Why do most pool teachers insist on their students learn a pendulum stroke? To me, it seems a piston stroke where the cue stick remains level through out the cue ball contact with a piston stroke is superior. It seems center ball contact and remaining center through the cue ball is superior. But, the user has to keep it straight and maybe that is hard for most of us to do. SO, before we even get to see the teacher, the teacher knows this (we can't keep it straight) and strives to make the stroke simple with only one moving part... the forearm. So now the student has a stroke that goes from high to low during the cue ball strike with only the forearm moving.
I think if you can keep the elbow dropping stroke straight, it's a superior stroke. Just my $.02.
I think if you can keep the elbow dropping stroke straight, it's a superior stroke. Just my $.02.
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