Organizing key fundamentals sequentially
"one can have the cue under his correct vision center when down on the shot but the cue placed slightly across the line of the shot and not on it.now the correct head alignment in relation to the shot line when the player is getting down on the shot from the standing position"
The part where you say the cue can be placed across the line then the head alignment is over the shot line is revealing. You also say you are seeing the cue angled in another post.
These are descriptions of your experience. Your body is telling you what’s happening. In order to replicate your experience I have to align my arm and cue first then as I get down the cue goes to my center ball perception as I approach the shot. The tip goes to center ball, the head is over the shot line but the cue is perceptually slightly angled.
The description is telling. You are organizing your shot initially around the putting of the arm and cue in a single plane. It needs to be. Center ball is next. Head/vision center over the shot line is next. Alignment is off - angled cue?
The organization needs to start with the shot line first. Align the cue to the line next. This is done from well back from the table moving the cue onto the line as you step forward. Buddy Hall said to put the cue tip down about where you would place your bridge while standing. A hanging cueing arm should be over the cue. This aligns the arm and cue to the shot line. To sense the alignment the head must have been over and down the line all the way from distance. There should be no perception of an angled cue in this standing position. If there is and the cue is over the shot line then reposition your head and make sure the shot line, the cue and head are all aligned before getting down.
Everything else, the bridge hand side, upper body, and bridge hand move to the shot line cue and everything else moves forward and over into the shot. Maintaining the perception of the cue being straight ahead, not angled is key for you, based on your description.
The shot line as the organizing principle is the main insight. As each element, the vision, the cue etc. is added, it moves to the line. Once there, everything else moves to the line. A vertical arm, the bridge all end up there. The vision center should also confirm that point of view.
Your fundamentals and mindset are right. It’s the choreography of the steps that turns it into the dance of the balls. Hope this helps.
"one can have the cue under his correct vision center when down on the shot but the cue placed slightly across the line of the shot and not on it.now the correct head alignment in relation to the shot line when the player is getting down on the shot from the standing position"
The part where you say the cue can be placed across the line then the head alignment is over the shot line is revealing. You also say you are seeing the cue angled in another post.
These are descriptions of your experience. Your body is telling you what’s happening. In order to replicate your experience I have to align my arm and cue first then as I get down the cue goes to my center ball perception as I approach the shot. The tip goes to center ball, the head is over the shot line but the cue is perceptually slightly angled.
The description is telling. You are organizing your shot initially around the putting of the arm and cue in a single plane. It needs to be. Center ball is next. Head/vision center over the shot line is next. Alignment is off - angled cue?
The organization needs to start with the shot line first. Align the cue to the line next. This is done from well back from the table moving the cue onto the line as you step forward. Buddy Hall said to put the cue tip down about where you would place your bridge while standing. A hanging cueing arm should be over the cue. This aligns the arm and cue to the shot line. To sense the alignment the head must have been over and down the line all the way from distance. There should be no perception of an angled cue in this standing position. If there is and the cue is over the shot line then reposition your head and make sure the shot line, the cue and head are all aligned before getting down.
Everything else, the bridge hand side, upper body, and bridge hand move to the shot line cue and everything else moves forward and over into the shot. Maintaining the perception of the cue being straight ahead, not angled is key for you, based on your description.
The shot line as the organizing principle is the main insight. As each element, the vision, the cue etc. is added, it moves to the line. Once there, everything else moves to the line. A vertical arm, the bridge all end up there. The vision center should also confirm that point of view.
Your fundamentals and mindset are right. It’s the choreography of the steps that turns it into the dance of the balls. Hope this helps.
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