Stoke improvement

JohnnyP

JohnnyP

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I couldn't get on the site a few days ago so I checked in at the cue chalk board. There was a thread about drawing the ball, which is iffy for me, so I started a new thread over there, asking a few people to post clips of their stroke. Great thread if you want to go looking for it.[/sarc]

Anyway, I spent a few hours working on my stroke at DannyK's last night, and got some coaching from Ramin (thank you so much). I had my little Casio EX-Z75 with me so I made a short clip and uploaded it to google:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6912406045383460884

It plays a little choppy on my old 400 MHz iMac, so I also put it on my site (I make ignition timing controllers), but it takes a while to load:
http://www.jandssafeguard.com/Pool/JohnnyPDrawsHisRock.AVI

Compare that to an earlier clip of me playing eight ball on a bar table:
http://www.jandssafeguard.com/JohnnyP'sStroke/stroke3.avi

You can see that I was extending my fingers on my backstroke, and my follow through was stunted. My grip just curled up and prevent any forward movement.
 
funny you should post this JohnnyP. i am a new player, and i have been having draw problems. last night at the pool hall my buddy gave me some tips to lengthen my draw. he told me to chalk up (to avoid the mis-hit), hit lower on the cue ball, and increase my follow through.

so far its working fine, much better than where i was at. you dont need the long draw shot too often, but it helps to have it.

Carl
 
Johnny,

I didn't get a chance to watch the videos (I'm at work), but I just wanted to say I used a J & S on a few different project cars in college. What a great product! What do you do there, or is it your company?

-James
WPI Motorsports Club President 04-05:p
 
Carl: It's good practice to see how straight you are stroking. It was all I was practicing for a while, until the house pro (Wayne Norcross) said I should do the "L" drill. I can spend three or four hours shooting that. Might get through it once a night. Wayne can do it at will. He was watching the first time I got through it, came over and shook my hand, then said do it again. "Now run thirty balls."

James:

It's just me and Shirley and the cat. Check out my new Vampire version when you get a chance. Link is at the top of my home page.
 
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