Cart: 0 items The Power of the Stop Shot (Part 2) The Power of
the Stop Shot (part 2 of 2) In Part 1 of this 2-part series, we
defined the stop shot and all its wonderful benefits. You
learned to use the stop shot to calibrate your stroke, stop the
cue ball, and control the slide in the early stages of position
play. I promised you that once you were able to execute the stop
shot from any distance at any speed, then you would always be
able to predict which direction the cue ball is going. By now,
I’m assuming you’ve had the opportunity to shoot hundreds, maybe
thousands of stop shots. Have you mastered it yet? Are you able
to consistently get that cue ball to slide and stop at the point
of contact? If you’ve grasped the concept of a sliding cue ball
then you’re ready for part 2. In this lesson, we will use the
same speed and tip position that we learned, to execute a stop
shot, to cut shots. Before, when the shot was lined up straight
in, the cue ball had nothing to do but to stop. It transferred
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