Need help with elbow

[Train1077]

I filmed my stroke for the first time today, after 3 years of playing.

I have had a problem, when I make a powerdraw, I hit the CB too low, and it flies, some times off the table...

I found that the problem is that I lift my elbow when I stroke. I don't do it when I do my pre-strokes, only in the shot.

I try to think about it, and keep it in mind. But even though I think about it, it still moves. A little less, but still I raise it a bit, and I don't even feel it.

I tried to make a little sketch of it, to see the difference.. Just if anyone else would like to see it. I am a visual person, so it help me to make drawings.

NOW, I would like some suggestions on how to keep the elbow at the same place...

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

check out this thread, hope there might be something worthwhile in there.

Mike

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=21769

 

[Train1077]

a bit, but I was looking for some drills or something to make me keep my elbow low...

 

[Train1077]

I uploaded a video of me doing a flying CB, you can't really see it in this video, but I looked at one frame at the time, and my elbow is high when I hit the CB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbY7DyX1TnU

All help is welcome

 

[Neil]

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[Scott Lee]

Train1077...Your problem is tension in your stroke. Tension can be in the bicep or the grip hand...or both. I'm suggesting that in your case, it's both. You need to learn to RELAX your bicep, on the forward stroke, and relax your grip hand (you're surely 'clenching' the cue at contact, which is why you're miscuing. Mother Drills 1 &2 correct these problems.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

I filmed my stroke for the first time today, after 3 years of playing.

I have had a problem, when I make a powerdraw, I hit the CB too low, and it flies, some times off the table...

I found that the problem is that I lift my elbow when I stroke. I don't do it when I do my pre-strokes, only in the shot.

I try to think about it, and keep it in mind. But even though I think about it, it still moves. A little less, but still I raise it a bit, and I don't even feel it.

I tried to make a little sketch of it, to see the difference.. Just if anyone else would like to see it. I am a visual person, so it help me to make drawings.

NOW, I would like some suggestions on how to keep the elbow at the same place...