How do you stay down on every shot?

How do you stay down on every shot?

  • Wear Earl Strickland's arm and waist weights

    Votes: 2 8.3%

  • Pretend that if you move you will die

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Pool instructor pokes you hard if you don't

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Watch the object ball fall in the pocket while shooting

    Votes: 21 87.5%
  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
Get a friend to hold a heavy (or if you want to get serious) sharp object and have them hold it over your head for 3/5 seconds while you hit balls.

I used to count to myself 1,2,3 after every shot when practicing. After about 40-50 hours it stuck (for the most part). If im not 100% sure about where the cueball will end up, I find that I pop up. Confidence in your stroke and where the cueball is going helps tremendously to stop this.

The friend thing really does help if you can find a partner, if you are married and choose the sharp option it shouldnt be tough to find someone:)

Also be aware that if you dont have azz weights, get the f*@* off the table!
 
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We often move when our subconscious knows that something is not right... & we then move to try to save it.

Shots are not always missed because we moved. They are missed because of something else that got our subconscious to make us move.

Just food for thought.
 
Just good fundamentals and a few snooker habits. When you lock your back leg, you settle into a stable position, then you bend at the hip with a straight back, and don't hang your head. When you're not holding your weight on a bent knee and not curving your back/shoulders, there is little tendency to move when you shoot, everything is already extended and placed where it should be.
 
As with most polls around here this one is flawed all to hell and back.
You should have included: None of the above; and All of the above.
Try to be more careful next time. :smile:

P.S. Also for consideration: Some of each of the above.
 
Can you guys from pool school elaborate on your answers. On a follow shot hitting the top of the cueball you finish with the tip on the cloth? Even off the rail?

How does the proper eye pattern help? Is it just having a consistent p.s.r.?

Thanks in advance
 
When shooting with a pendulum stroke, the tip ends up on or near the cloth on all shots...even aiming at maximum follow...even off the rail. Your tip should NEVER finish in the air...period. The PEP is one of the most important elements of a consistent PSR.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

couldnthinkof01 said:
Can you guys from pool school elaborate on your answers. On a follow shot hitting the top of the cueball you finish with the tip on the cloth? Even off the rail?

How does the proper eye pattern help? Is it just having a consistent p.s.r.?

Thanks in advance
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So scott, is it the total pre shot routine that helps keep from popping up or something in the PEP specifically?

When the object ball is close on a follow shot wont you foul if you hit the cloth? Point is a full pendulum stroke is definitely not all shots.

Isnt popping up mental more then, follow through or eye patterns?
 
The answer is...both. Consistency is the key to improvement, and doing everything the same way encourages confidence. That includes training yourself with the same personal eye pattern.

On the second question...how close?...2-3"...or less? If it's that close, you still do the PEP the same, but you adjust your bridge length and grip position. Not sure how the tip touching the cloth could be a foul...except for on a draw shot miscue. Popping up is all physical...which can come from mental inconsistencies too.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

couldnthinkof01 said:
So scott, is it the total pre shot routine that helps keep from popping up or something in the PEP specifically?

When the object ball is close on a follow shot wont you foul if you hit the cloth? Point is a full pendulum stroke is definitely not all shots.

Isnt popping up mental more then, follow through or eye patterns?
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Scott Lee said:
The answer is...both. Consistency is the key to improvement, and doing everything the same way encourages confidence. That includes training yourself with the same personal eye pattern.

On the second question...how close?...2-3"...or less? If it's that close, you still do the PEP the same, but you adjust your bridge length and grip position. Not sure how the tip touching the cloth could be a foul...except for on a draw shot miscue. Popping up is all physical...which can come from mental inconsistencies too.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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The second question I was thinking about the shots where the cueball and the object ball are close together like just a few inches apart, do you strike down on the cueball to avoid the double hit?

Thanks again for your replies.
 
This device has worked for golfers for many, many years, and should work for pool players, too. :)
 

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couldnthinkof01 said:
The second question I was thinking about the shots where the cueball and the object ball are close together like just a few inches apart, do you strike down on the cueball to avoid the double hit?

Thanks again for your replies.
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Once again Scott has answered all the questions....Scott knows!
In my opinion, most players that jump up have a wrong eye pattern.

We teach a special technique to avoid the double hit.
It is labeled "The Short Finish".

email me at: goettlicher@verizon.net

I will send you more info.

randyg
 
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