I been watching some instructional videos on my lunch breaks the past few days and I came across Mike Sigel's "Play perfect pool disc 1".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrcyT0d4RA
The video is almost entirely about getting the perfect stroke. Throughout the video he stressed the importance of hitting down on the cue ball with a slightly elevated cue. He specifically doesn't want you to use a flat level cue.
At first I thought he just meant you can't physically do that because of the rails, but the more you watch the video, the more it became obvious that he thinks you should be hitting down on the cue ball.
I do notice in his form that he has a very traditional pendulum stroke where with almost no elbow drop. I understand you will naturally get some down ward follow through with that, but when you hit the ball your cue will be level and its only the follow through that goes down.
What is the general consensus on his method? Old school? different strokes for different folks? Of just plain wrong?
To be honest, I was a little taken back by the video because one the things I really been working on in the past 2 months was playing with a more level cue. Almost every other video from credible instructors have stated the importance of the level cue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrcyT0d4RA
The video is almost entirely about getting the perfect stroke. Throughout the video he stressed the importance of hitting down on the cue ball with a slightly elevated cue. He specifically doesn't want you to use a flat level cue.
At first I thought he just meant you can't physically do that because of the rails, but the more you watch the video, the more it became obvious that he thinks you should be hitting down on the cue ball.
I do notice in his form that he has a very traditional pendulum stroke where with almost no elbow drop. I understand you will naturally get some down ward follow through with that, but when you hit the ball your cue will be level and its only the follow through that goes down.
What is the general consensus on his method? Old school? different strokes for different folks? Of just plain wrong?
To be honest, I was a little taken back by the video because one the things I really been working on in the past 2 months was playing with a more level cue. Almost every other video from credible instructors have stated the importance of the level cue.