Staying down

This topic is overlooked for years and so many old guys would tell you "Oh he missed cause he jumped" Or they would tell you "Stay down after the shot or else you'd miss"

I really don't agree with this, and I have a personal belief on this subject.

First of all, play however feels natural to you, some players jump after the shot, some don't jump at all, some players jumps after the ball is pocketed, I know McCready, Shannon Daulton and so many more players have a certain jump after they make the ball but its in their style, and its fine.

Someitmes you hear on a match a commentator who would say after a guy misses a shot "Oh did you see he jumped, thats why he missed" or they say "He didn't stay down" But how about his body knew that he already missed at the same second his tip contacted the cueball which resulted in him to jump automatically because his body wasnt satisfied with the shot/stroke, the second scenario is in my opinion why would anyone jump unintentionally, you're body is way too smart that it KNEW that you already missed, hence you jumped, not the other way around.
 
asbani said:
This topic is overlooked for years and so many old guys would tell you "Oh he missed cause he jumped" Or they would tell you "Stay down after the shot or else you'd miss"

I really don't agree with this, and I have a personal belief on this subject.

First of all, play however feels natural to you, some players jump after the shot, some don't jump at all, some players jumps after the ball is pocketed, I know McCready, Shannon Daulton and so many more players have a certain jump after they make the ball but its in their style, and its fine.

Someitmes you hear on a match a commentator who would say after a guy misses a shot "Oh did you see he jumped, thats why he missed" or they say "He didn't stay down" But how about his body knew that he already missed at the same second his tip contacted the cueball which resulted in him to jump automatically because his body wasnt satisfied with the shot/stroke, the second scenario is in my opinion why would anyone jump unintentionally, you're body is way too smart that it KNEW that you already missed, hence you jumped, not the other way around.
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There are many that play at a high level that don't do it by the book. But, if they did do it by the book then their ceiling might even be higher. Because it's natural, doesn't necessarily mean that it is the most efficient way. Staying closer to an orthodox approach will be the faster way to improvement. It also gives the player the best chance to reach their highest potential.
 
I stay down until the cue ball hits the object ball. It's not something I consciously think about, it just works out that way.
 
nataddrho said:
Very simple question. If you were to time how long a player should stay down after a shot, how long would you recommend?
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Not sure but I'd suggest to everyone to try their best to stay down until the ball either drops or stops moving. Those extra few seconds don't matter much but you don't risk getting up a bit too early. I know that whenever I manage to stay completely still my shots have better quality.
 
I raise up to take speed off the cueball... IF I stay down my position and control suffer... For me I have to be very conscious of going down straight on the cueing line so when I rasie up I do not pull my vision center off to the side... When I start doing that I miss...

This IS something I do see causing misses and the one pro I have seen doing it recently is Johnny Archer... I run instant replays for Acc-Stats at the events and we look at most misses and show some of them if the commentators ask for them... I have watched Johnny in slow motion for years and when he was younger he would raise up in line... As an older player he now raises up and his head pulls to the right which moves his vision center..... Most of his misses in the last match we did with him were instances where he raised up AND his eyes moved off the line....

Chris
 
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