We experience the game through the cue and tip, the entire body (not just the upper body) is what influences the tip. One thing that is overlooked is a technique to connect the player's "self" synergistically to the tip.
This may sound challenging, and I assure you it does take practice once you understand how it works. The reward is it develops a potential that may otherwise be impossible in just a few weeks. Basically you want to practice a systematic way that allows the tip to work in conjunction with your entire body, opening the door to a whole new dimension of pool. Although this is advanced I believe it's important for anyone to be exposed to.
To bond this connection the tip must act as a reflection of what the back-hand is doing (when the back hand moves up the tip moves down {like a see/saw} for instance).....the back-hand must be a reflection of what the wrist, arm and shoulder are doing......and the wrist, arm and shoulder must operate as a reflection of what the hips, legs, head/eyes, and feet are doing (when the legs and hips move away from the cue ball the head, chest and shoulder/arm moves towards the cue ball).
When this chain is created suddenly the players is connected completely to the tip and therefore to the physical game. Only at this level can one perform at their top mental potential. The cue ball will actually create exactly what we "think" it will do. This is what is sometimes called "The Zone," or "Dead Stroke"....with practice this will become a part of your subconscious mind - we will actually be developing a "6th Sense" of understanding the game and more importantly ourselves.
This is certainly advanced, however, if the player knows how it's done they can learn to do it relatively quickly......actually it's easier for beginning players to learn because they won't have to re-train their bodies to perform this synchronization, they can learn it from the start with clear, concise directions. 'The Game is the Teacher' www.cjwiley.com
This may sound challenging, and I assure you it does take practice once you understand how it works. The reward is it develops a potential that may otherwise be impossible in just a few weeks. Basically you want to practice a systematic way that allows the tip to work in conjunction with your entire body, opening the door to a whole new dimension of pool. Although this is advanced I believe it's important for anyone to be exposed to.
To bond this connection the tip must act as a reflection of what the back-hand is doing (when the back hand moves up the tip moves down {like a see/saw} for instance).....the back-hand must be a reflection of what the wrist, arm and shoulder are doing......and the wrist, arm and shoulder must operate as a reflection of what the hips, legs, head/eyes, and feet are doing (when the legs and hips move away from the cue ball the head, chest and shoulder/arm moves towards the cue ball).
When this chain is created suddenly the players is connected completely to the tip and therefore to the physical game. Only at this level can one perform at their top mental potential. The cue ball will actually create exactly what we "think" it will do. This is what is sometimes called "The Zone," or "Dead Stroke"....with practice this will become a part of your subconscious mind - we will actually be developing a "6th Sense" of understanding the game and more importantly ourselves.
This is certainly advanced, however, if the player knows how it's done they can learn to do it relatively quickly......actually it's easier for beginning players to learn because they won't have to re-train their bodies to perform this synchronization, they can learn it from the start with clear, concise directions. 'The Game is the Teacher' www.cjwiley.com
