If you could have a stroke....

mullyman

mullyman

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If you could trade your stroke in for any stroke you've ever seen who's stroke would you like to have? Personally, I'd go with Buddy Hall. I'm not very fond of his slow pace and the slight stop at the back end but my God that man gets a lot of action with so little effort. I've tried for years and years to emulate his stroke but it's definitely one of a kind.
MULLY
 
branpureza said:
Rudolfo Luat.
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Rudolfo was at the room I usually play at a few months back. What a great player. The Filipino players really make hard shots look simple.
MULLY
 
> Thorsten Hohmann,John Horsfall,Shannon Daulton,Danny Harriman,Mike Sigel,or Earl,no particular order,just surprise me. Tommy D.
 
I am a fan of the big, wild strokes. Earl's was the first to come to mind. Although they don't work for me (I have a medium stroke) they damn sure catch your attention.

Gary
 
mullyman said:
If you could trade your stroke in for any stroke you've ever seen who's stroke would you like to have? Personally, I'd go with Buddy Hall. I'm not very fond of his slow pace and the slight stop at the back end but my God that man gets a lot of action with so little effort. I've tried for years and years to emulate his stroke but it's definitely one of a kind.
MULLY
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How about trading in your old stroke for your new stroke? Make it the best it can be by training and practicing. Buddy Hall wasn't born with the stroke that won him all those tournaments. He had to work at it and make it his own. Some people run into a brick wall and see it as an obstacle that they cannot go through. Others see it as an opportunity, or a goal. If you want something bad enough you will find a way over, under or around it.
 
I must say, the first time I saw Rudy's stroke it changed mine. Such a smooth, fluid and beautiful stroke it is. You can't go wrong with Buddy or the Mis either. Two great strokes.
 
Eddie Taylor. I want to say Efren, but honestly, Eddie Taylor had the most beautiful stroke i have ever seen.
 
Omg!!

i cant believe you guys didnt want this guys stroke!!

Nobody wanted Allen Hopkins stroke?!?! C'mon guys hands down the best stroke ever :eek: :thumbup:
 
Pretty strokes are fine...but...

1-pocket-player said:
SVB....

-Andy
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A pretty stroke is a thing of beauty. But take for example the world of golf.
Who wouldn't like to swing a golf club like Freddie Couples or Ben Hogan ?
However, the choppiest, hackiest, looking swings in golf belong to, you know who, Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino, and maybe Jim Furyk. Contact, follow through, and results mean much more than a "pretty stroke".
Granted, Buddy's stroke is beautiful and he gets proven results. But the bottom line is, there are lots of top players getting amazing results with strokes that look like the average home town champion. Gabe or Scott Frost, come to mind. Workmanlike but efficient.
Besides, I've always been jealous of Buddy's stroke. :( :( :(

Dick
 
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SJDinPHX said:
A pretty stroke is a thing of beauty. But take for example the world of golf.
Who wouldn't like to swing a golf club like Freddie Couples or Ben Hogan ?
However, the choppiest, hackiest, looking swings in golf belong to, you know who, Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino, and maybe Jim Furyk. Contact, follow through, and results mean much more than a "pretty stroke".
Granted, Buddy's stroke is beautiful and he gets proven results. But the bottom line is, there are lots of top players getting amazing results with strokes that look like the average home town champion.
Besides, I've always been jealous of Buddy's stroke. :( :( :(

Dick
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Palmer, yes but not Trevino or Furyk. Both are, of course, unorthodox but are (were) anything but choppy or hackey and instead...although "loopy" are highly fluid, repeating swings.

But back to the thread...any discussion of fantastic "thing of perfection" strokes must include Allison.

Regards,
Jim
 
mullyman said:
If you could trade your stroke in for any stroke you've ever seen who's stroke would you like to have? Personally, I'd go with Buddy Hall. I'm not very fond of his slow pace and the slight stop at the back end but my God that man gets a lot of action with so little effort. I've tried for years and years to emulate his stroke but it's definitely one of a kind.
MULLY
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Slight stop??? LOL...You could order lunch during his pause at the back!!

Here's Buddy and Keith at the 03 U.S. Open. Check it out.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=xsHAG8YrXG8
 
av84fun said:
Palmer, yes but not Trevino or Furyk. Both are, of course, unorthodox but are (were) anything but choppy or hackey and instead...although "loopy" are highly fluid, repeating swings.

But back to the thread...any discussion of fantastic "thing of perfection" strokes must include Allison.

Regards,
Jim
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I beg to differ, Trevino's stroke has been described for years as " a five foot man trying to dig his way out of a six foot hole" :smile: (But he did look good at the top.)

Dick
 
Not fair trade

av84fun said:
Slight stop??? LOL...You could order lunch during his pause at the back!!

Here's Buddy and Keith at the 03 U.S. Open. Check it out.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=xsHAG8YrXG8
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I was just about to ask for Keithers stroke but it wouldn't be a fair trade. Thanks for the 2003 opening match. I've been isolated for a few months and was going to beg for a pool story. That was better.
 
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