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Do any modern players slip stroke or stroke slip? YES!
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Bustamante does for sure and I believe DO does as well.
And I'm assuming you mean modern pro players?
I tried learning it per the Chua video but couldn't quite grasp it. brrmp...
What I settled on is cradling the cue with the back two fingers and thumb. It allows an "extended" snap that's close to an actual release.
What I settled on is cradling the cue with the back two fingers and thumb. It allows an "extended" snap that's close to an actual release.
Maybe I’m wrong but for every one pro player that does it there’s five more better pros that don’t. 
Like everybody's up to world class with or without it.Maybe I’m wrong but for every one pro player that does it there’s five more better pros that don’t.
There's also guys like Ko recommending it. It can put those not endowed with the leverage of long arms in the running.
Like everybody's up to world class with or without it.
There's also guys like Ko recommending it. It can put those not endowed with the leverage of long arms in the running.
It also helps you from jerking the cue up with hitting harder
Exactly.
Thanks for the video. The Ko brothers also demonstrate the stroke slip.
It took me almost 8 months to learn and use the stroke slip (your milage may vary). It's a real opener.
Then I started watching the pros play and amazed at how many of them use this cuing style.
I just let the weight of the cue do the shooting with no physical effort from my grip or arm.
Just some cue speed.
Give it a try.
John
It took me almost 8 months to learn and use the stroke slip (your milage may vary). It's a real opener.
Then I started watching the pros play and amazed at how many of them use this cuing style.
I just let the weight of the cue do the shooting with no physical effort from my grip or arm.
Just some cue speed.
Give it a try.
John
Famous words from Mike Zuglan during a lesson from him- when in the early 1990s he was one of the best in the the country at 14.1 - " Let the stick do the work" That is the very essence of what a slip stroke should achieve.
His comment about letting the stick do the work is what led to my post about how the weight affects the cue (link below). When the stick is doing the work the weight of the stick plays a HUGE part in the final result. Lighter stick does not impart as much energy on the CB, all other things being equal. It was an eye opener once I figured that out. A lighter stick needs a faster stroke.
Affect of cue weight with a slip stroke?
I've always had a natural slip stroke and over the last few months I've been having some fun with it but what I've noticed is, the weight of the cue affects play pretty drastically when using a slip stroke. For those that don't know - a slip stroke is when the cue slips (i.e. slides) in your...
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I slip every time I stroke.
I use heavier ebony cues, 20.5 oz. is the lightest of the three I own.
I just release the cue and it does the work, its like hitting a home run, I don't really feel it, cue ball just goes.
A lighter cue I feel like I am doing the work, my swing arm is more involved, I'm forcing it.
It's just the feeling I get when I play,,,true or not, I don't know. I've always used a heavy cue going back
to 21 oz. Dufferin house cues I would hide in the tile ceiling at the pool hall.
It's probably what I'm use to. I'm convinced you can learn to play with anything.
I just release the cue and it does the work, its like hitting a home run, I don't really feel it, cue ball just goes.
A lighter cue I feel like I am doing the work, my swing arm is more involved, I'm forcing it.
It's just the feeling I get when I play,,,true or not, I don't know. I've always used a heavy cue going back
to 21 oz. Dufferin house cues I would hide in the tile ceiling at the pool hall.
It's probably what I'm use to. I'm convinced you can learn to play with anything.
I have been now testing this few hours. Actually i have been doing it earlier without knowing it!
Thanks a ton for OP bringing this up!
My observations so far:
1. Allows shoot fast speed shots with less body movement.
2. Not giving me any extra power to spin shots but cue seem to move slightly more straight line.
3. Prevent jerking up shots.
4. I have to aim little lower than normally. Probably gravity pushing butt down.
5. Essential on very hard break shots. I think Chua and Ignacio uses it on 10-ball breaks!
6. My slip is a lot less than Chua´s but I try practice it more and can say more my opinions.
Yeah. I got new BK3 break cue and I have been working on my break last week and I had problems to jerking up cue on break shots. This was instant fix on that!!
Here is example break(and run) for that. I use slip on break and almost every shot on run. My slip is only one inch though...
Thanks a ton for OP bringing this up!
My observations so far:
1. Allows shoot fast speed shots with less body movement.
2. Not giving me any extra power to spin shots but cue seem to move slightly more straight line.
3. Prevent jerking up shots.
4. I have to aim little lower than normally. Probably gravity pushing butt down.
5. Essential on very hard break shots. I think Chua and Ignacio uses it on 10-ball breaks!
6. My slip is a lot less than Chua´s but I try practice it more and can say more my opinions.
Yeah. I got new BK3 break cue and I have been working on my break last week and I had problems to jerking up cue on break shots. This was instant fix on that!!
Here is example break(and run) for that. I use slip on break and almost every shot on run. My slip is only one inch though...