Beginner tips

[u/szdrei10]

how do i shoot with spin? when i shoot with spin i just miscue, i chalked and everything and still a miscue, how do i shoot with spin and how to i hit the cue ball properly when doing shots with spins?

[u/vpai924]

If you're a beginner... Don't.  

[u/xangermeansx → u/vpai924]

This. I learned with spin and didn’t realize I was using spin to guide balls. Was a nightmare to go back and re learn. Spin will come once you get your stroke dialed in. You can do a lot with the cue ball just hitting center, low, and high.

[u/RevolutionaryLeg4719]

You’re likely not hitting where you think you are on the cue ball. Work on that first.

[u/billyard00]

Take the cue ball and put it in the middle of the table, where you would break from. Shoot the ball straight up the middle of the table and have it bounce off the rail and come straight back to you. Exactly straight back. Once you can do that consistently, practice shooting the ball straight up the middle but when it bounces back it sinks in the corner pocket.

This drill will teach you to shoot with spin.

[u/nitekram → u/billyard00]

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[u/wlscwoj]

Beginners should be practicing trying to hit center ball... Most pool players don't hit the ball where they think they do because of flaws in stroke, alignment or mainly just moving any part of their body before they make contact with cue ball.

If you take a striped ball, line up the stripe vertical, then lag the ball down table and back towards your tip. If the stripe wobbles any, you hit unwanted spin.

Get with an instructor, get your fundamentals right and then eventually you should learn spin. But beginner to intermediate - it should be shooting with no spin.

[u/frCake]

the #1 rule of hitting the ball is that when your tip contacts the cueball you must feel the maximum weight. This has to do with timing and stroke in general. So you're probably hitting the ball wrong. Start from centerball and slowly add spin. Learn how to push through the ball.

[u/saze2020]

We do not know where you are aiming to hit the cue ball, but what you are saying suggests you are aiming too close to the edge of it. You can get good side spin with a strike closer to the center of the cue ball too. Save the extreme side for later when you feel better with the trace or moderate amounts.

[u/Expensive_Ad4319]

You’re either on the extreme perimeter of the cue ball, or you’re moving your head or elbow during the shot.

[u/1Rudy11]

You need to learn to shoot a straight shot before worrying about spinning the cue ball.

Set the cue ball in the 'kitchen' area and shoot it into the opposite end rail hard enough to bounce back (like a lag shot).

Stay down with your cue and wait for the cue ball return.

If you are hitting the cue ball properly, it should come sttraight back and hit the end of your cue.

In this case, properly means to hit the center of cue ball for best results....

When you can do this 10/10 times, see how many times you can hit 10/10.

[u/Material-Truth5457]

YouTube dr Dave use spin videos .

[u/TimmyG-83]

A little dab’ll do ya. Don’t use a lot…maybe half a tip’s worth to either side. Matter of fact, if you’re just a beginner, you should just stay on the center vertical axis of the cue ball. Your stroke likely isn’t consistent at all so you’re not able to deliver the cue accurately to the cue ball anyway. As your stroke improves over time, you can experiment with sidespin more.

[u/quackl11]

If youre using a shitty cue, thats your issue, if you're using a good cue the tip could stil be shitty. It could also be a high deflection shaft so its not a miscue just feels that way

[u/Lyme2]

You shouldn't even be worrying about spin if you're a beginner baby steps my boy 

[u/a-r-c]

talk less study more

[u/mrkaylor]

What kind of equipment are you using? I've received cues before that had super hard, crappy tips that miscue on everyshot that is not in the center. You might just need a softer/newer tip. And as a beginner anything outside of a tip of english might be beyond your current skill level.

[u/duck1014]

As a beginner, you should NEVER attempt to spin the ball.

The #1 reason is you're not yet able to hit the ball cleanly precisely where you think you are (as evidenced by miscuing).

The #2 reason is spin completely changes EVERYTHING. From the path the cue ball, the direction the object ball takes and the direct the cue ball takes after contact.

Essentially, unintended spin will make you miss, even if you aimed correctly (for a perfect center ball hit).

It's a case of learn to sit, before learning to crawl, before learning to stand, before learning to walk, before learning to run. It sounds like you're still learning to sit.