Relaxed vs raised shoulder?

[tim913]

A man is buying a very inexpensive suit but notices the left arm is much longer than the right and the right leg is too short. The salesman advises him to raise his left shoulder to tuck the lapel under his chin and to keep his right knee bent while walking.
The man buys the suit and limps out of the store, crooked and uncomfortable. Two doctors passing by see him, and one says, "Good heavens, look at that poor handicapped fellow". The other doctor replies, "Yeah, but doesn't that suit fit great?".

 

[7stud]

youtube.com/live/G0u-5VvcOPw?si=tBfme8a2shgOqzrb&t=28778

From here, there are is about 3.5 minutes of me shooting starting with ball in hand. I keep looking back at my elbow/shoulder a lot and I know that's a bad habit, but I've been obsessed with trying to eliminate my chicken wing.

Which table are you playing on and what color shirt are you wearing?

 

[Lowell]

Which table are you playing on and what color shirt are you wearing?

The rightmost table, with the plaid shirt and the green cue

 

[Bob Jewett]

I think developing more flow/tempo in your game is far more important than worrying about your shoulder. Also, work on a nice smooth stroke. Your miss on the 8 ball at 8:02:00 is a poke rather than a stroke.

 

[Lowell]

I think developing more flow/tempo in your game is far more important than worrying about your shoulder. Also, work on a nice smooth stroke. Your miss on the 8 ball at 8:02:00 is a poke rather than a stroke.

I have a tendency to poke more on low/center ball shots for some reason, I really have to work on that

 

[Baize]

@Lowell Are you talking about what Dr. Dave refers to as "locking and loading" the shoulder in this video?