That wind up looks comical. Tell you why it works though.
Natural motion; looks awkward but all the shifts and balances <let> the energy pass into the ball.
And (in case this horse is playing possum) the direct problem isn’t deceleration itself, but the negative effect it can have on the stroke’s timing and accuracy.
There's that timing word again. It does its Newtonian thing, doesn't have to synch with anything in particular - it's the shooter with all the bad parts and latencies.
He’s really kinda smart about pool and billiards. Just the other day he explained something in his commentary I had often observed but had never had an explanation for. It pays to listen to him.
