Any one have advice on shooting one handed jacked up?

greyghost

greyghost

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I like to mess around playing like that at the house, Over the past few years I've gotten to where I can run quite a few balls pretty often on a bar box I can consistently run out 9ball in probably 3 innings, but some shots are really difficult on the big table and probably takes me around 5-7 innings on a 9 ft. I think I shoot descent like this but want to get better just for my own fun. Anyone have any good advice, or techniques that help them?

Thanks in advance,
Grey Ghost
 
Lining up is one of the secrets - as well as knowing the balance point of your cue.

I also exaggerate the follow through on most of my shots.

Everyone's mechanics is different, and the best advice is to just keep at it until you master it.

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John Daminato said:
I checked out your link..Pretty good..Wndering what is the point of that drill? I was thinking shooting one handed like that might be bad for your muscle memory, because you have to hold the butt of the cue very firm..and in some cases poke at the ball...Right?
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I don't know if there really is a point to the drill - other than I was bored that day and looking to do something a little different and a little more challenging. With Parkinson's Disease, I have the tendency to jump up in mid-stroke, and shooting one handed helps me to stay down (almost).
 
One Handed

Grip the cue just slightly behind the balance point (less than an inch) with your thumb and index finger. Allow the stick to lower until it is also supported by the flesh between your thumb and index finger in the web area near your palm. This provides a degree of vertical stabilizing or cantilevered support. Your best stroke for freehand is a slow deliberate short stroke or poke in contrast to a long and smooth one. Eliminate the back stroke. Align behind the cue ball, stabilize the shaft. Check alignment, then push forward with your arm and shaft as one solid unit. Remember use a soft to medium stroke. This is a deliberate push in contrast to warm up strokes used with a bridge. This stroke will help on those tight to the rail, or over another ball situations.

Align the cue tip where you would if using a normal bridge. Do your thinking and planning in the upright position. Align your body in line with the aim line and select the desired english. When you use a normal bridge, you’ll have fewer stroking errors.

I am putting together items for a book (80 pages of text so far). Don't know if I will complete. The above is part of the section on one handed.
 
One Handed Off The Rail

This proceeds the above post.

Shooting one handed is recommended to eliminate abrupt elements of your stroke motion. Take a week or two to concentrate on one handed play. Many people learn this method after breaking their arm. Not recommended. You simply cannot stroke off the rail with an abrupt motion. Change a poor stroke to a smooth and professional one. This is also a way to develop an opposite arm stroke. Highly recommended for beginners.

Rest the cue shaft on the side rail with the cue ball a comfortable distance from the rail. Begin with the cue ball perpendicular to the rail at a comfortable distance with the rail simulating a bridge. Align the stick, hold the butt loosely and practice a stroke of 6 to 8 inches. Follow through as if you had a bridge. This may take 5 to 30 minutes.

Make contact center ball and watch a smoother delivery. You can’t help but have a much smoother stroke, if you are hitting the cue ball at all. Try shots that are on an angle with the rail. Notice that the shaft will slide down the rail unless you apply modest side pressure. Use the thumb and index finger of your stroking arm for the side stabilizing force. Again practice strokes with rail support and release as if you had a bridge hand holding the shaft. Within an hour you will be shooting somewhat accurately from the rail. Shoot some balls in from the rail, then try a 3 ball table and try to get out. If english is desired, incorporate it into your aim. Stroke smoothly forward and notice the elimination of side action.

By now you are playing rail shape. That is cue ball position less than a diamond from the rail. Preferably more perpendicular to the rail.

This is a useful and quite accurate stroke for normal play. You have confidence in the accuracy and it can be as soft as necessary. You have seen people do it in regular games because it is the best stroke for soft hit precise position situations. It is not a show off move. Your body is upright and you see the table from more of an overhead perspective.
 
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