Dr. Dave did the math to illustrate the path of the tip through the ball, here:
https://www.billiards.colostate.edu/technical_proofs/new/TP_B-18.pdf
This analysis agrees with my experience in that the pendulum stroke might as well be a piston stroke anywhere near the cue ball because it just looks like the tip is traveling on a flat line. However, I was having some miscues on draw shots and I fixed the problem by moving the grip hand back a half inch or maybe an inch. Question:
1. If the analysis above were done with the hand an inch forward of perpendicular at cue ball address, what happens to the curve? In other words, does having the grip forward a little cause the cue to dip at the cue ball and explain my miscues? My guess is that it won't matter that much to cause miscues but what does the math say about that?
I believe that when I start the forward motion of the cue I tend to grip the cue tighter, raising the butt end and dipping the tip down. I think moving the grip back a little counteracts this and prevents the miscue but I wanted to learn more about item 1 before making any conclusions.
Thanks for any comments.
https://www.billiards.colostate.edu/technical_proofs/new/TP_B-18.pdf
This analysis agrees with my experience in that the pendulum stroke might as well be a piston stroke anywhere near the cue ball because it just looks like the tip is traveling on a flat line. However, I was having some miscues on draw shots and I fixed the problem by moving the grip hand back a half inch or maybe an inch. Question:
1. If the analysis above were done with the hand an inch forward of perpendicular at cue ball address, what happens to the curve? In other words, does having the grip forward a little cause the cue to dip at the cue ball and explain my miscues? My guess is that it won't matter that much to cause miscues but what does the math say about that?
I believe that when I start the forward motion of the cue I tend to grip the cue tighter, raising the butt end and dipping the tip down. I think moving the grip back a little counteracts this and prevents the miscue but I wanted to learn more about item 1 before making any conclusions.
Thanks for any comments.
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