Question about stroke

dardusm

dardusm

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In my normal delivery of the stroke, I bring the tip all the way back to my bridge hand then forward to strike the cue ball. I have read that the tip should accelerate through impact. My question is what about shots that don't require much force. Should I shorten my stroke so that the tip still accelerates? or should I keep my stroke length consistent on all shots?


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By accelerate they don't mean fast. They simply mean that the tip is reaching its peak speed at contact. What ever speed that is. It is similar to a golf swing. How hard is up to you, but you accelerate to that speed through the swing. Slowing into impact with cause a poor contact or hit resulting in a poor shot. Decide how hard to hit the shot and let the cue gain its speed into the CB.

As far as how far you take your tip back...that is how snooker players tend to guage some of their speed shots. A shorter backswing will create less room for acceleration, hence less speed, hence a slower or softer shot. Try adjusting how far you bring your tip back and see if that helps you with speed and stroke control.

Just MHO
 
dardusm said:
In my normal delivery of the stroke, I bring the tip all the way back to my bridge hand then forward to strike the cue ball. I have read that the tip should accelerate through impact. My question is what about shots that don't require much force. Should I shorten my stroke so that the tip still accelerates? or should I keep my stroke length consistent on all shots?


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Yes, shorten your stroke for soft shots. When you have to hit a ball very softly, but still with a precisely controlled stroke, a shorter back swing is the way to go, since you don't have to feel like you're holding your stroke back, and your muscles can still have the feeling of accelerating through the ball like you've trained them to, but you don't and up hitting the ball too hard. For really soft shots, my 8-10" back swing (that I use for medium and hard shots) can become as short as 1-2".

-Andrew
 
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