What flaw you talking about Willis?
Fedor is an elbow dropper
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Rumor has it when Fedor goes to the bathroom he drops his pants.
He then drops his entire arm (Smoothly) to wipe.
The man is a walking dropper.
He then drops his entire arm (Smoothly) to wipe.
The man is a walking dropper.
I'm not really even sure. Basically I am grumbling perhaps. Because I'm getting old and I used to be really really good. Now I suck so bad I can barely tolerate my own existence. I know! I'll buy a new cue. It might fix my eyesight and all my body ailments and all the jacked up things wrong with my stroke. I gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. brb
Check out his video, showing how Mike drops his elbow well after the hit, almost as an after-thought. When I showed him the slow motion footage, he was very surprised. He had always thought he was dropping his elbow durning the stroke into the ball.
Cue ball last is the ticket. If you can see the cue ball, it's all there.
You have my word.
funny you mention that. I have been tinkering with that for about the last six months. looking at cue ball last that is.
I know. You believe it? When guard rails attack.
Forgot to mention this was recent and no one was hurt..
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I aim to be funny...
Lol. Seniors have to follow strict launch protocols.
With the power that Mike is using an elbow drop would seem to be natural.
I also think that sometimes elbow drop is a natural bi-product of finishing a stroke.
You see where you want the cue ball to go and throw the cue (we are physically throwing the arm at the object ball).
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Even the non elbow droppers drop their elbows slightly. I've tried putting my chin on my cue and not dropping my elbow, and the butt of the cue whacks me in the chin. If you look at Allison's cue in that last video, when she strikes the cue ball, the cue drops down away from her chin a couple of inches. I think the only way that can happen is if she drops her elbow. And, if you try to pick a spot on the background where the point of her elbow is on her practice strokes, you will notice her elbow drops slightly on her final backstroke, then her elbow drops a little more on her follow through(the point of her elbow ends up below the rail in the background).
If your chin touches your cue, are you necessarily an elbow dropper?
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Nobody drops it like Bustamante .
Smoothest elbow dropper of all time imo .
tomatoshooter
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I watched Earl up close and noticed his elbow drop on follow through. He also curls his wrist on follow through. I have found that my follow through is much smoother with the elbow drop and it just feels better. When looking at the Mike Massey video, I watched the opening shot frame by frame and there is significant movement in his upper arm. Realistically, whatever allows you to deliver the cue to the right spot with the right speed works.
The placebo effect is very important. I'm going to start wearing several shirts and if I miss too much, I just say "I can't shoot wearing this shirt!" and take one off. I'm joking about the shirts but the placebo effect is very real. Remeber "It's not the doctor, it's the placebo!"
I mentioned to my wife about getting another cue. It would be num 5 this year. The look I got was not positive
Earl and svb both curl their wrists under slightly on long stroke shots. I always have too bc when I first started playing I tried to emulate Earl. I've been trying for 6 months now (down the endless rabbit hole of Hell) to "fix" or develop better fundamentals. I've never played worse in my life.
tomatoshooter
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Shirts are cheaper! Or just convince yourself that a new tip will fix your game.I mentioned to my wife about getting another cue. It would be num 5 this year. The look I got was not positive