Shooting Draw with LD Shaft vs. Normal Shaft

[dr_dave]

Where are the physics guys? Oh wait there's dave. But he gave sort of a stock answer

Seriously, any analysis from Dave or some other physics guys? I've heard forever that the absolutely best thing for draw is a level cue. I can't envision how a downward stroke will help here... the theory is that the stick is getting knocked downwards during contact with the ball... if I shoot with a downward stroke, how will it no longer get knocked downward? And if this trick improves draw for that shaft, why wouldn't it improve draw with all shafts?

I've done lots of analysis and written many articles about draw shot technique and physics. I have links to all of the resources along with summaries of results here:

http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/draw.html​

Check it out. Many misconceptions are proved wrong in my results.

Every tip gets "knocked down" during contact, whether the cue is low-squirt or not. This is not a problem unless the tip somehow bounces off the table and hits the CB again, but I don't think this is very likely with any cue (except with a miscue, which will result in a "scoop"). FYI, I have some good discussion of maximum offset shots, along with some pertinent high-speed-video stills in my October '05 BD article.

Regards,
Dave

 

[victorl]

I had another look at the article and it's actually referring to power draw shots, but it seems a lot of the members here have no problem doing that, so who knows? I guess I just need to work on my technique. Anyway, thanks for all the great responses, I'm learning a lot here.

Vic.