Follow through lenght question

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Slh

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I always knew having a good long follow trough helps you to have more cueball power... lately i have seen a slow motion help video where is shown the hit of a cue in slow motion. The video, basically say the cue is in contact with the cueball only for a tenth of a second, no matter if you have a 1 inch or 15" follow trough. So, why people keep saying " a long follow trough is the key"? I praticed a lot this aspect of my cue action and atleast i can assure i have a nice long follow trough , but now i'm wondering if this time praticing ( this aspect) was useless.
 
When you have a good follow-thru it means you're accelerating through the ball. Someone telling you that you need a long follow through is trying to get to you see how the stroke is supposed to end. Alot of players aim to hit the ball so the mind slows down the cue before striking the ball because if you're aiming to hit the cue ball then the stick doesn't need to go any farther.

Focusing on a long follow through gets your mind in a mode that the tip needs to go through the cue ball rather than to the cueball. You don't necessarily need a long follow through, but it's the easiest way to get people to stroke the ball instead of poking it.
 
Follow through has been way over-stated for many years. Qualitly not length....SPF=randyg
 
Slh said:
I always knew having a good long follow trough helps you to have more cueball power... lately i have seen a slow motion help video where is shown the hit of a cue in slow motion. The video, basically say the cue is in contact with the cueball only for a tenth of a second, no matter if you have a 1 inch or 15" follow trough. So, why people keep saying " a long follow trough is the key"? I praticed a lot this aspect of my cue action and atleast i can assure i have a nice long follow trough , but now i'm wondering if this time praticing ( this aspect) was useless.
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FYI, the follow through is explained in detail, with supporting resources, here:

BTW, typical cut tip contact times are close to a thousandth of a sec (0.001 sec), not a tenth (0.1 sec). For more info, see:

Enjoy,
Dave
 
Slh...Yes, it was a waste of time. BTW, the Jacksonville Experiments showed the dwell time between tip and CB to be only 1/1000th of a second (a millisecond). That's 100x less than what you quoted. Length of followthrough has no bearing on the quality of the stroke, nor on the outcome...provided that the shooter has "finished" his/her stroke, to it's natural conclusion (which some others call accelerating through the CB). If you finish your stroke, it doesn't matter if you "followthrough" the CB 1 inch or 10 inches...you will get the same result, as long as it's the natural end of your swing. My natural finish is 6 1/2" past the front edge of the CB. Our (Randyg and my) instructional video, Play Better Pool, Vol. 1, illustrates this concept exceptionally well.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Slh said:
I always knew having a good long follow trough helps you to have more cueball power... lately i have seen a slow motion help video where is shown the hit of a cue in slow motion. The video, basically say the cue is in contact with the cueball only for a tenth of a second, no matter if you have a 1 inch or 15" follow trough. So, why people keep saying " a long follow trough is the key"? I praticed a lot this aspect of my cue action and atleast i can assure i have a nice long follow trough , but now i'm wondering if this time praticing ( this aspect) was useless.
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Working on long follow through, early in your pool playing years, probably improved your stroke and helped get rid of any jerkiness.
 
ok thanks for the replies, actually my english is not that good and i confused 0,001 with 1 tenth which is obviously much smaller..
 
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