Lasers and Training for a Perfect Stroke

[Dan White]

I found an neat way to give feed back on when your stroke is truly lined up at center ball (not as hard as everybody says, IMO) and when your stroke is on line throughout the stroke.

I know, some people say you don't need a perfectly straight stroke as long as it is perfect at contact. I call this the "Lee Trevino" method. Everything is horribly wrong except the end result. For us mere mortals, and what I see in the majority of top pro's, striving for perfect mechanics is a good thing.

See what you think. I'm going to post this on a couple of facebook sites, too.

https://youtu.be/GO8tmTCNuNk

 

[Geosnooker]

I bought 2 laser levels at the thrift store..$2 or $3 each.

I don’t use them for stroke but more for fun. I make up trick shots usung multiple rails, etc.

A practical use of a laser is swerves on my snooker table. I’m now able to watch the cue ball slightly curve off the straight line and then the other way. Most swerves before this were largely ‘guesses’ and feel. Now I have more confidence what the ball is actually doing and able to adjust better for ‘a quarter ball swerve at 10 feet’ or whatever is needed.