Jacked up shots

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smallfry419

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I'm taking a break from practice to ask this question before I forget about it. Anyways, I had a shot that I had to jack up that was close to the rail in order to get the draw I was looking for. When I was jacked up I took a look at my back arm. I noticed on jacked up shots my forearm isn't right under my bicep like it is on normal shots it's away from my body. Is that a fundamental issue? I hope I explained this right sometimes it's hard to put some of this pool stuff in words.
 
I've found the easiest way to play jacked up is to shorten your grip, sometimes so short you're not gripping the grip on the butt. Transfer your weight forward, that should help keep the forearm aligned with the upper arm.

On a side note...I find it easier to make shots when I'm jacked up if I just look at the CB. Makes you hit where you intend so you don't swerve it. I learned this from a mate who played jacked up with his arm miles away from the torso. His forearm was nearly level with his upper arm and he made jacked up shots look easy. His tip was stare at the cue ball throughout the stroke.

Hopefully some of this helps.
 
If the balls are going in, don't worry about it. If you are missing, you might want to try and change something. The main reason for missing when jacked up is that people tend to change their alignment when they jack up. You have to experiment and see what works best for you. Plenty of great players play jacked up shots slightly side arm, especially once they get to extreme elevations.
 
Masayoshi said:
If the balls are going in, don't worry about it. If you are missing, you might want to try and change something. The main reason for missing when jacked up is that people tend to change their alignment when they jack up. You have to experiment and see what works best for you. Plenty of great players play jacked up shots slightly side arm, especially once they get to extreme elevations.
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Well said!
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Besides the well known keep-your-eye-on-the--CB on jacked up shots, a tip I got long ago that increases your accuracy on those shots, is to be careful to take a few more than your usual amount of rehearsal strokes --however short they may be -- when jacked up.

This extra time spent importantly assures you that the shaft is repeating on a dead straight line before the final, necessarily very abbreviated, delivery stroke.

Arnaldo
 
Every player that I ever admired on jacked up shots went side-arm.
This allows you to keep a solid stance.
If you insist on keeping your elbow in line, you end up standing on the
toe of your back foot...which makes your stance unsteady.

I've noticed this even with the great snooker players.
 
Because of the funky body position, I find it difficult to stroke straight, and have best luck just dropping the cue into the cb, letting the weight of the cue do the work, instead of trying to force the cue stroke thru. A slight wrist motion I find helps deliver whatever power I need... I just don't like stroking that shot.
 
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