How High Or Low Do You Cue For Maximum Spin And Had Dr. Dave Ever Studied This?

[Patrick Johnson]

Players with big hands shoot down on every shot.

Since the butt’s almost always over a rail, everybody shoots down on just about every shot.

pj
chgo

 

[7stud]

Rodney Morris talking exactly about this

At one point Rodney gives the HOT TIP that you can get more follow with an open bridge than with a closed bridge because with an open bridge the cue deflects upwards out of your bridge hand, while with a close bridge the cue can't deflect upwards AFTER hitting the cue ball. Rodney is under the impression that the cue ball knows what the cue stick is doing after the cue ball has been struck, e.g. the cue ball watches the cue stick in its rearview mirror to decide how much to spin.

 

[straightline]

At one point Rodney gives the HOT TIP that you can get more follow with an open bridge than with a closed bridge because with an open bridge the cue deflects upwards out of your bridge hand, while with a close bridge the cue can't deflect upwards AFTER hitting the cue ball. Rodney is under the impression that the cue ball knows what the cue stick is doing after the cue ball has been struck, e.g. the cue ball watches the cue stick in its rearview mirror to decide how much to spin.

Mostly psychosomatic but an important counter if it bothers you. When you can and might breeze through racks by the dozen, every bit you can habitualize counts.

 

[straightline]

Since the butt’s almost always over a rail, everybody shoots down on just about every shot.

pj
chgo

True except for half table games. Many shots the long way allow the full cue on the table. Also if you need to follow a ball that's only a few inches away, 45, 50 + degree incline can get the ball rolling without a foul.

 

[bbb]

At one point Rodney gives the HOT TIP that you can get more follow with an open bridge than with a closed bridge because with an open bridge the cue deflects upwards out of your bridge hand, while with a close bridge the cue can't deflect upwards AFTER hitting the cue ball. Rodney is under the impression that the cue ball knows what the cue stick is doing after the cue ball has been struck, e.g. the cue ball watches the cue stick in its rearview mirror to decide how much to spin.

i am not sure that was what rodney was trying to say
i think i have read or people say
when you strike the cue ball above the equator
the cue ball is pushed down in to the table alittle before it starts rolling or some thing like that
with an open bridge the cue stick can get out of the way easier and not "pinch" the object ball so much
and i guess he thinks that gets you more follow
he may not have explained it well but that what i got out of it
ICBW

 

[Bob Jewett]

i am not sure that was what rodney was trying to say

I'm pretty sure I understood what he was saying and it is not what actually happens on the table. It was a bogus "hot tip".

 

[nataddrho]

Semih Saygıner says, well, I can hit places on the CB that nobody else can.

I kind of like this. I think if pool players would spend a few days forgetting about pocketing balls and just play around with hitting parts of the cue ball in new ways that feel strange to them they will peel some layers off of the onion forever.