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You are correct as you often are. Is is necessary to turn it diagonally for sidespin for any manner of english stroke. You did not address what I wrote, however, that turning the cue diagonally makes calculations for scoring balls and etc. more challenging then for regular strokes along the...

Thank you for asking, a recent pro was Tom Kennedy, who asked me to dissect his current game. He is available to anyone at AZ who'd like a teaching referral for my work. Tom has old and more recent matches on video/YouTube that you can watch and learn from, also applying to this thread, since...

False? Turning a cue to point diagonally away from the shot line makes shotmaking and calculations easier? Is that why every book and teacher says english is not for beginners? This is also true, an optimal angle of approach optimizes the initial direction of the cue ball. Put differently, that...

We both know I meant "less estimated adjustment in distance away from the geometric aim point, when using english, because of the improved angle of approach/closer to parallel to the shot line" but concision made it "less adjustment". We both also know that a traditional english stroke requires...

There's a disconnect between what you say must happen from theorizing, and what actually happens. Some months ago, I explained you can see the benefits of a better angle of approach by pre-supinating or pronating the hand than stroking straight. You said the bridge would snap open and/or slide...

JV, Not 1/4" (quarter-inch) of english, 1/4 of a tip, a pool convention that is a tiny increment. For a 13mm tip, 1.65 mm (a tip is one half overlap of itself, so a 1/4 tip is 1/8 of a typical 13mm tip, or 1.65mm over to the right with the tip). Also, I have free space, like most players, in...

1) Yes, pivoting at the bridge, by wrist supination 2) No, as described with the diagram above, one may pivot through a hand bridge via supination at address, then stroke straight back and forth, so that the tip is going toward C-E at impact, while the butt end of the cue is slightly left of...

There’s a solution to experience a BHE-like hit, while eliminating the timing issue (and also eliminating the non-straight "swoop" under discussion). This diagram is NOT to scale. Two right-handers want to score an object ball, using ¼ tip of right english. Again, my diagram above is not to...

Your explanation is clear. I deny any magical powers to disobey physics to create "more english", what I wrote was how timing--just as you wrote--could deviate tip contact from the desired amount. Yes. It's the angle of approach that is preferrable for me, easing aim on the OB. I can shoot...

The point of learning pro BHE is a more optimal angle of approach. As I wrote, less adjustment is therefore typically needed for aiming with english to pocket the OB. Also, learning it is incredibly fast and easy. And I do see your point, timing might mean I get a tip-and-a-quarter instead of a...

It fuels understanding to promulgate knowledge. Debating a concept is a choice, no one is forced to argue against pros who use methods quite obviously successfully.

I appreciate your feedback. I've managed YouTube channels and websites and other mass communications and media. I recently helped a friend start a new channel (some training in marketing, training in video prep and editing) that just passed the 1,500 subscriber mark. So I appreciate your...

Hmm. I know how to watch videos at faster than normal speeds on YouTube, and also how to click on YouTube timelines if I feel an introduction is too long and so on, then again, I'm old enough to know how to fast forward on VCRs or Betamax, too. :) "Can't watch it" should be redacted to...

I appreciate what you've shared. Two of my books illustrate and describe all six movements, and in my books and other teaching, I warn people to NOT supinate or pronate in a pool stroke: Now here's what's interesting, pronation and supination are to be avoided in a typical stroke, because why...

I call it "Pro BHE" since I've discussed it with pro friends who use this method. I'm open-minded if you'd like to explain why you think it's a bad method, and whether you've tried it for yourself. I can give more details if you want to play test the method.

Dr. Dave has debunked an arm swoop for BHE, thoroughly. However, there is "pro BHE" also, which I use for some strokes, and which pro friends use, too: 1) Cue and practice stroke for center CB 2) On the final forward stroke only, pronate or supinate the wrist a tiny amount to add english (for...

Is that the proper question? Isn't the proper question, "Would this product help me improve?" Only some highly skilled teachers are pros, and in each and all stick-and-ball sports. We can do other questions, too, like asking the inventor, "How much specifically did this product help you? Your...

I can tell you this, if I click here and like what I see, I'm opening/maximizing/viewing on YouTube, and over time, clicks off YouTube into YouTube will increase your viewership, it's a virtuous cycle...

I don't know why it appears this way on my PC in AZ Billiards, but it's unsightly: I like your work, so I clicked and watched on YouTube, but I'd typically assume the link was old, the video was bad...

Ray has other videos that go into details. It's not really an ad IMHO. Ray Balzer is a teacher at heart and his AimRight costs just a few dollars. With it or without it in your toolbox, he has a methodical, logical approach to teaching and learning that will benefit most players.