The way I describe it for me, "let the cue do the work", is to not force the shot. Stroke smoothly, and the cue will do the rest.
The more I try to impose my will on it, the worse it ends up. If I let the cue do the work, I get better results.
Hi Bruce,
I just deleted a bit of a long post as I realized that I was starting to vent on you for those that have proposed the philosophy of that phrase.
If that is what you have to do to play your best then that is what you have to do.
But I would suggest that when you are playing for nothing or practicing that you try to impose your will on the cue ball & the only way that you can do that is through the cue stick. You have to control the cue stick to truly control the cue ball.
The test of one's stroke is how much one can put on the ball without loosing precision. If one HAS to let the cue do the work, then in all probability there is a flaw somewhere in one's stroke.
All of the above are just my opinions & 'I might be wrong'.
Regards, Shoot Well, & Best Wishes,
Rick
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