hammer stroke
- Thread starter Pete
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Pinning the cb is to pinch it into the table on nearly every stroke. For players that don't sweat spin and deflection, it maximizes cb action. I spoke to a few touring pros who say it's the only way to play pool... so there's def something to it.
I was told...like golf...you want to hit down on the cb slightly for everything, including follow.
If you can't control your rock, it's not for you.
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I was told...like golf...you want to hit down on the cb slightly for everything, including follow.
If you can't control your rock, it's not for you.
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Dave, think about it. Everyones cue is already pointed down. Everyone already "pins" the cb. Seldom any way around it. As far as "maximizing action", the only thing it does, and then only if you raise the cue even more than you normally have to, is cause the cb to swerve sooner. It's nothing more than a marketing term used by some so they have something "special" to sell. That's all.
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Pretty good observation...
The hammer stroke is the use of the wrist in the pool stroke to accomplish the pinning... The wrist creates an radial deviation which done with power forces the cueball into the table bed slightly.... This is found in the pendulum stroke naturally and minimally. It has to be learned if you are using the piston because with the piston the wrist can be fully deviated well before reaching the striking zone. It would be under advanced techniques I think simply because it adds an additional timing element.....
Chris
Banks
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This is a secret/trick? I just thought people like me used it because we suck at drawing otherwise. There are two special words involved, too. Who woulda thought?
Edit: Neil, I'll cut you in on half if you help me make another word to use.
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I tried to start a discussion in another thread about this. I tried to talk about the stroke "timing" and lead into this. Because the pinning (digging in to the cue ball) is related to the type of stroke we use.
Never mind...the last stroke thread was a complete disaster. :smile:
Best,
Mike
Pin
I use a pendulum stroke. When I hit very high and
relatively hard on the cue ball I notice it jumps slightly
right after leaving the cue tip. I hear it. This is
caused by the pinch between cue stick and table.
I was aware of it but never thought much about it 'till now.
I use a pendulum stroke. When I hit very high and
relatively hard on the cue ball I notice it jumps slightly
right after leaving the cue tip. I hear it. This is
caused by the pinch between cue stick and table.
I was aware of it but never thought much about it 'till now.
Ah, that's why the elbow should drop anytime you hit above center.....IMO
....to me, if the tip is going down on a follow shot, you taking off what you're putting on....
.....somewhat like opposing muscles.
How does an angled cue make the cue ball 'squirt' sooner?
Squirt is effected by the amount that the tip is off center & it is in the opposite directon of the tip offset. 2:00 tip = 5:00 squirt direction.
Are you saying that one can effect WHEN the squirt happens?
I agree.
There is a fine line that if crossed you lose benefit.
They say football is actually a game of inches.
To me Pool is a game of millimeters & many times it's just 1 mm.
Best Wishes,
Rick
Think masse.
My mistake, I meant "swerve" and typed "squirt".
Do you realize that everytime you hit the cb, above center you are driving it down a hair? Even with a level stroke? That means that on every shot you actually jump the cb off the table a hair. You just can't normally see it. Put a dime in front of the cb, use medium speed, and watch the cb jump right over it.