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Neil

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I haven't been playing much at all lately. 2-3 hours a week maybe. Thought I would do some stroke drills to see what I had to work on. Three groups of ten balls. Last group there was some improvement. I noticed a number of things to work on. Also need to work on that side pocket next time I recover the table, wants to roll towards it.

Anyways, I have critiqued a number of videos on here. Figured it only fair for everyone (and I do mean anyone) to have a go at me. Feel free. The idea was to make the ball and just get enough draw to check the stripes rotation. Amount of draw wasn't a concern. Going for accuracy on the cb and the ob. Setting up the striped cb is a bit of a pain to get perfect, so there is some wobble just from that being off a hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaaccFJnzy4&feature=youtu.be

edit: It's not a good position for seeing the stroke. I was using Pro One to aim, and my elbow does drop after contact.
 
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Neil

Great work. That was not bad at all.

Two things to look at.

A couple of times your elbow dropped way before contact.....Thant's a No-No.
Could be a tight grip?

Your eye pattern needs cleaning up. I can help with that.
On your very last shot, your eye pattern was perfect....:smile:

randyg






Neil said:
I haven't been playing much at all lately. 2-3 hours a week maybe. Thought I would do some stroke drills to see what I had to work on. Three groups of ten balls. Last group there was some improvement. I noticed a number of things to work on. Also need to work on that side pocket next time I recover the table, wants to roll towards it.

Anyways, I have critiqued a number of videos on here. Figured it only fair for everyone (and I do mean anyone) to have a go at me. Feel free. The idea was to make the ball and just get enough draw to check the stripes rotation. Amount of draw wasn't a concern. Going for accuracy on the cb and the ob. Setting up the striped cb is a bit of a pain to get perfect, so there is some wobble just from that being off a hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaaccFJnzy4&feature=youtu.be

edit: It's not a good position for seeing the stroke. I was using Pro One to aim, and my elbow does drop after contact.
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Neil,

You have a tendency similar to what I've worked on in my game. On draw shots, your wrist turns out slightly causing the elbow to move off line. Not on all shots, but it's there when you miss.

Earl does this, so I'm not too worried about it. My best fix is to loosen up the grip and try to relax more before I draw the cue ball. I'm not saying I shoot with a looser grip, just that I don't tighten it as I stroke.

Your tip darts to the right and returns left almost imperceptibly with power. So does mine. It causes me to aim with left and sometimes get no spin because of the quick movement to the right. It returns immediately to its starting position and I think I'm cueing straight through the shot. It's like a spasm! :grin-square: Causes me to miss simple straight in shots. Good luck with that!

PS I check it by shooting a draw shot by looking at the cue ball. I align myself and watch the stick entirely as I stroke through. It's so fast I had to put the cue ball on the spot to have a reference point to see it. My cue tip darts over and back in the blink of an eye!

Best,
Mike
 
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I'm surprised, expected more people to chime in. Thanks for those that did. Mike, read below and you will see what I believe causes that little "turn" in the stroke.

Here's what I picked up off the video.

1. Stance is off. This is evident by where the cue is in relationship to the arm. Cue goes pretty straight, but not straight enough. Can be a lot better. When the upper arm is aligned with the cue, but not over it, then the forearm can not hang straight down. That obviously means it has to be on an angle. In order for it to go straight, you have to turn your wrist a little and learn to steer the cue straight. Not a good thing for repeatability.

In turning the wrist to cause the cue to go straight, it is very easy to turn it a hair too far. That can cause you to go to the right too far, and you have to "pick up on it" subconsciously and bring it back in line. Doing that, you can get close enough that you may never notice it. However, any test like this one will highlight the problem of it.

2. Cue does not finish in a straight line, but veers off to the left. Several things can cause this, the predominate one being listed above.

3. Eye pattern problems, as Randy pointed out. Also not taking the time to visualize what I intend to have happen before it happens.

4. Some shots had elbow drop before contact. Old habits from many years ago still creep in sometimes.

5. Elbow drop after contact. Can't quite put my finger on why. Old habits??? Made a new video today, will be up in an hour or two, corrected many things, but that is still there. The results in the new video say it doesn't matter, and I know it doesn't because it is after contact, so I will just accept it and go from there.

6. A few times, my initial alignment was off, and I didn't get back up and correct it. Instead, I just shifted around while down till it looked right. That's a good recipe for disaster.

7.Not an error, but an observation- Tight pockets. Many back and forths about them on here. Good or bad. At least for practice, as you can see in the video, they force you to see and correct errors that you wouldn't even notice on bigger pockets. At the angle I am shooting, I have app. 1/16" clearance on each side of the ob. So, it helps showcase not hitting accurately.
 
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