question about strokes

[Ratta]

@Justadub

What Steve explained and described about the setup position is what i sent you- take a look at the photo/screenshoot about the anatomical length of your stroke. Steve s much better english (LOL) explains it superb while watching them.

keep shooting,

lg
Ingo

 

[Scott Lee]

One thing to add to pooltcher's post, and something I find very important...everybody has their OWN "correct" bridge length, which will remain the same for 90+% of SOP shots. Once you establish (measure) your personal bridge length (and the corresponding cradle position on the butt), it is easy to learn how to use the pendulum swing to produce any speed swing you desire...from a lag to a break.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

There are no hard and fast rules. Bridge length must be long enough to allow for the necessary cue acceleration, but not so long that it negatively affects accuracy. Somewhere around 7 to 10 inches is probably going to be most effective for most shots. On extremely soft shots, you may find a shorter bridge length works a little better. And sometimes, the location of other balls on the table will dictate how long your bridge distance must be. I can't have an 8 inch bridge is there is another ball 9 inches behind the cue ball.
My SOP length is about 8 inches. YMMV.

Steve

 

[Ratta]

One thing to add to pooltcher's post, and something I find very important...everybody has their OWN "correct" bridge length, which will remain the same for 90+% of SOP shots. Once you establish (measure) your personal bridge length (and the corresponding cradle position on the butt), it is easy to learn how to use the pendulum swing to produce any speed swing you desire...from a lag to a break.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Hi Scott my friend

If it s about the *own correct bridge-length*- how do you determine it or better said- how do you explain it.
I for myself prefer to measure it- to determine the anatomical stroke-length (if you re teaching pendulum stroke,what i prefer, too). If you measure the point from your *inner elbow* (now my language limitation makin me crazy again -_-) to the upper point of your *cradle* (grip hand) i call this distance the anatomical given length of your stroke-bc this length shows where you can move your ellbow without dropping your upperarm/shoulder.
Do you use this kind of measuring, too?
And now i hope it was understandable for you-and i m sure that you or Steve re jumping in again, to *translate* it into perfectly english-LOL.

lg and thx in advance-lol

Ingo

 

[randyg]

The bridge length is measured from the back of the cue ball to the V of your bridge hand.

There is a sweet spot that a proper bridge length allows. That sweet spot is a level cue at contact with the cue ball with-out any extra body movement involved. The SPF Family uses video to capture those brief moments for their students.

Our back hand (90 degrees) is usually set by the bridge hand length.

randyg