Robin Hoods arrows were laminated and the point area was hollowed out... 
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And Robin Hood could hit the target without a "compound bow".
Old Timers Playing with High Deflection Shafts
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You're right Cuemaster98 -- I did forget he did that. I've watched Rob Saez play and I've noticed he does the exact same thing. Feather to the left.....feather to the left....feather to the left........shoot somewhere else!
Thanks for setting me straight on that.
A lot of pros do that. If you watch SVB real closely, you can see him lining up a part of the ferrule using inside english, then in his final stroke, he shifts to center ball by moving his elbow to where it is right over the cue.
The principle to what they are doing is where Hal came up with center to edge aiming systems.
The objective to decipher the line of aim is the same but the method used to achieve it is different.
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Actually, the movement comes from his shoulder more than his elbow, if you watch closely. It's easy to fixate on his elbow, but Shane's "centering" during the delivery stroke comes from the shoulder. Ignore his elbow, and watch his shoulder during his delivery stroke.
I think it has a lot more to do with the fact he uses a canted wrist and is a compensation motion for predictably-straight follow-through, than to do with aiming. In other words, it's a logical extension of making sure the follow-through is straight even with a canted wrist. Otherwise, with the forward-canted wrist (hand arched forward into the direction of the stroke), the heel of the grip hand gets in the way of a proper follow-through, so the shoulder is moved outwards to put the arm on the "outside" of the cue for clearance.
Another one who does that very motion -- shoulder motion included -- is Phil Davis of CT.
-Sean
His shoulder appears to be coming off the toi position.
Yes, you have a good point there....His shoulder appears to be coming off the toi position.
Yes, you have a good point there....His shoulder appears to be coming off the toi position.
Just the fact that you guys pick up on little things like that makes me know that I'm not all alone in this world.
You two are total pool nerds.....not that there's anything wrong with that. :grin-square:
I will say that with SVB I've noticed both the canted wrist and the shoulder movement (oh and I had to look up the definition of canted). Anyway, it does appear to me that it's much more about cueing than aiming. Great players really don't do much aiming while they are down over the ball. Well, at least they shouldn't.
I have never used an LD shaft. What exactly do you mean that deflection should be used to gain an advantage, not avoided?
If there were a "secrect" this would be it. Great players make balls with their stroke, not with their eyes.
Here's a couple of FREE videos that explains more about what I'm referring to.
Deflection should not be feared unless it's the remains unknown. Many players go their entire lives and try to avoid deflection when it's best to embrace it, and use it so you can favor the inside of the pocket and use the '3 Part Pocket System' (this is the inside, middle and outside of the pocket as a zone).
Here's a couple of FREE videos that explains more about what I'm referring to.
'The TOI Game is the Teacher'
Deflection should not be feared unless it's the remains unknown. Many players go their entire lives and try to avoid deflection when it's best to embrace it, and use it so you can favor the inside of the pocket and use the '3 Part Pocket System' (this is the inside, middle and outside of the pocket as a zone).
Here's a couple of FREE videos that explains more about what I'm referring to.
'The TOI Game is the Teacher'
Thanks so much for your reply, that makes a lot of sense to me. Great videos btw.
+1 :thumbup: