I’ve posted this before: this reminds me of the many baseball hitting stances. Gary Sheffield's rocking and bat wagging… so much movement but at contact it all came together. Some people can put all the movement, along with lifting the lead foot, stepping into the swing and timing like Ricky Henderson because they are so gifted athletically and or have incredible hand eye coordination. Coaches would never teach these player’s stances because there is way too much going on for most people to put it all together but they will always use their contact point body position for examples. A more modern coached stance especially for youngsters is “Squash the Bug.” It takes most of the unnecessary body movement out of the stance for an efficient swing and it’s easier to teach. You’ll even see some MLB players use this efficient technique but most great major league batters are great because the know how to get to their contact point & body position regardless of everything else… that’s why they are great. Almost none look the same because of body type, incredible hand eye coordination, and because they are gifted athletes they get away with inefficiencies that us regular people would not.
Pool is no different… from Keith to Fedor and everyone in between.
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