep, it’s just a beer bottle. :)

So, take this beer bottle (make sure it’s empty and cleaned out) and place it on your pool table. We’re going to take our cue and line up on it. And we’re going to stroke through the beer bottle, being careful NOT to hit the sidewalls.

It’s very easy to determine if you’re hitting the sidewalls since the beer bottle will move if you do. Or you’ll be able to hear it slide against it. You want to go in and our of the bottle without ever touching it. Use BIG strokes.

After you’ve gotten that technique down, it’s time to advance to the next stage in this process: stepping into the shot. You’ll want to be able to step into the shot like you’re actually playing it and line up on it so you’re perfectly aligned with that beer bottle. You should be able to stroke in and out of it without hitting it. After you master that technique, your stroke will be much straighter!