Need help with follow-thru

[driven]

You have hit on the first thing we cover in pool school. You have to learn not to think in terms of hitting the ball and following through. Your thought process needs to be "finish the stroke". There is a natural finishing position for each individual. Once you know where it is, you can actually shoot with your eyes closed, as long as your grip hand ends up in your "home" position.

If you can't get together with an instructor, at least contact Scott or Randy about getting their DVD Play Better Pool. Volume 1 covers this area quite well. It's not like having an instructor observing you, but it may well be the next best thing.

Steve

This is really good pootchr. tyvm. I have never even considered where the hand should finish, although I kind of think mine finishes up just about the same place most times.
You can be sure I'll be working on this next time out. Time for a little fine tuning.
steven

 

[billyjack]

Thanks for all the good info. Keep it coming, as it sure looks like I'm not the only one with this problem. Last night, during practice at my local hall, I was trying a few of the recommendations. I also tried a golf stroke key that worked for me on the putting green with some success. "Short back-Long thru" is what I would think as I was pulling the cue back. Seemed to work well. My finish positions were more consistent, and it kept me down on the shot. Maybe I was jumping up because I was trying to slow the stroke down due to a too-long backswing. I do believe that jumping up is an effect of a deficiency earlier in the stroke, not a cause of it's own. Time will tell.

Bill

 

[Phoneman]

An exceptional player among exceptional players told me one time to think about "pushing" the cue ball rather that "hitting" it. That helped me immensely. You want a slow transition from the backswing to the forward stroke. To me, the actual stroke has three phases, a beginning (stopped, or slow), accelerating, and an end. "Pushing" the cueball practically forces you to do this. Sounds easy, but it isn't.

I love to watch the end of Buddy Hall's stroke. I almost expect to see him deflate.

 

[SmoothStroke]

Thanks

6) Keeps you from dropping your elbow.

7) Keeps you from doing a Johnny Jumpup impersonation.

Thank You,,,, I forgot the elbow , Johnny jump is included in line item 3 waiting to have dinner, Johnny will rarely jump with this technique as you know.

So I found out where rep points are. I was surprised to see I had a few.
Those who sent green,,,,thank you
Those who sent red,,,, thank you also

Imagine, some are actually interested in learning.
I will be away fishing for 4 days and will get back to those interested next week.

 

[enzo]

I have a recurring problem with staying down on a shot. I've worked on developing a longer follow-thru, but I think my problem is more than that. I believe I need a stroke thought or process to ensure I don't decelerate thru the ball as soon as I make contact. Does anybody know of a drill, stroke thought or process to help develop a "stroke thru" rather than a "hit at" the ball? Thanks for any contributions.
Bill

concentrate on getting the cb to do what you want while poacketing the ball, this has to be done with good strokes?

 

[Siz]

Focus on what you want to do, not how to do it

concentrate on getting the cb to do what you want while poacketing the ball, this has to be done with good strokes?

I think that there is a lot in this.