Mosconi's slip stroke

[Jdale]

What he was doing in that vid is not a really slip stroke.He was just adjusting his hand back so he could shoot.Corn bread Red ( Billy Burge) had a real slip stroke but I couldn't find a video of him playing.Gary Speath had a real slip stroke but it was only like a 1/4 to a half in long.IMO a real slip stroke is when on the final back stroke they "slip" their hand back a little and then shoot.I could be wrong but that's what the champions back in my day that I grew up playing with called a slip stroke.Joey Spaeth,Gary Spaeth,Billy Burge,Buddy Hall,Nick Varner and a bunch of players like that.I've used it before too.I just didn't see any good reason to keep using it.John B.

I watched the 1945 video of Willi shooting the wing shots a couple doz.times and I agree with you John. What I see pre shot is Willi holding his cue at the balance point, front of the wrap area, he rolls the ob down the table, places the cb down, drops the cue into his bridge hand and then reachs his right hand back, away form the balance point, to it's normal grip position to shoot. I certainly don't see what would be called a slip stroke in that video. For what it's worth I've played with a slip stroke for 50+ years. Dale