i'm just writing another rant this evening since i'm in for the night. this is a post off of another pool forum that made my jaw drop to the floor.........
i'm not posting this to badmouth anyone as i've left the poster's name off here.
Just thought I would toss this out there for those that need a little more to think about when executing their shot. Most really good players consider these principles when executing each and every shot. Bridge distance is actually determined by the distance between the fulcrum of the bridge (where the shaft support ends in the bridge hand) to the distance to the cue ball being struck. If you strike the cue ball lets say (X cue tip distance) center left 9'o'clock on the horizontal plane, and increase you bridge distance still striking the X contact point with the same swing speed of your cuestick, as your X cue tip distance is increased, more spin is applied, plus more cue ball squirt. Consider how easy it would be to lift a 1,000 pound wooden crate applying 20lbs of pressure on a ten foot pry bar as opposed to lets say a 100 foot pry bar, think the same amount of energy would generate more lift with the 100 foot bar, duh. I think of the cue stick bridge distance as a pry bar, if you want to do more with less swing speed, lengthen your shaft distance, and in turn if you want to do more with less bridge distance, then you'll have to go more to the outside of the cue ball. When you think of the weight of a cue ball and the weight of a cue stick the leverage you can give to a cue ball is quite amazing, it would be like lifting a 1 pound box with a 5 foot long three pound pry bar, pretty easy don't ya think.
and this is a post by the same person later after about 5 people threw the bullshit flag on the field. (note: he's still ass backwards wrong)
With a longer bridge distance you have more follow through, with a shorter bridge distance you have less follow through, you guys are definitely helping me explain my point. Its "follow through" that I should of spoke about. If you have more follow through (longer bridge distance) and the same arm swing speed you will create more spin when striking a cue ball outside of center. Thanks guys, I do have my own way of perceiving this aspect of the game, more follow through equals more spin on off center cue ball hits
now how much sense does that make????? this is how new players get bad habits quick. this person is probably out there telling new players how much he knows and telling them this and who knows what else. being that i'm still learning, i'd hate to think how much time i would be wasting now trying to get rid of bad habits from info like this before i could really learn anything about playing this game right. it really burns me up when i'm playing and i see someone giving ass backwards advice to someone who is genuinly interested in learning, but just doesn't know any better than to listen to them. its all i can do to keep myself from interupting and telling them to find a real teacher.
moral of the rant: if you're genuinly interested in learning seek out and find a person that knows how to teach..........its worth the time and money in the long run.
thanks
i'm not posting this to badmouth anyone as i've left the poster's name off here.
Just thought I would toss this out there for those that need a little more to think about when executing their shot. Most really good players consider these principles when executing each and every shot. Bridge distance is actually determined by the distance between the fulcrum of the bridge (where the shaft support ends in the bridge hand) to the distance to the cue ball being struck. If you strike the cue ball lets say (X cue tip distance) center left 9'o'clock on the horizontal plane, and increase you bridge distance still striking the X contact point with the same swing speed of your cuestick, as your X cue tip distance is increased, more spin is applied, plus more cue ball squirt. Consider how easy it would be to lift a 1,000 pound wooden crate applying 20lbs of pressure on a ten foot pry bar as opposed to lets say a 100 foot pry bar, think the same amount of energy would generate more lift with the 100 foot bar, duh. I think of the cue stick bridge distance as a pry bar, if you want to do more with less swing speed, lengthen your shaft distance, and in turn if you want to do more with less bridge distance, then you'll have to go more to the outside of the cue ball. When you think of the weight of a cue ball and the weight of a cue stick the leverage you can give to a cue ball is quite amazing, it would be like lifting a 1 pound box with a 5 foot long three pound pry bar, pretty easy don't ya think.
and this is a post by the same person later after about 5 people threw the bullshit flag on the field. (note: he's still ass backwards wrong)
With a longer bridge distance you have more follow through, with a shorter bridge distance you have less follow through, you guys are definitely helping me explain my point. Its "follow through" that I should of spoke about. If you have more follow through (longer bridge distance) and the same arm swing speed you will create more spin when striking a cue ball outside of center. Thanks guys, I do have my own way of perceiving this aspect of the game, more follow through equals more spin on off center cue ball hits
now how much sense does that make????? this is how new players get bad habits quick. this person is probably out there telling new players how much he knows and telling them this and who knows what else. being that i'm still learning, i'd hate to think how much time i would be wasting now trying to get rid of bad habits from info like this before i could really learn anything about playing this game right. it really burns me up when i'm playing and i see someone giving ass backwards advice to someone who is genuinly interested in learning, but just doesn't know any better than to listen to them. its all i can do to keep myself from interupting and telling them to find a real teacher.
moral of the rant: if you're genuinly interested in learning seek out and find a person that knows how to teach..........its worth the time and money in the long run.
thanks
