I let my arm hang naturally no in/out cocking of the wrist and cradle the cue with my middle and ring finger. If I use my index finger it brings too much of the wrist into the stroke. There is no squeezing, and the thumb is not involved either other than just being along for the ride
How do you grip your cue?
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This. I pretty much shoot with the weight of the cue on my middle finger which controls the stoke.
That sounds like it would promote the "neutral" palm position (parallel with the stick) - the position that gives me the most grip consistency throughout my stroke at a wide range of speeds. Maybe I should give the two-middle-finger grip a try...
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These videos are fantastic. I think lol...is there another video with an older English snooker coach talking about grip? I remember seeing one of those recently and I loved it. I think it was this guy but don't remember him having a mustache lol.
Thanks for sharing,
KMRUNOUT
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This doc was taken from a pretty good snooker coach from the UK. I copied everything he wrote. Good stuff.
I tried to tell a friend of mine to not try to push the cue ball with his forearm. I told him the the lower bicep is designed to pull the forearm closed which in the end pushes the cue ball foreword. It will sink in one of these days.
John
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I went from my pointer tip to thumb over a decade ago to middle finger few years later and I been shooting with my ring finger to my thumb for over 5 years.
Gives me my trigger to stop me from backstroking too far, and it’s the tip touch that keeps the wrist the straightest.
I shoot every whicha way like that, underhanded jacked up for a masse and I’m comfy.
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I always grip lightly... ring and middle finger do the work, index and pinky are barely touching. One thing to watch for is curling your back hand IN, like a screwdriver.. when I catch myself doing that a little, I waggle the back wrist till it's straight down. IMO you get a lot more action on the CB when you're not 'death gripping' your back hand.
I don't know how Earl does that screwdriver stroke.. he's been doing that forever.. he compensates for it.
I don't know how Earl does that screwdriver stroke.. he's been doing that forever.. he compensates for it.
A handshake grip with fingers barely touching each other and my pinky finger is softly pressed
against the wrap while my other fingers are pressing with a soft -medium amount of pressure all
the while striving to keep my backhand facing one wall and my palm facing the opposite wall.
This helps to ensure my wrist remains as flat and straight as possible without any bend except for
the intentional hinge movement used to deliver my pool stroke.The amount of grip pressure can &
does vary with different length shots on a 9 ft table which is the only table I play pool on. Shooting at
a object ball 8 diamonds distance versus 1 or 2 diamonds away and of course, where you are
trying to leave the cue ball, involves different grip pressure or at least for me I play that way.
Sometimes when I have to lightly clip a object ball in a backwards cut chot to any pocket when the
two balls are relatively close, I hold my cue so softly that you'd think I'd drop it. My pinky isn't on the
wrap and my other fingers softly encompass the wrap. Those are touch type shots which are the
exception aside from the similarity that my grip never tightens, except for break shots but not in 14.1.
This grip results in forming a crease between your thumb and forefinger just like a Vardon grip used
in golf (interlocking grip). The crease resembles a V pattern and if you maintain a flat wrist on your
stroke, the V shape of thumb & forefinger should pass and remain under your chin during the stroke.
Matt B.
against the wrap while my other fingers are pressing with a soft -medium amount of pressure all
the while striving to keep my backhand facing one wall and my palm facing the opposite wall.
This helps to ensure my wrist remains as flat and straight as possible without any bend except for
the intentional hinge movement used to deliver my pool stroke.The amount of grip pressure can &
does vary with different length shots on a 9 ft table which is the only table I play pool on. Shooting at
a object ball 8 diamonds distance versus 1 or 2 diamonds away and of course, where you are
trying to leave the cue ball, involves different grip pressure or at least for me I play that way.
Sometimes when I have to lightly clip a object ball in a backwards cut chot to any pocket when the
two balls are relatively close, I hold my cue so softly that you'd think I'd drop it. My pinky isn't on the
wrap and my other fingers softly encompass the wrap. Those are touch type shots which are the
exception aside from the similarity that my grip never tightens, except for break shots but not in 14.1.
This grip results in forming a crease between your thumb and forefinger just like a Vardon grip used
in golf (interlocking grip). The crease resembles a V pattern and if you maintain a flat wrist on your
stroke, the V shape of thumb & forefinger should pass and remain under your chin during the stroke.
Matt B.