''Kicking Out''.... Your Forward Foot

Don't forget to practice with the other side too. It'll be of great benefit in the long rn.
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I'm somewhat confused.

If you are a RH player as you step into the shot shouldn't you plant your back foot - your right foot - first? And then move your left foot into position?

r/DCP
 
Finding a good stance has been by far the most difficult thing in my pool journey.

For a while, I was just approaching the table in a way that just felt most natural, but unfortunately this seems to lead to crowding + flared out elbow.
 
I was taught by a pretty good instructor to line the shot up visually and then step slightly out with my front foot as I drop down into my stance. Then bring your bridge down right on the shot line and this will position you so your swing is not inhibited. Pretty much what the OP is describing. The reason however was my fat belly. I still had a thin man stance from when I was a kid and it wasn't allowing for a straight stroke. This made an immediate and permanent positive result.
 
works for him i guess but i would go crazy trying to watch him for a time.

if everyone played like him the stands would be empty. and so would the purse prizes.
 
Finding a good stance has been by far the most difficult thing in my pool journey.

For a while, I was just approaching the table in a way that just felt most natural, but unfortunately this seems to lead to crowding + flared out elbow.
Try "reverse engineering" it - get into the stance you like, note where your feet are (in relation to your stick / shot line), and structure your preshot routine to get them there.

pj
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Around the two minute mark SVB is lining up the 5 ball in the corner, don't see his foot work, yet you see him multiple times bringing his heals/knees together before he gets down and kicks out.

The guy on the next table had a horsier approach. I think if you move your leg for balance fine. If you move for histrionics sake and hope to land on the shot not fine.
 
what in heck does it matter where or how you line up your feet as long as you can naturally get in a position to stroke straight.

trying to mimic some particular players has always been tried as a successful way of getting better.

doesnt work. only what works is what works for you.
 
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And then there are the top snooker players who have the toe of their "back" foot more forward than the other. I wonder if that's the best way for them to stand. Maybe it is. It looks bent and awkward and uncomfortable to me.
 
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