Loosen your stroke. Be fluid. In other words, practice Tai Chi !
Any tips for consistently shooting with follow through?
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This is good. One of the major problems with pool is is all the tensions people develop - especially technophysical (new pool word) ones. Just getting into stance can be a struggle. Watch some snooker if you have doubts. That's on you. Work it out. It's the subsequent "structural" tensions that kill performance not to mention priming oneself for the influencers - oops. lol...
And the acceleration is negative (or in the direction opposite to its motion), and many people would instead say it is decelerating.
My comment to which you replied was in response to a hypothetical mass "slowing with zero acceleration", which is a physically impossible premise.
… which would serve only to demonstrate their poor understanding of basic physics. I don't typically take seriously things said by people who literally don't understand the subject matter they're talking about.
With no thrust being applied at the cueball the cue is abcellerating.
I think a lot of players could benefit by slowing their forward roll.
I like to prime my pump with all the influencers I can get!!
This is what I was questioning. I would say that, say in a zero-g, vacuum environment, a moving mass would require a counter-force--acceleration in the opposite direction to its current direction of travel--but, considering something like a rolling cue ball, I don't see how the *removal* of the original accelerating force constitutes acceleration in any way. I mentioned gravity earlier, so would that be considered the accelerating force, although in a different direction?
Even if one considers a car, acceleration is achieved by using one pedal, and one can either stop using that pedal, and/or use the brake pedal--and even though that causes the use of force on the brake components at the wheels, I don't see where that equals an 'opposite' type of force/acceleration.
I'm not trying to argue that I'm right and Physics is wrong, but trying to understand WHY a mass with dwindling inertia is still considered "accelerating". Is this sort of like the equal-opposing force that is generated (if you can use that verb) by the resisting inertia of a mass--that is, when pushing on something, it 'pushes' back?
Note: I never made it to a college-level physics class, and only have passing understanding of some capital-P, Physics terms/explanations, gleaned from minor exposure, over time.
Consuming the vegetable side with your hot wings, similar to "carroting".
If "positive acceleration" is a state where a mass has a force applied to it (+1), and "negative acceleration" is in the opposing direction (-1), then is there not a non-acceleration/deceleration state (0)?
Again, not trying to prove this, but to understand why the 0-force state is not considered. Or, if it is, but does not apply as it seems it should.
George the Greek
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Celerating is eating celery sticks with chicken wings
In my case, eating celery with wings is self-delusioning that it's a healthy meal.
George the Greek
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Celebrating is eating celery sticks with chicken wings
As long as you have a diet pop with the meal you're good to go lol
Nothing is so confusing that we can't make things worse discussing it on AZB!
Some, including many pendulum stroke advocates, try to maintain that there has to be a pause when going from the back stroke to the forward stroke. True enough if something is restrained from moving up, down, or sideways. In truth, with all of the joints involved in a stroke no pause is necessary. I don't consider a pause to be a good thing, particularly a long pause. We have built a motion with our practice strokes which don't usually involve a pause, now we put a gap between the practice strokes and the final stroke. Why? (rhetorical question)
Hu
Retard!!!!! You could use retard in place of decel. How about "downforce"? Bet you don't see that on scientific papers either. They use negative lift, it means that the air is pushing down on a car. like downforce.
Of course its not healthy, unless you wash it down with a diet Coke, that changes shit right there.
1. Choke up on your cue...I bring my grip hand up about 4 inches more than normal.
2. Grip...all the pressure between the web of your thumb and index finger.
3. Dont restrict your stroke arm. in other words elbow to close to your body.
4. When you go down on the shot already have your cue between your open bridge.
5. Lead down with your bridge shoulder... I keep my arm almost straight.
6. I place my center of vision in line. mine is slightly left of the bridge of my nose but not under my left eye.
7. While im doing this i make sure i have placed the bridge hand on the table center of cue ball...should be no adjustment except for making a good firm V.
8. The next steps are very important.
9. Lower your back hand to keep cue level as possible. I let mine most of the time come down till i touch the back of the cue to the rail to let me know and bring it up just a hair off the rail.
10. Do not and i repeat DO NOT cue high on the cueball. Just like half a tip above center if that.
11. Micro stroke or feather to find exact center of the contact point. Remember the cueball and object ball must still be in your correct line of vision or you will be looking at it from a side angle.
12. Focus hard on the contact point of your object ball. if straight ins. where the bottom of the object ball contacts the table. Remember the cueball and object ball must still be in your correct line of vision
13. Micro stroke then final bring back you cue slow no jerky movements. the pause at the back is your preference. Just dont jerk it back force stop and try to go forward full force that goes for all shots. A smooth transition is best for me without a pause. If i do a pause especially to long it will mess with my transition. The back stroke and forward stroke transition needs to be on the same line. that pause sometimes will mess me up. I think it is starting out the forward stroke not in line with the back stroke.
2. Grip...all the pressure between the web of your thumb and index finger.
3. Dont restrict your stroke arm. in other words elbow to close to your body.
4. When you go down on the shot already have your cue between your open bridge.
5. Lead down with your bridge shoulder... I keep my arm almost straight.
6. I place my center of vision in line. mine is slightly left of the bridge of my nose but not under my left eye.
7. While im doing this i make sure i have placed the bridge hand on the table center of cue ball...should be no adjustment except for making a good firm V.
8. The next steps are very important.
9. Lower your back hand to keep cue level as possible. I let mine most of the time come down till i touch the back of the cue to the rail to let me know and bring it up just a hair off the rail.
10. Do not and i repeat DO NOT cue high on the cueball. Just like half a tip above center if that.
11. Micro stroke or feather to find exact center of the contact point. Remember the cueball and object ball must still be in your correct line of vision or you will be looking at it from a side angle.
12. Focus hard on the contact point of your object ball. if straight ins. where the bottom of the object ball contacts the table. Remember the cueball and object ball must still be in your correct line of vision
13. Micro stroke then final bring back you cue slow no jerky movements. the pause at the back is your preference. Just dont jerk it back force stop and try to go forward full force that goes for all shots. A smooth transition is best for me without a pause. If i do a pause especially to long it will mess with my transition. The back stroke and forward stroke transition needs to be on the same line. that pause sometimes will mess me up. I think it is starting out the forward stroke not in line with the back stroke.
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. As this is a tip I got second hand from a coach er or instructor.
Place an empty beer bottle (a tall clear Miller bottle) on the table where the cueball would sit would be the location for the opening. Stroke through the hole and touch the bottom of the bottle without touching anything else.
Practice prac.....etc.
. As this is a tip I got second hand from a coach er or instructor.
Place an empty beer bottle (a tall clear Miller bottle) on the table where the cueball would sit would be the location for the opening. Stroke through the hole and touch the bottom of the bottle without touching anything else.
Practice prac.....etc.
you have to do what is natural for you or you will never be able to repeat it under pressure.
and a little bit off is the same as way off.
and the common understanding of acceleration is increasing forward movement. and deceleration is the slowing of that same forward movement.
that applies to most understanding in physics as well.
and that is what we are talking about with your stroke.
and a little bit off is the same as way off.
and the common understanding of acceleration is increasing forward movement. and deceleration is the slowing of that same forward movement.
that applies to most understanding in physics as well.
and that is what we are talking about with your stroke.