Recent content by WobblyStroke

It's up to a real coach (with a trained eye and deep knowledge of faults and their root causes as well as how inter-related components of a stroke are) to teach you how to correct it efficiently so u dont waste hundreds of hours on trial and error to MAYBE arrive at a solution anywhere near as...

Poolmanis noted that with virtual pool, where the ai stroke is perfecr, bad players still fail to run out. There's no escaping needing to learn the game. That said, a stroke can save u from ur own poor plans with subconscious adjustments u aren't even aware of. Even a player as great as...

At any level, the best path to imptovement is addressing the biggest weakneas. For Neils Feijen, many years into a successful pro career, that meant a deep dive into safety battles with Alex Lely. And poof, he became world champion shortly after. A couple of years ago while commentating on a...

When I was starting to play, there was a kid that would tilt his face off and break house cues (yes, plural). After he was done with the one he was playing with, he'd pull others off the wall just to snap em.. He'd get banned, come back and pay all damages apologizing profusely and swearing...

Do you slip it? Slip strokes are sexy af. Neils Feijen has a subconscious slip he wasnt even aware of till it was pointed out to him. He doesn't go lighter like you, but his grip concept is to squeeze the cue for structure and then relax the hand. When younger, he relaxed it to the point...

Earl or maybe Mika, esp if he knew my life was on the line. If shooter knows his own life is on the line....hands down Earl.

He will be missed. Mika was always one of my favorite players. After Earl and Efren, I watched him most. Love his stroke, style of play, and icy demeanor. RIP

You're right. That was a sloppy edit by me as I started talking about Sambajon, who def slips it a lot, and then left in the slip stroke comment. I just rewatched peak Efren vs Busty in 99. A few good shots of his extremely loose grip, but none with a view of a gap. For the most part, at...

He often has a gap. Watch more of his matches. Most slip stroke guys are so loose a gap creeps in often, Efren falls in that category.

It is in his book. Are you suggesting he's putting it in there for funzies?

Why would that be hard to believe? Every player I can think of who has a gap has insane cue power...even good local amateurs. Efren and Santos Sambajon jr would be the pro poster boys I guess. Everyone can check out their snap draws on youtube if they have any doubts about gap grips being...

There's a whole thread on it in ask the instructor. A postetr asked about the gap pictured in Wilson's book.

Strongly disagree on the power. Effortless cue power is a staple of this technique. This goes back to my point on not being able to mix and match stroke components from different stroke concepts and why it would be best for OP to find one trusted voice to guide him. Fwiw, your snug grip...

While I agree with you that no gap is best for most, Mark Wilson and Tor Lowry , who recommend a gap, aren't teaching their students a fatal flaw. The key distinction in the technique they advocate for is that the hand doean't close or change shape like you say it must. It doesn't have...

The biggeat flaw in your video is your choice of shape from 3 to 4. An easy roll gives you the 4 in the corner with built in shape for the 5. Your choice had you travelling a longer distance, across the shot line of the 4, into a way smaller window, and then required a great positional shot...