quanz said:
Pls share your critics about my game, fundamentals, cueball control, pattern play etc.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but I do have some comments based on the first few games:
1) Take practice strokes that resemble your final stroke. You have these jerky, rapid practice strokes while you're aligning yourself, and your elbow moves all over the place during them. Then for the final delivery of the cue, you have a fairly good-looking piston stroke. I think you may have a problem where your practice strokes, with all the elbow movement, are not telling you the truth about where your final stroke is going to go. This can lead to bad alignment and also bad tip placement on the cue ball. Take a few slow, full-length, smooth practice strokes as you are aligning your shot. Then repeat that motion for the final stroke.
2) Your transition from backswing to forward swing seems rushed. This can result in bad tip placement and erratic speed control. Take a slower, smoother backswing, with a tiny pause at the back, and then a smoothly accelerating forward swing. You'll get more consistent cueball action and speed that way.
3) You lift your upper body up away from the shot before the shot is over. On some shots, you start standing up even a little before you hit the cue ball. Practice staying down until the cueball has hit the object ball, if not longer. Hold your cue at the finish of your stroke for this period of time also. This will have two benefits: you won't end up hitting the ball badly because you were already standing up when you stroked it, and also by staying down as you watch the ball, you'll get better visual feedback on how well you hit the ball. When you stand up, your visual point of reference changes, and your brain can't process the feedback of how the shot went as effectively, and your subconscious doesn't learn from its mistakes as effectively.
4) Practice. You missed a few shots because you weren't aiming the cue ball at the correct contact point on the object ball. With practice, you won't do that nearly as much, especially if you practice freezing at the end of your stroke and allowing your brain to get as much feedback and learn as much as possible from the result of the shot.
-Andrew
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