When I pull the cue back it pulls off line and it varies in which direction. When I go forward the cue doesn’t always comes through straight. Now if I physically concentrate on it I can keep it straight more consistently. I know there is the drill on the rail to do but I’m wondering is this a muscle memory thing I need to build up to stroke straight naturally? If so what drills and how often. Any help will be appreciated.
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This is merely a suggestion for open minded consideration. (the know-it-alls in here will guffaw and ridicule, but you can just imagine how much that will bother me).
Here we go....
About 6 years ago, I noticed problems with the same thing you're experiencing. Tried all kinds of drills,(especially Bert's...who is a great guy) went to eye doctors, etc. and then by pure luck stumbled on to something.
I twisted my lower back working under the hood of a car and the pain just wouldn't go away so after 4-5 days I went to a chiropractor.
First thing she did was x-ray my spine and the films revealed that over the years one side of my pelvis had become slightly lower than the other side. Not much, not much at all. But it made me think about my game and that crooked stroke that had crept into being.
She gave me a thin pad to go into the heel of my right shoe.
Immediately I could feel a difference.
When getting back on the pool table, I could see that there was no longer a crooked stroke....in fact it was like the days of my youth.
Now I don't promote a pad in a shoe or a chiropractic visit to be a panacea for all stroke problems, but it only stands to reason that if the head was out of alignment over that cue stick, then what I thought I was seeing was different from what I was actually doing. Resulting in a crooked stroke.
For someone who is serious about the game, it certainly solved an issue for me. One less variable out of the way. And the more variables I can eliminate, the better I like it.
Good wishes to you whatever you choose to do.
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