Straight cueing method
https://youtu.be/SmetHI94WqQ
https://youtu.be/93xsb5zTaYs
https://youtu.be/HVwubi1-tWw
your last vid
i wish i could do this...look at the first shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwubi1-tWw&feature=youtu.be
Straight cueing method
https://youtu.be/SmetHI94WqQ
https://youtu.be/93xsb5zTaYs
https://youtu.be/HVwubi1-tWw
I'm sure a deliberate pause is a buzzkill for more natural players. For me it's more than just resetting the physical stroke and focusing on the OB - it's a moment to fully absorb myself in my visualization of the shot and disconnect from everything unrelated to execution of it.Well yes, but not always. The more natural players, with hand-eye coordination that is really in sync,are already shifting their eyes to the ob before the end of the backstroke. In those cases, a smooth transition is what works best for them. There isn't a need for the extra time for a distinct pause --- at least the kind I think you're referring to that allows the player time to negate the imperfections of bad timing of the back stroke and to take the time to focus on the ob.
Like Jerry Briesath, Randyg and myself contend...ALL PLAYERS PAUSE. The difference is that the better players pause on purpose. How, how long, when, where and why are the variables to deal with. SPF just happens to be one of the easiest way to learn that smooth transition.
Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
If you really struggle with slowing down your backswing and transition here is something that I teach my students;
while going through your PSR, when you get to the point before your final back swing (you should be stopped transitioning your eyes to the object ball at this point) after you locate your target CLOSE your eyes and focus on a smooth back swing, pause and finish, while you are doing it. the first few times it feels a little weird but after 5-6 times of doing this you start to become in tune with what is going on. The more you do this the more in tune you become and the easier it is to do when your eyes are open.
Practice this for a 15 minutes a day for a week and you will see a big improvement in your stroke.
Mark Wilson teaches this as well. Part of his training program with the Linden Wood Lions is "NO LQQK 9 BAll" get down line up on your shot and before your final back swing close your eyes and fire away.
I think (from past comments like this) Scott's saying it's physically impossible to not "pause" when the cue's movement changes from backward to forward. I get what he's saying, but I've never understood the relevance to an intentional pause.scott are you saying the pros have forced themselves to to have a rhythm which has a forced ie "on purpose" pause and is not their natural rhythm ?
I think (from past comments like this) Scott's saying it's physically impossible to not "pause" when the cue's movement changes from backward to forward. I get what he's saying, but I've never understood the relevance to an intentional pause.
pj
chgo
I think (from past comments like this) Scott's saying it's physically impossible to not "pause" when the cue's movement changes from backward to forward. I get what he's saying, but I've never understood the relevance to an intentional pause.
pj
chgo
Actually, I was saying I don't get how calling a change of direction a "pause" is an argument for pausing on purpose. I'm in favor of pausing, but I don't get this argument for it (if that's what it is)Me either. Why force yourself into something out of your normal.
I understand the Buddy Hall & Allison Fisher Pause because that's their normal.
To each their own.
randyg
Actually, I was saying I don't get how calling a change of direction a "pause" is an argument for pausing on purpose. I'm in favor of pausing, but I don't get this argument for it (if that's what it is)
pj
chgo
I think some players do use a "wind up" stroke. At the end of the backswing, there will already be considerable force forward. I think it would take a very good sports kinesiologist to tell us whether this is potentially a good thing or not.Kind of like the golf swing. There is a "pause" at the top but most reflex their wrists during it. With the clubhead moving backward, the arms and wrists are flexing it to take it down. A spring action. Adds powerful wrist movement. Maybe some in pool?
I think (from past comments like this) Scott's saying it's physically impossible to not "pause" when the cue's movement changes from backward to forward. I get what he's saying, but I've never understood the relevance to an intentional pause.
pj
chgo
That s what is all about--
Most guys are discussing about the *time* they re pausing at the end of the stroke. It s not about to paus like Buddy, Niels, Kevin B. or who ever has this extremly Extended pause at the end of the back stroke--
It is just about a smooth Transition from back to Forward Motion- that s it!
I think (from past comments like this) Scott's saying it's physically impossible to not "pause" when the cue's movement changes from backward to forward. I get what he's saying, but I've never understood the relevance to an intentional pause.
pj
chgo
Yes, that's another disconnect I have with the "everybody pauses" idea. Even without the obviously loopy stroke I don't think the stick necessarily stops moving between backstroke and shot stroke.But some players never shift from backwards to forwards -- Like some Filipino players who use a continuous loop stroke. There, the arm is moving in one direction, but it's a circular or looping motion that brings the cue back around into the forward stroke without stopping or changing direction.
Yes, that's another disconnect I have with the "everybody pauses" idea. Even without the obviously loopy stroke I don't think the stick necessarily stops moving between backstroke and shot stroke.
Not a particularly important distinction, I don't think - just curious.
pj
chgo
But some players never shift from backwards to forwards -- Like some Filipino players who use a continuous loop stroke. There, the arm is moving in one direction, but it's a circular or looping motion that brings the cue back around into the forward stroke without stopping or changing direction.
Sorry Fran, but the cue will have to stop going backwards at some time in their swing.
randyg
What bothers me most about discussions on this subject is that most do not seem to realize that physically there is a huge difference between and actual pause -- when the motion is zero for more than an instant, say 0.1 seconds -- and when there is a reversal of direction. Those two are very different on the basis of physics and on the basis of physiology. To lump them together I find offensive.