Naawww...you don't need a wrist, but you do need a palm without fronds.:thumbup:.
Fronds would be painful...or more exciting.:wink:
Far out stuff.
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Naawww...you don't need a wrist, but you do need a palm without fronds.:thumbup:.
Fronds would be painful...or more exciting.:wink:
Sally Palm and her 5 fronds?
I just learned how to never miss long straight in balls!
don't cut them!
don't cut them!
Find your perfect grip pressure and create some kind of glove or something which prohibits you from changing that pressure. It's kind of like that Pro Shot glove but instead of focusing on the wrist action it tends to the grip pressure.
I was thinking about guys with one leg shorter than the other and how they always run in circles. If one of those guys was to rob a bank and take off running, all a cop would have to do is wait out in front of the bank for him to come back. It's not pool related, but it's still pretty far out.
That one was actually very funny, made me laugh. However- Tramp - there are so many people on here already who are desperate to come up with the next funny one-liner instead of actually contributing with something valuable.
You often see the same in pool halls - the guy who always try to be funny, and especially enjoys it when he can come up with something where his jokes are on somebody elses expense.. Ofcourse this guy cant run three balls.
To the poster who doesnt want a wrist.. Some years ago I played a Swedish pool player who had lost his right hand - by the wrist. When he played pool, he had some kind of leather craddle - he just slipped it on the cue.
He had the straightest cue action I have ever seen.. So if you are really desperate to get rid of that unwanted wrist / twist action, you know what to do:wink:
monster tight grip
When my stroke is really out in left field I do a few different things to help it out some. Few people around the hall haven't seen me play my version of speed pool sometimes. Oddly enough a monster tight grip can straighten my stroke too. I'm talking a closed bridge and squeezing so tight at the bridge that it takes a great deal of force, and therefore grip, to push the cue shaft through the bridge. Intuitively it seems that your arm would want to go any way but straight when it was pushing against that much resistance but it sometimes works very well for me. Very tiring and I only do it for a few racks at a time but this seems to get my arm in balance and I can loosen up and play normally.
One thing I decided many years ago is that different sticks like different grips. If you don't like a new cue or new shaft, try progressively loosening and tightening your grip on both sides of your normal grip. You may find that there is a sweet spot in your grip where the cue and shaft perform much better than with greater or less grip tension. Changes in grip pressure change both the cue's actual harmonics and how we perceive the harmonics, either of which can vastly improve the playability of a cue or shaft.
Hu
When my stroke is really out in left field I do a few different things to help it out some. Few people around the hall haven't seen me play my version of speed pool sometimes. Oddly enough a monster tight grip can straighten my stroke too. I'm talking a closed bridge and squeezing so tight at the bridge that it takes a great deal of force, and therefore grip, to push the cue shaft through the bridge. Intuitively it seems that your arm would want to go any way but straight when it was pushing against that much resistance but it sometimes works very well for me. Very tiring and I only do it for a few racks at a time but this seems to get my arm in balance and I can loosen up and play normally.
One thing I decided many years ago is that different sticks like different grips. If you don't like a new cue or new shaft, try progressively loosening and tightening your grip on both sides of your normal grip. You may find that there is a sweet spot in your grip where the cue and shaft perform much better than with greater or less grip tension. Changes in grip pressure change both the cue's actual harmonics and how we perceive the harmonics, either of which can vastly improve the playability of a cue or shaft.
Hu
Efren uses a heavy cue, tight bridge and a loose grip...or used to.
all we had in common!
Many years ago I used a tight closed bridge for about 98% of my shots. After playing for a few years a local shortstop mentored me a bit and he was a "closed bridge is best" guy. I played with a pretty tight closed bridge and a loose grip for years, the only things I had in common with Efren!
The bridge I was talking about in my post is far beyond that though. It is physically impossible to push a cue through the bridge I am using with a loose grip when I am doing this to straighten my stroke. I am squeezing the shaft about as hard as I can, at a guess probably well over 30 pounds of pressure on the cue shaft.
Hu
Many years ago I used a tight closed bridge for about 98% of my shots. After playing for a few years a local shortstop mentored me a bit and he was a "closed bridge is best" guy. I played with a pretty tight closed bridge and a loose grip for years, the only things I had in common with Efren!
The bridge I was talking about in my post is far beyond that though. It is physically impossible to push a cue through the bridge I am using with a loose grip when I am doing this to straighten my stroke. I am squeezing the shaft about as hard as I can, at a guess probably well over 30 pounds of pressure on the cue shaft.
Hu
Joey...you dont have to go on the road far...Houma got 10 guys that will play you..Most i will bet on you....Gas prices going up like they are...Drive a hour and you can still be back for breakfast
Pass that thought around Troy to those knucklehead high-spending Calcutta buyers. I'm tired of them pissing their and my money away in the Calcutta.
Oh, by the way, would you PM me a list of those 10 guys.
Thanks,
JoeyA
That's EXACTLY right. I think I am going to contact the Pro Shot glove people. Good idea.
I was thinking about guys with one leg shorter than the other and how they always run in circles. If one of those guys was to rob a bank and take off running, all a cop would have to do is wait out in front of the bank for him to come back. It's not pool related, but it's still pretty far out.
That does it. Get that rust bucket out of this harbor or I'll row out there with my BB gun and sink it.
Dead Eye Dave
Far out.........
Joey I have three or four FAR out things to show you when we see each other at the tourney.......(i won't be making it to N.O. as Jennifer has been pretty sick)
Two will go along with your CTE/PRO one aiming........
one is for rail cut shots.
lastly what I call the golden grip.
You will be duly impressed or I'm not the greyone.
-Grey Ghost-
Joey I have three or four FAR out things to show you when we see each other at the tourney.......(i won't be making it to N.O. as Jennifer has been pretty sick)
Two will go along with your CTE/PRO one aiming........
one is for rail cut shots.
lastly what I call the golden grip.
You will be duly impressed or I'm not the greyone.
-Grey Ghost-
A resounding YES!
Yep. Especially if you can get a t-shirt made that says "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY".
Yep. Especially if you can get a t-shirt made that says "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY".
That's what the seat of my pants say after I've eaten Mexican.
Most thoughts I have are pretty far out there. People usually look at me and nod with a look of concern on their face as I make my case for whatever is crossing my mind.
My random, out out off the cuff thought of the day is this: Build a 2 X 20 table that would resemble a shuffle board table with gutter returns, at the end of the table have a 4 inch pocket. You could practice your straight in shots by hitting them at an extreme distance.
I have always found that hitting on a 12 footer helps my aim why not increase the difficulty even more?
My random, out out off the cuff thought of the day is this: Build a 2 X 20 table that would resemble a shuffle board table with gutter returns, at the end of the table have a 4 inch pocket. You could practice your straight in shots by hitting them at an extreme distance.
I have always found that hitting on a 12 footer helps my aim why not increase the difficulty even more?
Funny.. I was JUST thinking about what weight of a cue he uses because I seem to play better with a heavier cue and seem to throw the cue more than 'normal'.