A Good Billiards and Pool Case can save you Cue Stick

When purchasing a Pool cue it is important to immediately get a pool cue case whether it is a cheap soft case and and expensive attache case you need to protect it ASAP. The first reason is because you do not want your shaft to take any kind of chips or your cue shaft to get and scratches or bumps that can result in distracting you from shooting a good cue ball shot.

Orr suggestion is to get a basic pool cue hard case that holds 2 pool cues and has some pockets to hold your own chalk, tip shaper, even some scuff pads or fin grain sand paper this way you can carry your complete billiards and pool arsenal around in one nice bag. Even if you only have one cue these hard case pool cue tubes are inexpensive and gives you the ability to expand your cues later on considering most pool players now a days have their own break cue.

Another great thing about a hard case is the added protection if you have a soft case and someone accidentally steps on your cue stick while it is in a soft case it’s a good possibility that this will damage or even worse break your cue stick. And with a hard case there is the extra protection of weathering if it is raining outside it will give the extra protection to ward off moisture or if you accidentally leave it in your car it will protect heavy against heat stick expansion weathering.

Either way the point being is to alwas get a pool cue case right away after purchasing a pool cue but if you ask our expertise a 2 stick hardcase should be your first for the quality protection your stick needs right away. You can get a full range of pool cue cases at Official PRO Sports now a leader in Billiards and Pool player equipment.

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A good Billiards Pool Player starts by staying down on the shot

Shooting pool can seem like the most simple things in the world but if you are a starter pool player there are 3 key things you need to really focus on while shooting.

The first is selecting a good straight pool cue stick. You would think this would be easy and any cue will do but if you are playing pool at a bar where there are use pool cues everywhere first start out by find the right length cue it should be about chest level the the weight should feel average not too heavy or light. Then make sure its straight unless you’ve purchased your own cue and gone through these tests a bar cue is usually worn and warped and has a bow in it, find on that is as straight and possible and you can test it by rolling it across a table and you will see wiggles and wave across the shaft if it’s a straight cue stick or not. Most of the time if you are picking up a stick on the wall its going to have some imperfections so just go with the flow and find the best possible.

The second thing is your stroke. Your stroke should be as close to you body as possible you can even rest it across your waist or if you are a girl below your <cough> bosom. Your elbow should work and a pendulum and should be and easy and clean stroke, take a few practice shot on a cue ball before playing and see how straight your shot is. Bring your cue stick back loosely in your hand and flow straight forward increasing the pressure between you hands and your stick for a straight smooth shot across the felt.

The third thing is probably the most important even for above average players. Keep down on the shot at all times, because even the best of players accidentally pop up after striking the cue ball. This usually happens when you are not concentrating or hurrying up your shot. When you bend over the pool table and pull back your stick and shoot forward make sure you stay as low to the table as possible and and still as possible until you see the cue ball leave the stick. Straightening your back mid shot will change the shot completely. For advanced players your English shot on the ball will be pulled down on the cue and for starting players this may cause your shot to jerk so dramatically you will pull your shots all over the place except what you are aiming for. So make sure you stay down on the shot and pretend there is a weight on your back keeping you still.

With these techniques, especially for beginner this will improve your game by 200% I promise that. And for advanced player when you are not shooting as well as you should always go back to the basics of pool this will calm your shot down and keep you from getting discourage. At least it will keep you thinking about your technique and not about the stresses of the one on one game itself.

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