Grip & Rip

[DeadStrokeMan]

Getting in "dead Stroke" has been 'touch and go' with me for last few months - Until yesterday.

I've always been a "dead on" with bankShots. I can hone in and drill it - longBank, cross-corner or cross side. Don't matter.

So - I was strokin' some banks in and thought to myself "what is it about these bank shot strokes that I do so well"?

The answer - I 'felt it'! Not that I felt the shot prior to shooting it - but felt it WHILE I was shooting it. I feel in my RIGHT HAND -

Right in the hand between the middle finger and ring finger - a "Focus point" in the right hand. I noticed that when banking I would grip with the weight 'centered' at that point such that I could feel the "bite" of the cue.

So I concentrated on this while playing some 9 balll racks. Crap! Runnin' fool

Carl and I played out some bitchin' $40 sets last night. After 5 hours of drilling I lost the final set at the 7ball - 8 to 9 with a tiny double-kiss on a cross side of the 7 . There were at least 10 runOuts and with the exeption of "hides" - I don't think any rack went more than 1 shot per player. RunOut mania.

So - I have "Grip and Rip" tattooed on my pool room wall now. To get the "sting" of that cue into your hand and truley "feel" the shot. What a great feeling to deadStroke so many hours

 

[sjm]

Glad to hear you're hitting them so well. Pool really is an easy game on those special occasions when you know, rather than think or hope, that the next shot is going right in the hole.

 

[cuejoey]

Funny thing you described your grip the way you did..i too was in a slump and pulled out of it ......by doing drills i noticed a touchy point with my grip the way you did..thanks for posting about it........

 

[DeadStrokeMan]

Funny thing you described your grip the way you did..i too was in a slump and pulled out of it ......by doing drills i noticed a touchy point with my grip the way you did..thanks for posting about it........

Still got it - its in the dead center of the hand - then move towards the fingers about 3/4". 'Sweat spot'. I can "hear" the cue there and it gives me feedback through the stroke You can actually REPAIR a miss or CB placement during the stroke if you 'listen' to that feedback.

P.S. - I use a predator shaft ...and it had that same 'sting&bite' as a normal shaft does if you listen (for you bashers out there )