Stop trying to apply back hand english...stop thinking about english entirely....stop thinking about eye patterns...stop aiming. You will figure all of this out with the "sams" method. (Shoot a million shots)
It's best to stroke straight. "Swiping" doesn't do anything except make accuracy/consistency harder.
Really not arguing but have you ever asked a top professional to demonstrate how they produce maximum spin?
You're not alone in that opinion - it seems intuitively correct. But physics and logic disagree. Any contact point, angle and speed that can be produced with a swiping motion can be duplicated with a straight one, with less variability. And the tip's contact point, angle and speed at the moment of contact are all the CB can "feel" - the path it takes to get there is unknown and irrelevant.
Dammit, I was going to string this charade along a little longer, but damn if truth didn't come out despite my best efforts. Consult the stroke of one Alex Pagulayan...simple and brutally effective. What about Nick Varner, who described the hitch in his back swing, but delivered a similarity devastating stroke that beat the world using a short bridge no less.
This is pretty much a technique of a by-gone era now, but the pros employing that method looked at object ball last.
Swiping across the strike is probably due to some nervo/phobian dysfunction. (you have my word)
This. The success of the BH or any pivot is based on the cue starts in the right orientation. Center ball in the case of BHE or as you do your girlfriend in the case of CTE. I think the success or failure of any method depends on getting the stick dead on the shot.
getting there tho..and as ever, the process is its own reward, even when it doesn't seem like it
hu, interesting topic..
I began with a longish bridge, then lately, inspired by this place et al., sort of naturally started using a shorter bridge, and I liked it..felt like I had more control
it likely helped me, but as a relative novice it's hard to tell what helps and what doesn't sometimes
anyway, that's all been good experience, but having experimented with the knowledge that a longer bridge can help execute a power draw and power break
I'm realizing that the short bridge has sometimes prevented me from getting through the ball properly, which is of course not helpful
so, now I'm at a place where I see there's a bridge for every river's width, and instead of forcing one, I'm feeling it out more, one ball at a time
of course I wouldn't be where I'm at now, without having put the hours in and HAFTB (hitting a few thousand balls- I'm nowhere near a million)
and I still suck
While you might be overstating it with 'almost all of us', I agree most ppl would do better with a shorter bridge. That said, they'd also do better with a more graceful and efficient swing of the cue which takes some room. But, if you're going to be muscling the cue around, you might as well do it over a shorter distance. A long bridge just gives you more room to yip it off its line.
