anatomy of a perfect stop shot

[judochoke]

of coarse I can hit a stop shot, pretty much im sure all players can hit this shot. but how to hit this shot like the pros. when they hit a medium stop shot, its like the cue ball is shot from a shotgun, and after contact, the cue ball just stops. I mean just stops, no movement at all. no sideways, no backwards, no front movement, no half inch or quarter inch of spin..

even the red dot on the cue ball doesn't move a fraction of a millimeter. to me its a impressive shot.

obviously I know to hit center ball, with a stun stroke but my shots move a bit. sometimes not much, sometimes too much. seems like if I hit the cue ball harder I do better.

is that the key??? thanks for any input. judo

 

[longhorns2]

of coarse I can hit a stop shot, pretty much im sure all players can hit this shot. but how to hit this shot like the pros. when they hit a medium stop shot, its like the cue ball is shot from a shotgun, and after contact, the cue ball just stops. I mean just stops, no movement at all. no sideways, no backwards, no front movement, no half inch or quarter inch of spin..

even the red dot on the cue ball doesn't move a fraction of a millimeter. to me its a impressive shot.

obviously I know to hit center ball, with a stun stroke but my shots move a bit. sometimes not much, sometimes too much. seems like if I hit the cue ball harder I do better.

is that the key??? thanks for any input. judo

You have to understand that a sliding cue ball eventually will turn into forward roll. So to hit a stop shot over a long distance you'll usually have to hit a shot with backspin that turns into a slide right around the time it hits the ob.

 

[Bob Jewett]

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is that the key??? thanks for any input. judo

No. You are basically going down a blind alley.

Here's a drill for you that won't leave you at the end of an alley:

Put an object ball one ball off the end cushion and one diamond from a corner pocket. Put the cue ball one ball off the same end cushion and at the center of that end cushion.

Shoot a series of shots to pocket the ball (nearly straight in) and take the cue ball up the table parallel to the long rail. The cue ball therefore should end up about one diamond from the long rail. First, see how little movement you can have on the cue ball. Then start taking it in successive diamond increments up the table. See how far you can take the cue ball up the table from this nearly straight shot.

If you work through this drill, I think you will understand stun shots a lot better. A stop shot is just a stun shot without a cut.

 

[JessEm]

Do not let this interfere in any way with the good advice you've received, but...

I'm a novice in the grand scheme of things and I can confidently get the stop shots you described. For me, hitting the ball much harder, slightly below center works every time. It needs to be a fairly straight shot (little, to no cutting). YMMV

 

[MitchAlsup]

of coarse I can hit a stop shot, pretty much im sure all players can hit this shot. but how to hit this shot like the pros. when they hit a medium stop shot, its like the cue ball is shot from a shotgun, and after contact, the cue ball just stops. I mean just stops, no movement at all. no sideways, no backwards, no front movement, no half inch or quarter inch of spin..

even the red dot on the cue ball doesn't move a fraction of a millimeter. to me its a impressive shot.

obviously I know to hit center ball, with a stun stroke but my shots move a bit. sometimes not much, sometimes too much. seems like if I hit the cue ball harder I do better.

is that the key???

If the CB is sliding at the instant of contact, and the shot is straight, the CB will transfer all its energy into the OB and CB will not move after contact.

The keyword is sliding. The distance between CB and OB before cue contacts CB
determines how much back spin you want on the CB, speed also modulates the amount of draw. As the CB traverses the distance between starting point and contact point, the table friction will bleed off the backspin. You time all of this so that the CB is sliding at the instant of contact.