Advantages or Disadvantages does it make a difference Stepping into the shot vs. stepping back from the shot?

[jlrowe]

Just wondering does stepping into the shot or stepping back really make any difference. I have always stepped into the shot and find most players do. So tonight i tried stepping my right foot back instead of stepping into the shot with my left foot (right handed of course). I actually feel that my head is more over the cue instead of under my right eye, cue is centered more under my chin. But the hard part is determining the distance of my bridge, how far i need to be standing back etc. Just totally different. I had never thought about this until i watched CJ Wiley's video on it. I think I am going to try this for a few days or a week to see if i can see any improvement.

 

[couldnthinkof01]

Works well for Efren

 

[7stud]

i watched CJ Wiley's video

There's your problem.

 

[Sheldon]

It's like the saying in weightlifting. "Everything works. But nothing works for long."

 

[gregcantrall]

My method has me holding the cue at the balance point and using the length of the cue to gage where I stand. Standing square to the shot with my belly button on the aiming line,. It's then a one two dance step with the rear foot back just a little and the front foot forward.

 

[trob]

Works well for Efren

Everything works for Efren because he has god given ability we don’t lol

 

[Island Drive]

Just wondering does stepping into the shot or stepping back really make any difference. I have always stepped into the shot and find most players do. So tonight i tried stepping my right foot back instead of stepping into the shot with my left foot (right handed of course). I actually feel that my head is more over the cue instead of under my right eye, cue is centered more under my chin. But the hard part is determining the distance of my bridge, how far i need to be standing back etc. Just totally different. I had never thought about this until i watched CJ Wiley's video on it. I think I am going to try this for a few days or a week to see if i can see any improvement.

Without ''seeing'' your step in then step back and then step in, I can only guess what needs fixing.
I taught a man in the late nineties that had good fundamentals, But I named his problem ''the creeping crab'', Why?
When he got Down on the shot and placed his hand on table he was in the correct shooting position and stance. BUT
On every shot he did this....
His bridge hand fingers Always crawled forward from his initial position, thus putting his stance out of balance.