DRAW SHOT Effects Myth Buster … a Slow Motion Video Study

Dave,
In my experience, a draw stroke with better ‘follow-thru’ typically produces more CB action/distance. How does that relate to your test results (?).
I think a rough way to look at it is you don’t want to apply the brakes before you contact the cueball. You generally drive the cue stick forward with your biceps. You halt it with your triceps. Introducing the triceps (a new muscle group) into the stroke before ball contact has a high likelihood of derailing your intended tip trajectory and striking the cueball with a different tip offset than planned. So you’re either scooping a miscue or you’re hitting more stun on accident. Let alone what you’d be doing to your cue speed.
 
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Not to turn this into a billiard thread, so I’ll just make one more comment. In case you are not aware, natural tickies off the long rail track to the head/foot spots. You can modify this angle with top/draw, as Mazin Shooni expertly showed me one time. It is great to know because you end up making a lot more points.
Billiard thread... sorry, doc.

I have been working on tickys and there's been a lot of improvement recently.

The Koreans-at my place are disappointingly UNstereotypical...I see few tickys from them.

Thanks for the rule of thumb. That is basically the criteria for how I look at the game/ shot.
 
Anyone won't to try and explain how this player could execute these 3 shots, (especially #3) by decelerating?

https://www.facebook.com/ismael.ruizsanchez.7

For people having trouble with the link, this link might work instead. If not, a Facebook account might be required to view it.

Deceleration before impact is not usually a good thing; although, some great players (Efren Reyes included) do it often.

Concerning the shots at the link, fouetté shots (AKA whip shots) like this require tremendous cue speed at impact (and a whippy shaft), so any deceleration would be a killer.
 
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