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Why Allison is a pocketing machine
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Years ago she had aiming instructions on her website. Something about 3 main fractional references. Said that's how she learned, and she ended up building her aiming skills from those basic references. Eventually you just recognize the line and build your stance and stroke around it.
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Exactly- that s the point. To build your stance around the cue/stroke. Seeing "it right" is the key- and if you know these 4-5 references, you "learn" to deal with them. You have to learn to KNOW how these references look like with your "own perspective". Perspective is everything- no matter if you use contact to contact, overlap-ghostball- or even your excellent way of aiming.
the quarter system is for sure not a bad way to teach someone aiming
She's actually the love-child of some guy from Kentucky that wrote a book on three reference point aiming.
Do you think it's a coincidence that Mark picked Allison and Landon for this video demonstration. Quite the connection and some really good info posted by Mark.She's actually the love-child of some guy from Kentucky that wrote a book on three reference point aiming.
You DO know i was only kidding, right??
You may have been kidding but she did visit Kentucky, and Mark was Landon's college coach, so there is quite the connection between the three.You DO know i was only kidding, right??
I think she had aiming DOWN long before she came to the States.
No argument about that and I doubt she has changed much with her aiming since arriving in the States.
The things that are not shown in the video of Allison. Her foot placement as she gets prepared to go down on the shot. Her hips are not shown either. I would bet my last dollar her hips are square to the line of the shot and her feet are in a snooker like stance. By that I mean far more square to the line of shot than most pool players are. I like what Mark has done here without question it is great, but her pre-shot stance and approach are key components to her alignment being as great and repeatable as it is... Maybe this video is more about the stroke itself and not how she got there..
I think, just like Jason Shaw, they've modified their stance a little for pool.
But, the whole point to the video is , when you determine the shot line, you go down on it and not tinker anymore.
I've seen Parica lay down the cue first and lay down on it because it was a long shot .
There is more to Ally's shooting of course . She even touches the part of her pectoral that lines up the shot with the stick. It's the same part all the time .
Her rear foot, chin, pectoral, grip and elbow are in line with the shot all the time .
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She was a world snooker champ before switching to pool. Heck, Efren said Ally shot straighter than he did .
Since we are spotlighting the best women pool/snooker player perhaps of all time here is a link of her accomplishments. She is also attractive, intelligent, charming and who knows maybe she is just Allsion. Interesting pic of 12 great women players of which 6 are Asian, not that it really matters...
I have viewed lots of her play and find it quite interesting how some of her shots are more pool related and others more snooker related. I would LOVE to hear her thoughts on the process she has devised for her choices of each and why...
Another footnote is the Euro Mosconi team has many former snooker players as you mentioned Jayson Shaw he is one... Then you could add Melling, Gray, Peach, Majid and Drago all former snooker pros.
Really think this video is more about stroke and stroke timing. You have a point though, would like to see Mark do a series of videos breaking down the stances and approaches of some of the great pool players. What he says about the time frame of the final stroke is very interesting.
After making my comment I watched part 3 of Mark Wilson's vids and he goes into a discussion about stance and alignment. Worth a look. Like many training lessons some great info and some so so into. I recommend it as there is a lot of info on the stance and alignment.
Shaw and Melling are probably the straightest shooter outside of Filler and Gorst these days .
If you draw a line under your right eye ( if you are right eye dominant and right handed ), the line will hit your chin on the right down to you inner upper pec.
How did she determine where to stand before going down to shooting position?