The camera work was perfect for cue delivery diagnosis. I have been saying for quite some time about the teaching of stroke technique (Years) with a lot of negative feedback.
If you ask Mika what he has worked on in the past few years he may or not tell you, but it is his backhand motion. More of the pump stroke, rolling the cue over, adjusting for max delivery with less work, opposed to the traditional teaching of pendulum stroke and freeze theory.
You may have also noticed many players pulling the cue off line on the last backstroke then delivering exactly where they were aiming. Some are easy to see and some are less noticeable. This all goes against traditional instruction, yet look at the results. Is it a coincidence the majority of players cue this way? Others are also working on the same technique as they can see it is more natural and less forced. And no they are not using an aiming system because they are cueing in that fashion.
There is no reason to pull back 12 to 15 inches to delivery, there never was. If you strike the cue ball properly on a slow table it will travel. Maybe you need more cue speed (slightly) maybe you need to hit into the axis line more cleanly and on target. The long delivery stroke has hurt Shane quite a few times on the biggest stage.
You may have also noticed very few center ball hits, even when it appeared a center ball hit was necessary. Center ball is almost a myth. It's easier to cue just off center, finding center and keeping a stiff arm to stay in center is just too much work. Too forced, nothing natural. There are rare occasions you must hit dead center.
I have seen instructors do video analysis of the swing arm for hours; the same result is the swing arm is delivering out of line. The old Einstein Theory…Insanity…repeating the same mistake and expecting different results. I have seen those same students' years later with the same results. Let me turn you into a robot and maybe this theory will be more consistent. I compare it to fixing a glass window, Give me a hammer, I can fix it.
Many have said…they make it look so easy, so natural….well yes they do, because they have learned to use the natural and not be a robot. Robots are machines. They don’t have ligaments, muscles, blood flow, feel pressure.
Use the natural; learn to not only finish the stroke but COMPLETE IT, there is a difference.
If you ask Mika what he has worked on in the past few years he may or not tell you, but it is his backhand motion. More of the pump stroke, rolling the cue over, adjusting for max delivery with less work, opposed to the traditional teaching of pendulum stroke and freeze theory.
You may have also noticed many players pulling the cue off line on the last backstroke then delivering exactly where they were aiming. Some are easy to see and some are less noticeable. This all goes against traditional instruction, yet look at the results. Is it a coincidence the majority of players cue this way? Others are also working on the same technique as they can see it is more natural and less forced. And no they are not using an aiming system because they are cueing in that fashion.
There is no reason to pull back 12 to 15 inches to delivery, there never was. If you strike the cue ball properly on a slow table it will travel. Maybe you need more cue speed (slightly) maybe you need to hit into the axis line more cleanly and on target. The long delivery stroke has hurt Shane quite a few times on the biggest stage.
You may have also noticed very few center ball hits, even when it appeared a center ball hit was necessary. Center ball is almost a myth. It's easier to cue just off center, finding center and keeping a stiff arm to stay in center is just too much work. Too forced, nothing natural. There are rare occasions you must hit dead center.
I have seen instructors do video analysis of the swing arm for hours; the same result is the swing arm is delivering out of line. The old Einstein Theory…Insanity…repeating the same mistake and expecting different results. I have seen those same students' years later with the same results. Let me turn you into a robot and maybe this theory will be more consistent. I compare it to fixing a glass window, Give me a hammer, I can fix it.
Many have said…they make it look so easy, so natural….well yes they do, because they have learned to use the natural and not be a robot. Robots are machines. They don’t have ligaments, muscles, blood flow, feel pressure.
Use the natural; learn to not only finish the stroke but COMPLETE IT, there is a difference.
