Anyone else been taught this?

approx 90deg (arm to cue) is standard,however there are some applications that your grip may need to be more forward or closer to the joint like shots that require more speed. You begin to lose cue stability if your arm is nearer to the butt cap (more than 90deg, depending on who's point of view).

Length of bridge varies with shots also, you want to experiment with this although majority will agree that shorter bridge is more accurate as the margin of error for the cue to get off its straight path is lessened.

If your body, shoulder, elbow, & the arm are steady, the last thing that you must develop during the stroke is the wrist. Keep it relaxed during the swing without flying away like ringing a bell. It should only move straight backward & forward, & release the cue upon impact to let the cue travel straight & let the tip fall down naturally. If you develop the speed of your wrist's stroke, you won't need to swing the arm much anymore to apply the same power (hence lessening the margin of error of the cue diverting from its straight line during the backswing).

Based on my lessons & experience;)
 
Luxury said:
Thanks Mr. Jewett for a good tip on testing my new stroke mechanics. I like the progressive system and I found that with the new stroke I'm using as described before I could draw back to the end rail from #5 five times in a row.

I've tried practicing draw like this before without the progression and miscued badly.

I'm also focusing on pausing and accelerating through the shot now and that helps too.

I will use more of that pdf I'm sure.

Keep on being good for pool!
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Your responses are excellent. You show a desire to learn and you appear to be teachable. That humility is the first requirement to improving. TapTapTAp. ( I was crabby as hell last night and I think I might have been rude to you. If it was you I apologize. Sometimes my assholiness shows.)

And I was also taught to try to keep the perpendicular angle. Took lessons from three pros and a couple of excellent players and that was always part of the standard instructions for the "set up".
 
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Luxury said:
An instructor is teaching me that my swinging arm should be at a 90 degree angle when the tip makes contact with the cue ball.

To do this I have to hold the stick way further back than I'm used to. There is only about 3 inches left of the butt past my pinkie finger.

I'm getting used to it.

Will holding the fat part of the stick hurt me in any way?

Anyone else been taught this way?
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I hear this pretty much from modern day instructors. Back when I was a kid, the only instruction I received was from Mosconi's little red book. In it, he cautioned that the angle should not exceed 90 degrees (meaning the forearm should be straight up and down) even at the culmination of the backstroke. Though that's the way I stroked back in the 60's, I noticed even then that a lot of good players stroked the way you are being taught. I just took for granted that they were doing it wrong.
 
Luxury said:
An instructor is teaching me that my swinging arm should be at a 90 degree angle when the tip makes contact with the cue ball.

To do this I have to hold the stick way further back than I'm used to. There is only about 3 inches left of the butt past my pinkie finger.

I'm getting used to it.

Will holding the fat part of the stick hurt me in any way?

Anyone else been taught this way?
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No, holding the fat part of the stick will not hurt you in any way. :)

Your forearm should be perpendicular to the floor. By doing that, you may find that your accuracy will be noticeably improved especially on long shots where you may have to hit the cue ball a little harder for shape. I just started moving my hand back about 1-2 inches further back than I was normally holding it and it has helped my accuracy on those longer power shots.

JoeyA
 
If you want to split hairs, I was taught that it should be at 90 degrees at address, which would make it slightly forward of that at impact. :)

Also, to be at 90 degrees at impact, you'd have to be further back from 90 degrees at address. Personally, that always looks awkward to me when I see someone's arm further back from 90 degrees at address.
 
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