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drivermaker said:
Frank...that's what I'm saying for MOST shots that are only half table length shots or where the CB/OB doesn't have full length table distance between the two.
I think ALL OF YOU might be quite surprised at the length of your stroke...backstroke and follow thru if you measured it.
On those type of shots, my backstroke which is from the back of the CB to where it stops or transitions into the forward hit...is around 2"...sometimes
2 1/2 - 3" and probably a maximum of 5" for a power stroke.
HOWEVER...my follow thru AFTER IMPACT WITH THE BACK OF THE CB goes about 7-8 1/2" forward, and sometimes as much as 9". So really, my stroke total is about 10". (For you guys wondering about my crank length, 'WAYNE' , does that fit your stats a little better? Makes me wonder why you're even thinking about my dick to begin with...say it ain't so, Joe...say it ain't so...you didn't cross over to the other side, did you?)
I've always been one to feel that the LONGER your backstroke is, the more trouble you can get into WITH the STROKE. The hand and elbow can start moving and flying away from the body with the butt end of the cue moving to the outside and altering the tip to the inside. Then, when you start forward you tend to jam your hand too close back into your side to compensate for the backstroke move which then throws the tip back into the opposite direction. THAT is where a shitty stroke comes from.
Also, the longer the backstroke the greater the tendency to SLOW DOWN coming into impact with a shorter follow thru. That is exactly what I DON'T want. I want to be either accelerating or coming thru at the same speed at impact. I do believe in an extended follow thru.
Besides, once the CB is STRUCK and on the way, the only thing that matters is what went on IN that 2" distance or 10" distance, however far back a guy wants to swing it. Again, for me...my good results come from a short backstroke and a long follow thru. What do the rest of you do?
If your butt end goes away from your body and your tip goes toward the
inside, it will be because you are not holding the butt of the stick properly.
(like with a full fist and your wrist bent instead of being straight). One of the first books I read when I was 14 (1962) said you were to hold the stick with
two fingers and a thumb, much like going up to a person, and grabbing their arm with 2 fingers and a thumb. This was so your wrist could stay straight
throughout the entire stroke and would be able to break in a straight line at the end of the stroke. Today, many players do it differently, but I have noticed countless times the players that do not hold the cue the right way
with their butt hand, do many things to try to compensate for their wrist not being able to break in a straight line (like shortening their stroke, and they
end up having problems with long shots especially because of their wrist NOT
breaking the way it should).
The stroke you described would be equivalent to someone doing a short pause
and then firing a rifle repeatedly, but they would not be squeezing the trigger, they would be jerking it. In otherwards, where it should be one fluid straight motion, you are shortening the back stroke and trying to 'control' the outcome rather than just letting it happen.
That book also mentioned that the bridge hand is normally to be 6-8" behind
the tip. Today, many players will bridge 10, even 12" behind the tip (but that can also cause problems by using too long a stroke). You know I was playing
a good friend who plays real good some small money 1 night years ago, and his girlfriend was a good friend of mine, and I looked over towards her and said
while he was shooting, "you know you can always tell how long a poolplayers
di*k is by the length of their pool stroke". He turned red, start coughing a little, and couldn't make a ball after that because he kept trying to make his
stroke twice as long as it was normally .... lol
If you pay attention to ALL of the form for a good stroke TO THE LETTER,
and practice it, it will come, and you will adapt to it, and later on, it will be
second nature to you just like eating is.
