Buddy Hall lines up to cut in a shot with a center ball hit (can be various heights up and down the center of the cue ball such as tops ,middle or bottoms)and does his practice strokes.On the last stroke he either tucks or rolls depending if he wants to apply left or right hand english.
When he applies his english he glances across the cue ball rather than straight through the cue ball as in parralel english.His theory is that it cuts a way down on delflection.
To my knowledge, there is no 'special' stroke that reduces QB deflection ie squirt.
When he tucks, he is swinging the cue towards his body on the final stroke, henceforth a tuck.When he rolls he swings the cue out from his body.Buddy is a very talented, co-ordinated man and his tuck and roll style takes some practice.
An easier way of doing the same thing is with backhand english. In backhand english, you initially do the same thing Buddy does.You line up to cut a ball in center ball(tops,middle or low) with no english.Once you feel you have lined up the cut shot properly, you then shift your backhand either to the left or the right depending if you want inside or outside english.When you are making this shift, it's imperitive that you keep your bridge hand locked and still.Once you've decided on (1/4,1/2,3/4 tip etc) the english you want to apply, you now stroke through that NEW line.Applying english this way will also have you glancing accross the cue ball,simuliar to Buddy's tuck and roll.Applying english in this matter also cuts back on deflection and it adjusts the aiming point for you, rather than you having to guess on how thick or thin to hit the object ball.
I'm finding that in my game I use all three applications of english, depending on the situation.I never set out to do tuck and roll purposley, however, my subconcious will sometimes apply it when it knows I've made the wrong descision as to get the shot where I want it to go.Some people might call this steering.
In my expermentation, I've also found out that(for example) a tip of high right english using parrelel english wont deliver the object ball to the same place as a tip of high right backhand english. While they both apply the high right english, ones a straight through the cue ball shot and the others a glancing accross the cue ball shot.The straight through and glancing acroos the cue ball definitly produces different end results
Of course they will be different. The angle of cue approach is different!
When I want to apply a ton of check sidings, I find parralel english will get the job done much more effectivley for ME.When I'm in a pressure situation and I want to make sure of the pot(and not have to guess on hitting the object ball thick or thin)I use backhand english, because it does the calculating automatically for me.For me personally, I find that backhand english is much more reliable, for medium to shorter range shots.
I would say to anyone experiment with both as it never hurts to add another weapon in your arsenal. RJ
ps. If you decide to use backhand english, go to these links to find out where your cues pivot point is and read up about pivot points.Your pivot point is your bridge length.
Read here to find out about your cues pivot point:
https://www.platinumbilliards.com/rating_deflect.php
read here about pivot points:
https://www.platinumbilliards.com/rating_about_pivotpoints.php
Go here for an explanation of what backhand english is. Scroll down to find that catergory:
http://www.greatpool.com/technique.htm
