Elbow Definitely Does Not Drop
- Thread starter Scaramouche
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If he did happen to drop his elbow he would have a nasty groove slashed into his forehead. :killingme:
The kid has extremely bad form.
The elbow is dropping exactly when it should not--on the backswing. The elbow should be at its highest point at the end of the back swing and should never drop until contact, after which it may drop to allow a full follow-through.
A stable elbow for the interval between the end of the final backswing and contact with the cue ball is essential for accuracy.
The elbow is dropping exactly when it should not--on the backswing. The elbow should be at its highest point at the end of the back swing and should never drop until contact, after which it may drop to allow a full follow-through.
A stable elbow for the interval between the end of the final backswing and contact with the cue ball is essential for accuracy.
You are right. What a disservice this little brat has done to us by parading his stupid, inefficient, incorrect, disobedient, and essentially disrespectful stroke all around the internets. Absolutely...unforgivable. What a rascal! A heathen!
anybody else lol at wizard's very serious deadpan reaction to the video? Don't show him the clip of the 2 year old, there are like a thousand things wrong with that kid's stroke. He's lucky his parents don't let him post on the forums or he'd get barbecued.
(all in good fun wizard. Personally I think that 5 year old will be shooting straighter than any of us by the time he's a teenager)
(all in good fun wizard. Personally I think that 5 year old will be shooting straighter than any of us by the time he's a teenager)
ya it was funny. zero sense of humor on that guy.
Not a model of perfection but it does raise a few points.
Obviously children have shorter arms, which means that the hand is travelling around the elbow on a smaller circle, making the drop more apparent. When the chin is on the cue, it absolutely necessitates keeping the cue on the same vector throughout the stroke. When the cue stays on the same vector the elbow must drop... its just simple geometry.
If impact is at the lowest point of that circle, on the backstroke the elbow will drop, on the downstroke to impact it will raise and then drop again on the throughstroke. Its subtle but its there.
If the chin is raised slightly off the cue you could theoretically do a stationary elbow position. It sounds very simple, however reality would say otherwise. As the forearm swings back and forth the load on the shoulder changes to maintain that stationary elbow position.
Obviously children have shorter arms, which means that the hand is travelling around the elbow on a smaller circle, making the drop more apparent. When the chin is on the cue, it absolutely necessitates keeping the cue on the same vector throughout the stroke. When the cue stays on the same vector the elbow must drop... its just simple geometry.
If impact is at the lowest point of that circle, on the backstroke the elbow will drop, on the downstroke to impact it will raise and then drop again on the throughstroke. Its subtle but its there.
If the chin is raised slightly off the cue you could theoretically do a stationary elbow position. It sounds very simple, however reality would say otherwise. As the forearm swings back and forth the load on the shoulder changes to maintain that stationary elbow position.
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