NV B.65 - Power draw technique advice from VEPS - I

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Dr. Dave and Tom Ross show how to improve your power-draw pool-shot technique. This is an example shot from Disc I of "The Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots" (VEPS). The VEPS series includes over 750 shots in 50 different categories, with over 250 "gems" of the game. The series is the most comprehensive collection of pool shots ever published. Disc I covers basic shot making and position control.

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[ableite]

I could never achieve an ball effect...

[DrDaveBilliards]

@ableite

If you want to try, there is additional advice in the FAQ section of my website under "draw - advice and drills."

Good luck.

[Pigimon]

well this is how i managed to achieve such a draw shot ( a very important shot imo).At first balls where flying outside of the table,second i got a skid mark from my shaft lol and then i just knew it u have to hold your cue very lightly as if you ar just stroking and accelerate through the ball without tighten up the grip and hit the CB at the right spot. So in my mind spin is just speed of the cue not power at all.

[DrDaveBilliards]

@Pigimon

Good summary. You are right ... assuming you are hitting the CB at the desired height, all that matters is cue speed ... and a light grip is best for achieving this with the least effort (and best accuracy and consistency).

FYI, much more draw technique advice can be found under "draw" in the FAQ section of my website.

[Quickfireflame]

All power draw shots are messed up for the fear of scooping from the bottom.Does the bending cue stick help?

[DrDaveBilliards]

@Quickfireflame

I think the more common cause for messing up is tightening the grip during the stroke. This lowers the tip and often results in a scoop.

I'm not sure what you mean about a "bending cue stick." With a pendulum stroke, the tip does go down into the table, and the cue does bend, but the cue ball is long gone, so it has no effect.

[Quickfireflame]

@cmmwiz Some cues just don't bend.However the tip does have to come to rest on the table and best proof of that would be a chalk mark.Check out Neil Robertson's power draw shots

[cmmwiz]

@GetMeThere1

I believe you mean 50 inch x 100 inch. I do not know anyone that makes a 4.5 ft x 9 ft table.They do make a 4 ft

x 8 ft table (48 inch x 96 inch).The longer closed bridge works best for me.Check ot my "quick game long draw" done on a gold crown 4.

[cmmwiz]

@Quickfireflame

Dude, bending the cue is part of the follow thru.Definitly part of the stroke.Check ot my quick game long draw,

It runs like a rabbit.

[omega666ification]

@omega666ification lol oh no no no i used to do the jerk thing now its all about the follow through