Hi everyone, I’m new to the sport. Only been playing since January, and that was not by choice, haha. But anyway, I’m starting to enjoy playing and really want to improve. The problem is my husband has been coaching me and it usually ends up with us yelling and me crying, which makes this no fun for me.
One of the biggest problems is he wants me to get down low, with my chin practically touching the cue. But when I get in to my stance, the way I was taught by a friend of his that is also an instructor, was to line my cue up with the shot, place my right foot directly under the cue (I’m right handed), pivot to a 45 degree angle, bend my knees and squat down, then bend over at the waist, when I do this, my right breast is in the way because it is directly in top of the cue. Because they are big, I'm a DD cup, it pushes my cue down and I can't get a smooth stroke. He keeps telling me if Karen Corr and Kelly Fisher can get low, then so can I. Which I agree with, I just don’t know how they do it.
I’ve adjusted by holding the cue on the outer part of my breast, which allows me to get down low. But then my husband says my body is off and I’m not square with the shot. When I’m down, he stands in front of me he’ll tell me to move my body over either to the left or right, then I miss my shot by the way, but I don’t know if it’s mental because I get frustrated or if it is my body. Should he be looking at my body or my shooting arm? I thought as long as my cue, shoulder, and elbow were lined up, it didn’t matter too much where my body was. I could be wrong though.
Anyone have any suggestions? Should I re-adjust my footing? When I’m down should I twist my chest towards the right so the breast is out of the way, but then I’d have to turn my neck/head towards the left to see the shot?
I hope all this makes sense. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to quit but it gets so frustrating.
One of the biggest problems is he wants me to get down low, with my chin practically touching the cue. But when I get in to my stance, the way I was taught by a friend of his that is also an instructor, was to line my cue up with the shot, place my right foot directly under the cue (I’m right handed), pivot to a 45 degree angle, bend my knees and squat down, then bend over at the waist, when I do this, my right breast is in the way because it is directly in top of the cue. Because they are big, I'm a DD cup, it pushes my cue down and I can't get a smooth stroke. He keeps telling me if Karen Corr and Kelly Fisher can get low, then so can I. Which I agree with, I just don’t know how they do it.
I’ve adjusted by holding the cue on the outer part of my breast, which allows me to get down low. But then my husband says my body is off and I’m not square with the shot. When I’m down, he stands in front of me he’ll tell me to move my body over either to the left or right, then I miss my shot by the way, but I don’t know if it’s mental because I get frustrated or if it is my body. Should he be looking at my body or my shooting arm? I thought as long as my cue, shoulder, and elbow were lined up, it didn’t matter too much where my body was. I could be wrong though.
Anyone have any suggestions? Should I re-adjust my footing? When I’m down should I twist my chest towards the right so the breast is out of the way, but then I’d have to turn my neck/head towards the left to see the shot?
I hope all this makes sense. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to quit but it gets so frustrating.
