Draw Shot

Power draw….follow through
Delayed draw….follow through even more
Quick draw……stop the cue as quick as you can
 
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Is it possible to draw the cue ball back w/o follow thru?
I say no.
What do you think?
Yes. For instance, a known technique for avoiding a double hit when the OB is too close is to run the grip hand into the rail to stop follow through.

Unless you're talking about the 1/16" or so of "follow through" during tip/ball contact...

pj
chgo
 
The physics of the situation indicates that tip and CB are in contact for 1-2 milliseconds.
So you could stop the cue after that 2 ms and CB would not be able to know the difference.

But, yes, a good follow through prevents all kinds of stroke errors leading up to contact--for both draw and follow.
 
Yes. For instance, a known technique for avoiding a double hit when the OB is too close is to run the grip hand into the rail to stop follow through.

Unless you're talking about the 1/16" or so of "follow through" during tip/ball contact...

pj
chgo
Can you find a video that we can see?
 
The physics of the situation indicates that tip and CB are in contact for 1-2 milliseconds.
So you could stop the cue after that 2 ms and CB would not be able to know the difference.

But, yes, a good follow through prevents all kinds of stroke errors leading up to contact--for both draw and follow.
??????? But, if you hitting straight into the frozen ball, can you generate draw having no follow thru???????
 
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Thx for the link, but nothing was said about getting cue ball draw off a frozen object ball.
That's my point, how can you get draw w/o follow thru?
I'd like to see that video, that would be great.
I did find the tip hardness/soft vs hard contact time very informative.
I'm gonna do what Bergman does, change to a medium/softer tip.
I've always played with hard.
 
Thx for the link, but nothing was said about getting cue ball draw off a frozen object ball.
I didn't know that's what you were asking. Isn't hitting straight into a frozen CB/OB illegal?

That's my point, how can you get draw w/o follow thru?
If you're talking about the millisecond of tip/ball contact, of course you can't do anything without that - but "follow through" is usually assumed to mean after contact.

pj
chgo
 
Is it possible to draw the cue ball back w/o follow thru?
I say no.
What do you think?
Give me a half-inch separation and I can draw the cue ball back four diamonds shooting straight at the ball and with no side spin.

Is that sort of what you're talking about?
 
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Give me a half-inch separation and I can draw the cue ball back four diamonds shooting straight at the ball and with no side spin.

Is that sort of what you're talking about?
No gap..... but I think we'd all like to see what you just said. Sounds interesting/impossible/but.
 
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