Thanks.
Yes, that's what I meant about attack.
I typically place my right toe on that plain as a starting point and if I line up on it, get down and kick my elbow to what feels like a exaggerated "right", then my elbow and back arm or tricep is dead on line with the shot line but it doesn't always add up to a straight execution blah blah blah.
I wish it did.
I bought a camera yesterday and I got a bunch of flaws.
Thanks.
Stroke flaws or alignment issues? Or both?
I think a good way to develop a true stroke would be to tape a mini laser pointer to the ferrule of your cue. Then get a box, a small box like 8 inches wide and at least 8 inches tall. Draw a thick vertical line (like 1/4" thick) down the center of one side of the box, then place it on the table a couple of feet away with the vertical line facing you. Turn the laser on, form a bridge and stroke the cue toward the line on the box. The beam can move up or down because that's a normal stroke movement, but it shouldn't move left or right of the vertical line. If it stays pretty much on the line, you've got a good stroke. If it moves left or right of the line you've got a funky thing going on that needs straightned out.
It would be a great invention to utilize an infrared beam (like at the bottom of a garage door) transmitted from the cue shaft, to a light-activated sensor inside the box. There would be a slit/gap in the box that allows the light to hit the sensor. As long as the sensor is getting the beam of light (meaning the stroke his correctly hitting the gap), music plays. Any time the stroke goes too far left or right the music stops. A simple on/off circuit in series between an MP3 player (or phone) and a speaker would work. The vertical gap in the box could be adjustable in width to accommodate a very wobbly stroke or a fairly straight stroke. The goal would be to keep stroking in order to hear an entire song with no cutouts.
I'd buy one. Would you?