9 tips to improve your basic techniques Pool

Billiard is a much more complex sport than people think. Knowing the basics to master is as vital as in any other sport, something that many underestimate. Daily practice will make us improve substantially, so having our own billiard table can help us train.

In addition to practice, having good advice for improvement is always useful. Therefore, we have these 9 tips to improve your basic techniques:

1- Walk and observe well the table. It is very important to take the time you need to go around the table and watch all the possible moves you can do on your turn. Decide what is the best move you should do next is something very important, and should not be taken lightly.

2- Keep your eyes forward. It is normal to turn your head to look at the table, but that gives you a disadvantage, since you're looking at the shot sideways, something that can not give you all the information you need. Look straight ahead when evaluating your next shot can be the difference between a good shot and a bad one.

3- Always keep your hand and your back relaxed. Being tense can be your worst enemy in a game of billiard. If you do not relax your hand take the cue you can apply more pressure than necessary and reduce the chances that your shot is as accurate as you want. Concentration and relaxation are essential to make your shots better.

4- Keep your bridge firm. When you are about to make your shot, push your fingers on the table cloth. Thus you ensure that your bridge hand does not move when you slide the cue to hit the ball, and avoid a large number of errors.

5- Always complete the shots you started. Leaving the shots half-completed has two negative sides: a more practical side, since you can doubt to make the shot and not come out as you planned, and a psychological side as you can get tired mentally before if you never decide to make a hit.

6- Analyze your failures. Using excuses does not work. After a fault go back to your chair, sit down and think again about what has been the problem. Fix the error mentally and go back to the game. This way your game will improve as the game progresses, instead of going by repeating over and over again the same mistakes.

7- Always keep calm. You nervous or letting your failures affect you more than necessary will not help at all, rather the opposite. Slumps always occur, the important thing is to relax and stay positive to reduce the duration of these periods.

8- Give it all on every shot. Once you've already decided what will be your shot you have to put your whole being into that shot. If you're running when shooting still are having doubts and wondering if it is the best option, you will most likely fail that shot.

9. Develop a "ritual". Think and make a list of what you need to do before executing a shot, and practice the process continuously. This way you will create a kind of shooting ritual, which will serve as a method of concentration and will help in stressful situations.

And you, what advice would you give a player to improve his billiard techniques? Write it in the comments.