Back to basics | how to draw the cue ball 

I love these videos! I've been playing pool for years. As long as I made progress (ie potting more balls) I thought I was getting better. But I also forgot these basics along the way.

Of course 100% correct. I learned the difference by playing middle to long stop shots as slow and low on the cueball as possible. The correct draw happens by accident then, because you do not stress yourself by having to draw and can focus on the right things.

Great teacher, thank you for simplifying this strategy

Keep em coming Dynamite 🧨- these vids are made for my game 🎱🎱🎱

Thank you. Aiming as low as you do, I’m sometimes prone to scooping. Watching you, I was reminded that only the “top edge” of the cue tip is actually affecting the cue ball. Smoothness and follow through with the tip placement is what I must focus upon. I usually aim a little higher and try to force things to happen. I think that I’ve been thinking of the center point of the cue tip when aiming which makes me aim higher. Forcing things has made me more unpredictable -tightening grip, punching, etc. A smooth beginning reaps a smooth ending. I’d try to explain more, but I think all will get the gist of my comment. Aiming lower will allow me to relax and achieve more. Trust my fundamentals

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thanks dynamite, just getting back into pool after a long break, loving the vids!

Great pointers Darren! I've gotten a lot better at these shot over time and with lots of practice. I think the hardest thing for me at the moment is remembering to keep things relaxed and smooth when I'm trying to shoot a power draw shot. Let's say the cue ball is about 2/3 of the table away from the object ball and I want to pull it back to where my bridge hand is or all the way back to an end rail. It's such a paradox to wrap your mind around because you know that you have to put some power in the shot but you still have to make sure you're not squeezing the cue too hard and tensing up while executing it. That being said, I do find that the shots that I hit the best feel like less effort is going in to them as opposed to more effort to get that cue ball spinning back towards me. Keep up all the awesome work you're doing and thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Yes Sir!!! Preach it! If people can't learn from this, they've got problems (not listening!). Another aspect.... Practice! Without practice, you won't learn your own abilities, so you can't develop skills to get better. Love it Darren! Be Safe

Thanks Darren 👍 Nice shirt btw!

Will you be also doing a video on a proper force follow?

Thanks, very helpful! If you haven't done already, I concur with others who would like a force-follow video like this.

Awesome! Thanks

Hi Darren, thank you for your great videos which I enjoy watching and practicing often. One request to you. I understand that this video shows how to draw the cue ball for the case that the distance of the cue ball and the object ball is quite near. Can you also make a video showing how you draw the cue ball when the cue ball and the object ball is quite far. When the distance between two balls is not close, then it can happen easiliy a miss cue if you need to hit the cue ball harder and aim as low as possible. Thanks for your reply. All the best.

Thanks Darren needed this video need to work on my draw can you do video on long draw shots

Perfect

Thanks👍🏽

I find that when drawing the ball, keeping a loose grip helps but the problem I have is that although the cue comes back my stroke is no longer straight and I end up missing a straight draw shot. Any tips on how to get a clean straight stroke? Maybe get your buddy Chris melling to give some pointers on how he developed his stroke? I love his stroke the most tbh

Every time I draw the cue ball, it jumps off the table 😂

This video is really nice Could you explain about acceleration?

Would you do a "What's in the Case" video?

Hello Darren, most coaches teach you keep the cue as parallel as possible to the table but I see pro´s like Earl and SVB raise their bridgehand quite a lot hitting down on the cue ball when drawing it. What do you think? Cheers

What I see more than anything is his bridge hand very low, not a tri-pod finger straight up grip.

Darren can you explain how to do a big draw with left/right english when the cueball is about 6 inches from the rail, I find when I try to do the big draw when hitting low, I jump the cue ball. Now I jack up the cue and hit higher on the cueball but I don't know if this is the right way as I am actually hitting a masse shot kind of which makes me miss the shot sometimes. What is the professional way?

This is kinda easy you should try doing it at least 5 diamonds distance and you can teach us how to bring it back that easy

Is it easier to draw with a hard or soft tip?

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