Recent content by Lanten77

Yes, I have many videos from behind and from the front. It's clear what's happening. The challenge and difficulty is correcting it! I've been a full-time technical development tennis instructor for 40 years. I understand how long it takes to develop technique, especially for very precise...

Hi, no changes to cue or shaft or Bridge length. Still fighting unintentional bit of right spin. Doing lots of practice swings and video so I can see what to correct. I think I think I have overcorrected from my initial post with the video. Now more often my right hand pulls in toward me...

Thanks Zerksies. ".... If you hit the ball exactly where you intend to hit then everything is fine..." That's a BIG IF 😅😅. But I know what you mean. And for having only worked seriously on the game for less than 3 years, I do feel like I am pretty consistent. But I do wonder, if Alan...

Thanks wobblystroke, for reinforcing those 4 concepts. I think before seeing my stroke on video during those straight in follows , it did feel natural. When I saw how steered it was, I definitely did try to force it to be straight. I think I learned my lesson on that one... first because it...

Thank you BRKNRUN... It's an appealing concept that it "must must must be natural." And also that the straightness of the stroke is a "result" of the other four setup elements. It certainly feels better not to try to force the straightness of it. But I still have this nagging suspicion that...

Thanks dq... Yes, the cue ball would tend to miss (follow) to the left a little, up to half a diamond or so sometimes. I pretty much know what the options were for why the cue ball was going left, and I don't think there was spin on the cue ball. Diagnostically, since my back hand was going to...

Thanks, Bob. Yes I agree that it definitely does seem likely to be true that a straight stroke is an important foundation. Long straight-ins are actually not a problem for me (at least as far as pocketing the object ball goes) since I have done many thousands of them over the past few years...

Sometimes I get obsessed with straight-stroke mechanics. And this is what happened: One day recently, I started practicing Mighty X straight-ins, pocketing the ball AND following the cue ball into the pocket (8-foot table with 5-inch pockets). I know you'll find this hard to believe, but I...

Well, HALF a million balls sounds a lot better than a million balls! I recognize this fact but I'm making as many attempts as I can to shorten my learning curve since I'm old! Thank you.

That makes sense, thanks, PJ. My brain doesn't always think sensibly though when I'm standing behind the shot... 🤯

That's funny! They should have hired me!!

By the way, your podcasts are awesome!! Great guests. One suggestion though would be to not ask as many of the exact same questions for every guest. But keep them coming please!

Thank you. It would be nice to experience that unconscious level! I'm not sure I have enough years left on Earth to do it though!!

Thanks, Jeremiah. Very interesting how you put that diagram together!

Thanks, Fran. Makes sense to likely stay with just contact point adjustments. The two ways of seeing it are so closely related, and in my mind I kept going back and forth, leading to uncertainty and less confidence in my setup. So sticking to one way seems like it will help.