My pausing varies, but is always there. I pause at almost random intervals and places isolating the movement of my arm. It is very jagged with a very very short backswing, all of the shot is made on the follow-through.
A pause poll . . .
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Thanks, and keep the posts coming please!
Technically speaking it is impossible to reverse the direction of a motion without a pause, however this instant in time is not what I am referring to just to clarify a bit.
My mechanics have broken down after time away from the table and a major physical change, back surgery. While rebuilding is the perfect time to incorporate change if I want to. At present I am one of the people that pause . . . sometimes. It would seem that I would be better off pausing always or never.
Thanks to everyone for some very helpful posts. Keep them coming please.
Hu
Technically speaking it is impossible to reverse the direction of a motion without a pause, however this instant in time is not what I am referring to just to clarify a bit.
My mechanics have broken down after time away from the table and a major physical change, back surgery. While rebuilding is the perfect time to incorporate change if I want to. At present I am one of the people that pause . . . sometimes. It would seem that I would be better off pausing always or never.
Thanks to everyone for some very helpful posts. Keep them coming please.
Hu
Double pause!
Like Kevin I noticed the almost exaggerated pause at the top of the back swing that Buddy and Allison use and I just figured that if it's good for them it oughta be good for me.
I started using it and the change was dramatic. As Kevin said it straightens out my stroke and I then let the cue slip through my hand on the forward stroke. This also helps to straighten out my stroke.
I also pause at the cue ball, to make a final aim check, before I start the back swing.
Varney Cues said:Buddy Hall was the first one that I noticed doing it so dramatically...and on every shot. It takes the wobble out of your stroke and allows for a straighter follow which in turn makes you more accurate. Another big tip is pulling the cue back slowly instead of jerking it back quickly.
Like Kevin I noticed the almost exaggerated pause at the top of the back swing that Buddy and Allison use and I just figured that if it's good for them it oughta be good for me.
I started using it and the change was dramatic. As Kevin said it straightens out my stroke and I then let the cue slip through my hand on the forward stroke. This also helps to straighten out my stroke.
I also pause at the cue ball, to make a final aim check, before I start the back swing.
I just started this a few weeks back after watching some Kinnister training videos. It helps focus your attention 100% on the shot because the pause signals your brain (and body) that the shot is happening NOW!
It will increase your game immediately.
I take plenty of cueball pauses too....
It will increase your game immediately.
I take plenty of cueball pauses too....
Jerry told me to...
I had some lessons from Jerry Briesath from Madison, WI. First lesson I got from him was on the house, after I just got done winning his in house tournament against his son. After the tournament, he suggested that I incorporate a pause before my final stroke to hit the cue ball. He said that it will give me a chance to focus on the shot more effectively. Many years later, I went back to Madison to take some formal lessons from him. Fortunately I was not doing anything critically wrong. The hardest thing for me to learn from his lesson was the pause at the backstroke. He said it was equal to throwing a softball or baseball. You need to pause at the back before you can go ahead and throw the ball. I didn't get it completely until I saw Allison play live sitting in the front row at Amsterdam Billiards original location. Watching her flawless mechanics burned it into my memory for good.
For me it is two practice strokes to line up the arms muscles, pause before final stroke to gather concentraton, slow even backstroke, pause at end of backstroke, pull the trigger and dont move until the ball is in the hole. Only time movement is allowed is when the cueball is going to come back at you causing a foul.
I had some lessons from Jerry Briesath from Madison, WI. First lesson I got from him was on the house, after I just got done winning his in house tournament against his son. After the tournament, he suggested that I incorporate a pause before my final stroke to hit the cue ball. He said that it will give me a chance to focus on the shot more effectively. Many years later, I went back to Madison to take some formal lessons from him. Fortunately I was not doing anything critically wrong. The hardest thing for me to learn from his lesson was the pause at the backstroke. He said it was equal to throwing a softball or baseball. You need to pause at the back before you can go ahead and throw the ball. I didn't get it completely until I saw Allison play live sitting in the front row at Amsterdam Billiards original location. Watching her flawless mechanics burned it into my memory for good.
For me it is two practice strokes to line up the arms muscles, pause before final stroke to gather concentraton, slow even backstroke, pause at end of backstroke, pull the trigger and dont move until the ball is in the hole. Only time movement is allowed is when the cueball is going to come back at you causing a foul.
Varney Cues said:
this is what i'm working on, i havent before but it is the way foward. it will throw off my rythem a bit and take a while to get usedto it but i'm gonna make it happen. it makes sence because then your awalys pulling the trigger from the same spot, not mid stroke. I shoot guns very good rifles specifically and breathing is key in that sport, similary a pause at the back stroke will have the same effect, the same starting point before the shot.
This is all well and good.. What do you think is the best way to practice this? How long should you hold it? I've been practicing the Set-Pause-Finish-Freeze for a few weeks now and I'm only holding the pause part for less then a second I think. So far when I'm playing for real I haven't noticed a pause in my stroke. I would like a noticable pause, but I'm not sure I want a long one like Allison has.
BoSoxFanatic21
Ready for Baseball Season
I have now developed a pronounced pause at my backswing on any shot involving anyhting other than a dead on stop.
Anytime the cue ball is not struck hard and dead center, there is a pause.
Anytime the cue ball is not struck hard and dead center, there is a pause.
Varney Cues said:
This is an old thread I found with a search...but it is really interesting and regarding the pause at the cb is even more interesting now that SVB has won a couple of major events.
Like Stevie Moore who has a LOT of game too, SVB doesn't just "pause" but comes to a dead stop for quite a noticeable time..often 3-4 seconds.
Clearly, he is taking DEAD AIM and who knows what else he is getting sorted out.
I learned the back stroke pause for Alli too and had it reinforced by Scott Lee. Doing so allows the eyes to become LASER focused on the OB target.
I use the forward pause to verify my cue tip aiming technique and to insure that I am extremely aware of the point on the CB that I want to make contact with.
IMHO that is hugely important because in my view, unintended tip-to-ball contact is one of the most frequent reasons for missing shots.
Regards,
Jim
Varney Cues said:Buddy Hall was the first one that I noticed doing it so dramatically...and on every shot. It takes the wobble out of your stroke and allows for a straighter follow which in turn makes you more accurate. Another big tip is pulling the cue back slowly instead of jerking it back quickly.
If you pull it back slow and you also pause, who needs 12 hr Sudafed?
JoeyA
All I hear is pause pause pause. pause and rememder this: When you are are counting 1,2-1,2-1 (all aiming movements, Thats 4 strokes developing rythum and the fifth comes off so so smooth. That way all shots are the same. Anything comes into you line of sight and you must do it all over. mark the 1 is started at the cue ball -2 goes back and forward to the cue ball-repeat- and let go on 1(the third stroke) All the while you are aiming(name of the game-five strokes aiming) mark
'Nother reso thread.
Ok . . .
Well , when I playing well I pause at the CB and before the forward stroke. I guess it helps lock in my focus on each shot.
Ok . . .
Well , when I playing well I pause at the CB and before the forward stroke. I guess it helps lock in my focus on each shot.
have to agree
Just noticed that I was the original thread starter many moons ago. No wonder it seemed faintly familiar!
I have to agree, Randy seems shy on rep for the effort he puts in on this forum. I'll give him an attaboy here but I'll beat him out of a cup of coffee next time I am in Dallas. Seems like a good trade!
Hu
Just noticed that I was the original thread starter many moons ago. No wonder it seemed faintly familiar!
I have to agree, Randy seems shy on rep for the effort he puts in on this forum. I'll give him an attaboy here but I'll beat him out of a cup of coffee next time I am in Dallas. Seems like a good trade!
Hu
av84fun said:
have to agree
double tap
double tap
BoSoxFanatic21 said:
Please explain why you would want to change your shooting routine simply because of the kind of spin you will be putting on the cue ball. Consistancy comes from doing the same things the same way every time. Why/how is a stop shot so different that you would break your routine?
Steve