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Foster62

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I have a question. when I get down on a shot I adjust by pivoting on the balls of my feet. Some people say you should not adjust at all and some say adjust only the shooting arm and still others say pick your feet up. I have a 60 MIN. workout by kinister and he adjust both his arm and his feet on every shot. What is correct?

Thanks,
Mark
 
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If you are often having to adjust after you get down on the shot your approach needs some work. A good approach with particular emphasis on placing the bridge hand cue stick contact point directly on the line(unless using parallel english) from the center of the cue ball to 1/2 ball off the contact point on the object ball should rarely require any adjustment.
 
I dunno, I would think that it would depend on how much adjusting we are talking about. It's not a great idea to be pivoting around while in your stance, since most of the your mechanics are out of your line of sight it's easy to move yourself off line without knowing it.

If I'm not feeling set on the shot I'd rather start over.
 
Try practicing with only one practice stroke allowed (none if you pause at the back of the shooting stroke) and no movement after getting down on the shot.

Aiim while up, get into position, one practice stroke and shoot.

No lateral movement of any kind allowed!

Best practice you'll ever do. A hundred or so of those a day, full length of the table.
 
no side to side adjusting....it could throw off alignment

If your adjusting your feet front to back I would say this is fine, because you should be in line with the shot already. If your trying to shift side to side, then I would say you need to work on the approach. Forward and back and up and down with the body should be fine, but no side to side movement, just stand up and re-set. Best advice i can give besides that is to go see a good instructor, he could answer your questions better in person than anyone could on the net.

G.G.
 
I tend to agree with this. We don't know how much adjusting is going on here. Slight adjustments are to be expected, but bigger adjustments indicate poor alignment from the beginning. A good instructor can work on the shot approach that will minimize those final adjustments.
Steve
 
Mark...The correct stance (for you) is one that is balanced, comfortable, and allows free movement of the cue, along your range of motion (from the elbow down). There are 49,000,000 poolplayers, and 49,000,000 "correct" stances!:grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Foster62 said:
I have a question. when I get down on a shot I adjust by pivoting on the balls of my feet. Some people say you should not adjust at all and some say adjust only the shooting arm and still others say pick your feet up. I have a 60 sec. workout by kinister and he adjust both his arm and his feet on every shot. What is correct?

Thanks,
Mark
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Bert, does the shuffling to align his shoulder, elbow and wrist. He shows all of this on one of his Fundamental tapes. What he does is face the cue ball and OB and holds his cue at the balance point and lets it swing naturally until it stops and is pointing on a line towards the CB & OB and then he shuffles his feet until his shoulder, elbow and wrist are in alighnment with the shot and then moves his back foot back slightly back and drops down on the shot. Sounds weird but when you see it it is no more weird than many things you see in a pool hall and the end result looks pretty good. Damn good alighnment with all of the joints.
 
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Bert, does the shuffling to align his shoulder, elbow and wrist. He shows all of this on one of his Fundamental tapes. What he does is face the cue ball and OB and holds his cue at the balance point and lets it swing naturally until it stops and is pointing on a line towards the CB & OB and then he shuffles his feet until his shoulder, elbow and wrist are in alighnment with the shot and then moves his back foot back slightly back and drops down on the shot. Sounds weird but when you see it it is no more weird than many things you see in a pool hall and the end result looks pretty good. Damn good alighnment with all of the joints.
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I use this method to help my students determine their natural stance angle. But once it is established, it is much easirer to just step into the shot. When you learn your natural stance angle, you will automatically go there.
Steve
 
adjusting stance

Hi Foster 62,

if you are looking to make your stance perfect and you need a tool that gives you feedback if your alignment is perfect then I recommend you to buy the ULTIMATE BILLIARD COACH (UBC)

http://infinite-billiards.com/en/The_UBC.html

this training aid has helped many players already :thumbup2:


Best EKKES
 
theUBC said:
Hi Foster 62,

if you are looking to make your stance perfect and you need a tool that gives you feedback if your alignment is perfect then I recommend you to buy the ULTIMATE BILLIARD COACH (UBC)

http://infinite-billiards.com/en/The_UBC.html

this training aid has helped many players already :thumbup2:


Best EKKES
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GOTTA LOVE SNAKE OIL, silly gadgets don't help golfers, you pratice like you play and I'm sorry but you can't fix STANCE by hanging your cue off your arm, get this crap off the instructor forum and put it in the FOR SALE SECTION.

Keeb-
 
let me just say first off i know nothing lol, but this is what i do when u are standing at the table picture the ball going into the pocket and where u need to hit it standing in line with the cue ball. then go down into the shot already aiming it. good luck
 
Greyghost is absolutely correct. This device (which I saw in VF last March) is reasonably appropriate for making sure your forearm is perpendicular to the cue, but has nothing to with correctly appraising someone's stance. That can most easily be done, with the help of a qualified instructor (one who uses video review).

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

greyghost said:
GOTTA LOVE SNAKE OIL, silly gadgets don't help golfers, you pratice like you play and I'm sorry but you can't fix STANCE by hanging your cue off your arm, get this crap off the instructor forum and put it in the FOR SALE SECTION.

Keeb-
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