I'm in love with extreme stroke shots

I played on new cloth the other day and had a blast, spinning the ball all over the place and for no real purpose.
 
zpele said:
Alright so recently I found that I love simple beauty of extreme stroke shots. Can anyone think of some you do at home or am I the only one that loves these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keznf66dSHE
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These shots can come in handy at times but if you don't learn when to use them and when not to they can cause more harm than good.

Mike Massey has several of these shots in his book and does a good job of explaining them.
 
zpele...Take note that on every one of those shots that required any speed/power your cue ended up pointing up in the air, due to your unnecessary "elbow drop from helll"! LOL You should learn to shoot every one of those shots without having to do any of that extraneous movement.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
 
Just for clarification.... That isn't me in the video:) I have no rediculous elbow drop:)
 
zpele...Good, because you don't have to for any of those shots. Do you know who it is in the video?

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

QUOTE=zpele;3755081]Just for clarification.... That isn't me in the video:) I have no rediculous elbow drop:)[/QUOTE]
 
Scott Lee said:
zpele...Take note that on every one of those shots that required any speed/power your cue ended up pointing up in the air, due to your unnecessary "elbow drop from helll"! LOL You should learn to shoot every one of those shots without having to do any of that extraneous movement.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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Not only that I was surprised he was doing all of those with an open bridge!
 
I agree Evan...that said, one COULD shoot all of those power strokes with an open hand bridge, as long as you have a loose grip, and use a pendulum stroke. Like you said, I would shoot most of them with a closed bridge for security. Hope you're doing well! Are you still in AZ?

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

center pocket said:
Not only that I was surprised he was doing all of those with an open bridge!
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That's Colin in the video I think. Also, I think I'd consider less than half of them actual "stroke" shots as many of the shots could be made with less than a super stroke...
 
Scott Lee said:
I agree Evan...that said, one COULD shoot all of those power strokes with an open hand bridge, as long as you have a loose grip, and use a pendulum stroke. Like you said, I would shoot most of them with a closed bridge for security. Hope you're doing well! Are you still in AZ?

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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Why do ALL the greatest cueists in history - snooker players, obviously - have an open bridge?
 
Tim...Why are you always looking to argue? What I said was that the shots could easily be shot with an open hand bridge, but with much better form (no elbow drops or cue up in the air). Obviously snooker players are very competent with an open bridge, and shoot almost all shots that way. You certainly don't see them shooting like the person in the video.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

TheThaiger said:
Why do ALL the greatest cueists in history - snooker players, obviously - have an open bridge?
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Viet...I agree that most of them would not be considered "stroke shots", and can be performed by anyone with a decent stroke. Are you referring to Colin Colenso?

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

Samiel said:
That's Colin in the video I think. Also, I think I'd consider less than half of them actual "stroke" shots as many of the shots could be made with less than a super stroke...
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Black-Balled said:
Neither Efren nor Blomdahl do. They are the greatest.
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Hmmm. Great pool players, obviously, but you don't NEED to be a great cueist to be a great pool player. Snooker players NEED to be great cueists.

So,

Q1. Why do the greatest cueists play with an open bridge?

A1. Because open bridges allow great cueing.

Q2. Why do Americans advocate closed bridges?

A2. For cultural and historic reasons.
 
Just goes to show what you know...or in this case, don't know.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

TheThaiger said:
Hmmm. Great pool players, obviously, but you don't NEED to be a great cueist to be a great pool player. Snooker players NEED to be great cueists.

So,

Q1. Why do the greatest cueists play with an open bridge?

A1. Because open bridges allow great cueing.

Q2. Why do Americans advocate closed bridges?

A2. For cultural and historic reasons.
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Scott Lee said:
Tim...Why are you always looking to argue? What I said was that the shots could easily be shot with an open hand bridge, but with much better form (no elbow drops or cue up in the air). Obviously snooker players are very competent with an open bridge, and shoot almost all shots that way. You certainly don't see them shooting like the person in the video.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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Who's arguing?

I merely asked you a question.
 
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