stroking arm/grip hand during transition into stance

[mristea]

Hello,

Pool is such an annoying game sometimes...I have moments when I feel like I want to quit, because I can not get any long term consistency...I know there is something wrong with my fundamentals, but I can not find what...and even when I find something that I do wrong and correct it, next time some other issue comes up...and believe me I read a lot of books/seen a lot of videos, tried everything I could...unfortunately I do not have any instructors in my country, I know taking private lessons would help a lot...
I find that quite often when I miss a shot it was because of my bad alignment for the shot – which causes my stroking (right) hand to leave the shot line sometime during the lowering into stance or just before starting my practice strokes.
My question is: what should I do with my stroking arm/grip hand while lowering down into the stance / on the shot line? Should I keep it relaxed and loose and only guide the cue on the shot line using my bridge hand? Or should the grip hand/arm also guide the cue during the transition down?

Also I noticed that any small change I do in my grip while I am down throws my shot off...

Looking forward for your opinions.

Thx,
mr

 

[pooltchr]

Far more that I could ever answer in this format, but basically, you need to go through a 3 step process. When you are standing behind the shot, find your aiming line and position your body. Then bring the cue down on the line in position behind the cue. Finally, position your body (stance) around the cue.

Everyone knows the drill of shooting a ball straight down the table and making it come back to your tip. To develop your alignment skill, do that drill with a little twist. Once you have placed your cue down on the line, make no adjustments and no warm up strokes....just back stroke and shoot. You will find that you will quickly learn how to get the cue into proper position immediately.

Steve

 

[greyghost]

Far more that I could ever answer in this format, but basically, you need to go through a 3 step process. When you are standing behind the shot, find your aiming line and position your body. Then bring the cue down on the line in position behind the cue. Finally, position your body (stance) around the cue.

Everyone knows the drill of shooting a ball straight down the table and making it come back to your tip. To develop your alignment skill, do that drill with a little twist. Once you have placed your cue down on the line, make no adjustments and no warm up strokes....just back stroke and shoot. You will find that you will quickly learn how to get the cue into proper position immediately.

Steve

you bring up great points Steve....

i always see players trying to get down on the ball better.....but the underlying problem is that thy can never get their body right b/c the CUE STICK is never right.

If the Stick is not lined up correctly then everything else is worthless, all your mechanics wont work properly and your always fighting something.