Downward pressure through the stroke???

Not a good idea

It doesn't sound like your friend is explaining it properly. He may not be sure exactly what he is doing.

I would like to see a good follow stroke while hitting down on the cue ball.


I will take a guess that if you both analyze a fair number of shots and cue ball movement you may find he might be aiming down, but leveling out on his delivery stroke. If he is an A player he should have decent cue ball control and easy to figure out.

Forcing muscles is probably the worst thing you can do in any eye hand coordination sport.
 
Open minded thinking

IMO

This stroke is yet another example of crutching poorly designed equipment.
In recent years all the studies on deflection and squirt have alot of stickmakers trying to lighten the tip to lower deflection (this effects a cues balance).

Since most conventional sticks have a straight line taper throughout the butt section "so you can roll it on the table and test if its straight of course" a design feature having nothing to do with playability. This taper puts the fattest part of the wood behind your hand.. hey more weight behind your hand is a good thing right that will lighten the tip hey even lower deflection.

I thought outside the box.... and had a straight line taper made in the wrap section what this did for me was help with muscle memory since ALL shots are now the same wether I choke up or grab further back on the wrap. The stick always feels the same and its very comortable. One surprising discoverery also learned was it added some forward weight by having less wood behind my hand which has made an improvement with open bridge topspin shots (only).

I'm happy with this design and hold the cue loosely with no issues.

One mans trash is anothers treasure
 
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