Snooker players do something similar.
Releasing the grip on the backswing and then regripping the cue after impact.
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Snooker players do something similar.
Releasing the grip on the backswing and then regripping the cue after impact.
Back up your statement. You were quick to say how wrong I am, and that a lot of amateurs can do it, well, you are a pro, so show us no nothings how it's done. Surely you should have no problem doing it.
I don't think so. Some of them open their back fingers. I don't know of any snooker player who actually releases the grip.
https://youtu.be/8DYDMMw5TtE?t=15You might want to look up what fast twitch muscle fiber is.
Sure, let us know how he uses fast twitch muscles .
That's all your claim.
Efren is Bruce Lee of pool or something?
Nah. I don't do the chest-pounding thing like you do. I'm fine with you not believing me or my ability. I don't have the fragile ego that you do.
I think we're talking about two different things. You might be talking about degrees of grip pressure. I'm referring to literally letting go of the cue stick so that the cue actually slides through the hand as it impacts the ball and then the hand catches the cue after impact. If you let go in the back swing in the way I mean, the cue will continue backwards. You would have to re grip it again to move it forward. Right?
Good for you. And it doesn't matter what twitch muscle fibers you have for those types of shots. Also, as you have proven to yourself, you don't have to release the cue either. Releasing the cue is a different topic for discussion, but basically, it's to prevent a player's sub conscious from taking over at the point the tip strikes the ball. You'd be surprised at the things we do sub consciously to the cue stick while it's in motion.
I experimented with releasing the cue for several months and I found that it does give a purer hit but it also damages the cue because you can't always catch it in time, and it will hit the ends of the table. But it made me realize that even the process of simply holding the cue stick can be detrimental to the hit at times when you have very little margin for error in a particular shot.
The sub conscious mind is very powerful.
I can shoot an 8 foot shot and draw the cue ball back 8 feet with out any conscious thought.
But when someone asks me to do it sometimes i have trouble because I start to think about the mechanics of the shot.
I have to block out the mechanics and think about another subject and just let it happen .
It can be a benefit or a curse. Depends. Take for example, someone with a steering problem. They don't realize they're steering the cue until after they've missed the shot. On the other hand, like you wrote, trying to control everything consciously can be detrimental as well. I have found that the key is to find a workable balance between the two.
Good for you, but I won't try releasing the cue stick.
Tell that to Efren and John Schmidt .
JS in a video interview on TAR argued it this way .
Find a spot on the floor and hit .
He said you'll never be as accurate in poking instead of dropping the cue to that spot.
Is that what you do? How long did it take you to perfect it?
Anyone who has dabbled in artistic billiards will know that shot. The problem is that the vast majority of pool players don't spin their cue ball very well because they have never learned to hit it far enough from center.
I doubt that John was talking about releasing the stick during the forward stroke. But what you're saying above is very unclear. Can you explain further?
Let's be clear. I never suggested that you should try. Without knowing you --- just based on your posts, I agree that you shouldn't try.
But never at any time does John say he lets the cue slip in his hand. Or maybe I missed that part. If he did say he lets the cue slip relative to his grip hand, when in the video does he say that?