Snorks said:How far do you recommend your cue being away from your chin? Seems like the traditional position is basically touching. Just wondering what most peoples opinion is... or does it even matter?
BlowFish said:Whatever is comfortable. I can make the chin touch the cue, but I can't sight well as it looks cross-eyed to me, plus my back neck will start to ache. I'll go as low as I can and I don't have any idea how low it is. But what I can assure you is, it's not touching the cue.
Snorks said:How far do you recommend your cue being away from your chin? Seems like the traditional position is basically touching. Just wondering what most peoples opinion is... or does it even matter?
pooltchr said:Bingo!!! Since we all have different shapes and sizes, what works for one may not work for another. I think you should be as close as possible and still be comfortable. AF touches her chin to the cue, Buddy Hall probably can't. Both seem to do pretty well with their individual styles.
Steve
pooltchr said:Bingo!!! Since we all have different shapes and sizes, what works for one may not work for another. I think you should be as close as possible and still be comfortable. AF touches her chin to the cue, Buddy Hall probably can't. Both seem to do pretty well with their individual styles.
Steve
alstl said:Perhaps touching the chin to the cue helps stabilize it for Allison because uses an open bridge all of the time.
Scott Lee said:As Blackjack mentioned, it may have more to do with how you learned. The truth is that it doesn't make any difference how high or low your head is over the cue. All that matters is that the cue is as level as reasonable to the table (based on the shot circumstances).
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Blackjack said:I would say that she uses it "most of the time"... after getting her BCA Instructors certification she started using the closed bridge which has made a big difference in her game - especially with her break shot. She doesn't use it often, still using the open bridge - because that was how she was taught. Here is a picture of Allison using the closed bridge... it took me forever to find a picture of it, but she does use it from time to time now.
WesleyW said:Don't agree with that. When you are having your chin lower, it's easier to see if your alignment is good. You can see from the CB to the OB. When standing higher, it's more difficult to see if the alignment is aiming perfect. For example, when a ball is blocking the CB, you need to lower your chin to see if the CB can passed the blocking ball to hit the OB. Without lowering your chin, you can't see it clear.
WesleyW said:For example, when a ball is blocking the CB, you need to lower your chin to see if the CB can passed the blocking ball to hit the OB. Without lowering your chin, you can't see it clear.
Scott Lee said:How high or low you stand over the cue has no bearing on your alignment. While some may "see" the balls better standing lower, many others (myself included) see them better from a higher perspective. Ultimately, like I said, it doesn't matter, as long as the cue is level.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Gerry said:I have tried both, and I don't think it matters that much. Whatever gets the ball in the hole IMO, and it's been proven that upright or low can both produce champions. At times I will get my chin on the cue and the cue touching my chest to help when I feel out of alignnment.
I do notice it helps to be lower on longer shots and upright on short ones, but thats just me.
I wonder why "most" 3C billiards players are more upright?
Gerry
Fatboy said:my dad stood straight up and could make 2 balls in a row sometimes, Man Fats stands like my dad did RIP,
Me I'm in the middle and I think what ever works is what works, when I came up I tried different hights but with my back even then I just hada natural elevation off the cue, it was about the only part of my game I couldnt adjust, I have a friend who started when I did he plays MUCH better than me and he started high now he has a groove in his chin, over the years he got lower and lower.