{"id":1459,"date":"2019-02-27T21:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcdermottcue.com\/blog\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:58:26","slug":"anthony-beeler-instructional-lesson-7-stroke-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcdermottcue.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/anthony-beeler-instructional-lesson-7-stroke-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Beeler Instructional Lesson #7: Stroke Drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a straight, smooth stroke is one of the best ways to improve your game. Having already shown you the basic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdermottcue.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/anthony-beeler-instructional-lesson-5-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stroke<\/a>, Anthony now shows you a couple of exercises you can do to better your stroke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O-Ec6mAez9s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdermottcue.com\/blog\/category\/videos\/anthony-beeler-lessons\/\">Find other episodes<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Transcription<\/h2>\n<p>Hello, I\u2019m Master Instructor Anthony Beeler and today I want to talk to you about how to develop a straight pool stroke. Having a straight pool stroke is one of the most important aspects in the game of pool. Today I want to show you a couple of drills that you can work on to help make your stroke straight.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I want us to look at is following the cue ball into the pocket. And, essentially, all you have to do is place the object ball and the cue ball in the middle of the table near the side pockets, and you\u2019re going to practice following the cue ball into the side.<\/p>\n<p>What you\u2019re going to want to aim at is the base of the object ball. That\u2019s the true center. If you have a straight-in shot, you can always find the center of that object ball by looking at where it\u2019s sitting at on the table; that\u2019s the base of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>So as I\u2019m getting into my stance I\u2019m locking my eyes in on the base of that ball, and now, if I deliver a straight stroke, the cue ball should go into the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>The second stroke drill that we\u2019re gonna look at is drawing the cue ball back into the pocket. 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