Keeping my head still

jmoschgat

jmoschgat

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I am having troubles keeping my head completely still. It doesnt move until after the cue ball is gone, but when watching videos of pros, it doesnt seem like their's move at all until they stand up. Any tips would be appreciated. I have attached a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqSHsFZGRzI
 
jmoschgat said:
I am having troubles keeping my head completely still. It doesnt move until after the cue ball is gone, but when watching videos of pros, it doesnt seem like their's move at all until they stand up. Any tips would be appreciated. I have attached a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqSHsFZGRzI
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You are using a good pendulum stoke with a "proper" finish to your stroke. Because of that, your hand hits your chest. Your head doesn't move until your hand hits your chest, and that is actually a natural reaction to it. Nothing to worry about or try and correct in my opinion. You don't see pros do it because very few don't drop their elbow after contact, so their hand does not hit their chest.
 
Neil said:
You are using a good pendulum stoke with a "proper" finish to your stroke. Because of that, your hand hits your chest. Your head doesn't move until your hand hits your chest, and that is actually a natural reaction to it. Nothing to worry about or try and correct in my opinion. You don't see pros do it because very few don't drop their elbow after contact, so their hand does not hit their chest.
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thank you neil. i was wondering if maybe my head was too close to the cue, and i was moving it to get it out of the way.
 
jmoschgat said:
I am having troubles keeping my head completely still. It doesnt move until after the cue ball is gone, but when watching videos of pros, it doesnt seem like their's move at all until they stand up. Any tips would be appreciated. I have attached a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqSHsFZGRzI
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As randy said;
A bulletproofed eye-pattern and a bit self belief :D
Randy could help you out here in one single 1vs1 session.
Lg from overseas.

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jmoschgat said:
which eye pattern would you recommend randy? thanks for the help

jack
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The safe eye pattern which is as follows:

After your warm-up strokes are completed, bring your cue stick to a complete stop at the cue ball, very close to the cue ball and for about 2 seconds. In this position let your eyes focus on your target before you start the back stroke. At this point, if you have done your warm-ups correctly, you should never have to look back to the cue ball for any reason.

randyg
 
randyg said:
The safe eye pattern which is as follows:

After your warm-up strokes are completed, bring your cue stick to a complete stop at the cue ball, very close to the cue ball and for about 2 seconds. In this position let your eyes focus on your target before you start the back stroke. At this point, if you have done your warm-ups correctly, you should never have to look back to the cue ball for any reason.

randyg
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Hmmmm. What am I doing during warm ups? Ping Pong? What's "correct warm ups"?

Sorry, Texas is a long trip for me and your tickler file failed to work when you were last in St. Louis.
 
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