Anyone Else Having Problems Jumping With Artritis of the shoulder?
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I have to use the "dart" method too. I'm not very good at it, but here is a video about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRdDcKlyZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRdDcKlyZo
Bad shoulder
I don't have arthritus (yet) but I do have shoulder trouble.I had multiple fractures to my shoulder as a child and broke my collar bone as an adult.Neither injury was set by a doc.
The dart method was sugested to me but I never realy embraced it.
Recently a top player gave me some help and my jumping game has taken off ,well I never realy had a jump game at all, so any sucsess jumping is great.
He had me raise my body up as high as I could get with a normal shooting stance and then rotate my torso without trying to just raise my shoulder.Doing this I was able to get up high enough to see the jump shot and still put a good stroke on the ball.This is pretty comfortable for me,I can get over an interfearing ball,if it's not to close and my acuracy is decent.Before trying this I used to get so sore from trying to raise my shoullder that after 1 or 2 tries I would be in to much pain to keep practicng jumping.
I don't have arthritus (yet) but I do have shoulder trouble.I had multiple fractures to my shoulder as a child and broke my collar bone as an adult.Neither injury was set by a doc.
The dart method was sugested to me but I never realy embraced it.
Recently a top player gave me some help and my jumping game has taken off ,well I never realy had a jump game at all, so any sucsess jumping is great.
He had me raise my body up as high as I could get with a normal shooting stance and then rotate my torso without trying to just raise my shoulder.Doing this I was able to get up high enough to see the jump shot and still put a good stroke on the ball.This is pretty comfortable for me,I can get over an interfearing ball,if it's not to close and my acuracy is decent.Before trying this I used to get so sore from trying to raise my shoullder that after 1 or 2 tries I would be in to much pain to keep practicng jumping.
Johnnyt said:
Tom Simpson instructions on dart method jumping:
http://www.poolclinics.com/pdf/Jumping - Dart Method.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRdDcKlyZo
Fred
Anyone want to by a smart ass wife cheap? She comes home from work today, watches me trying to jump a ball.
She says, "And I was worried that you were going to put the cue ball through the sliding glass window. Hell you barely get off of the felt."
I say, "It's harder for someone short like me."
She says, "Funny how all those short girls on ESPN have no problem with it. They jump two balls sometimes. Oh, I forgot they are pros."
I'll kill her yet. Johnnyt
She says, "And I was worried that you were going to put the cue ball through the sliding glass window. Hell you barely get off of the felt."
I say, "It's harder for someone short like me."
She says, "Funny how all those short girls on ESPN have no problem with it. They jump two balls sometimes. Oh, I forgot they are pros."
I'll kill her yet. Johnnyt