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[seymore15074]

The wrist has no bearing on whether or not, or how much you can draw the CB. As far as the grip goes, the forearm should be perpendicular to the table when the tip is at the CB. That's the most consistent place to hold the cuestick. Other than those two things, your information is pretty valid.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

I agree with the forearm, but I would say that it should be perpendicular to the cue stick, rather than the table. If you jack up a little, choke up to keep that perpendicular-ness.

 

[Flex]

Anyone can learn to "draw" in 15 minutes. But to learn to draw the cue ball back a specific* distance consistently takes years of practice.

*draw the cue ball back 6 inches, 1 diamond, 2, 3, 4, etc.

Keep in mind that everything changes with greater distance between the cue ball and object ball.

Sometimes you need to draw back just a little. Sometimes a little more. Sometimes more than that. Sometimes you need to draw the cue ball back to hit the rail and come back out a certain distance. Sometimes you need to shoot a shot at the far end of the table and draw the cue ball back to the near end of the table.

Can't say as I agree with you on the years of practice, for drawing to a specific distance. In any case, having a good sense of strength of stroke required for a specific shot, taking into account the numerous variables: cue ball used, object ball shot, distance from cue ball to object ball, is the cue ball waxed or not, speed of the cloth, humidity in the room, yada yada yada...

Those elements are not subject to years of practice, but primarily to one's ability to judge the conditions at hand and employ the correct shot and stroke to obtain the desired results. With all that, two years may be way too long or way too short or maybe, just maybe, the right period of time.

Long and short of it: get the feel down for the various shots and practice them. How long it will take you to get good at it is anyone's guess.

Flex