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turaniko

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Everyone is telling me how important the follow through is. When I follow through, my elbow drops and obviously my cue is in the air (I use an open bridge when I shoot a medium speed)

I was just watching Tsai Pei Chen and her cue almost stops after a couple of inches ahead of the cue ball when she is done with her stroke. She does have an awesome stroke.

Any good players, can you help me out? I see her shooting a draw shot with open bridge. She is 5 feet away from the object ball and she draws the cue ball almost 7 feet and her cue stays on her bridge hand the whole time.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me out with this.

I will give you an idea about what level I play so maybe with that, you can tell me in a language that I can understand. I win weekly local tournaments every now again. I play a lot of 8 and 9 ball. When I played apa I was a 6 on 8 ball. So, I don't completely suck but pretty close to it.
 
Honestly, the best thing you could do is to hook up with a professional instructor, especially one that does video analysis of your stroke.

Where are you located?

turaniko said:
Everyone is telling me how important the follow through is. When I follow through, my elbow drops and obviously my cue is in the air (I use an open bridge when I shoot a medium speed)

I was just watching Tsai Pei Chen and her cue almost stops after a couple of inches ahead of the cue ball when she is done with her stroke. She does have an awesome stroke.

Any good players, can you help me out? I see her shooting a draw shot with open bridge. She is 5 feet away from the object ball and she draws the cue ball almost 7 feet and her cue stays on her bridge hand the whole time.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me out with this.

I will give you an idea about what level I play so maybe with that, you can tell me in a language that I can understand. I win weekly local tournaments every now again. I play a lot of 8 and 9 ball. When I played apa I was a 6 on 8 ball. So, I don't completely suck but pretty close to it.
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turaniko said:
Everyone is telling me how important the follow through is. When I follow through, my elbow drops and obviously my cue is in the air (I use an open bridge when I shoot a medium speed)

I was just watching Tsai Pei Chen and her cue almost stops after a couple of inches ahead of the cue ball when she is done with her stroke. She does have an awesome stroke.

Any good players, can you help me out? I see her shooting a draw shot with open bridge. She is 5 feet away from the object ball and she draws the cue ball almost 7 feet and her cue stays on her bridge hand the whole time.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me out with this.

I will give you an idea about what level I play so maybe with that, you can tell me in a language that I can understand. I win weekly local tournaments every now again. I play a lot of 8 and 9 ball. When I played apa I was a 6 on 8 ball. So, I don't completely suck but pretty close to it.
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I think "everyone" is is mis-informed.
randyg
 
turaniko said:
Everyone is telling me how important the follow through is. When I follow through, my elbow drops and obviously my cue is in the air (I use an open bridge when I shoot a medium speed)
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You don't need to drop your elbow to follow through ... unless you want an exaggerated follow through, which is not necessary.

The follow through should be natural results of a complete and relaxed stroke. It isn't something you should force.

For more info on this and related topics, see:

Regards,
Dave
 
I can draw, follow, force-follow, use side spin. Maybe I can run out one in ten racks of 9 ball. My biggest achievement was a break and run on a 9 foot table with 3.5 inch pockets in Dallas which is where I live. That was my pro-moment. It was only once and I don't know if I can do it again.

I tried it tonight again and carefully tried to analyze my stroke. Every time I put some power on the stroke, I hit the ball to the right. (Surprise, surprise.. I am right handed). And Obviously my cue wants to be up in the air. I HATE that. Even if I make the shot and get in shape, I still HATE that because I think this is the obstacle I need to overcome to be a better player. When I don't put a lot of power on the stroke I am ok. If I can play the lines well, I do run out every now and again by rolling the ball but whenever I need to modify the angle and put some power to the stroke I mess it up.

How do I shoot medium and hard and keep the cue right on my bridge hand? I would really appreciate the help.
 
I know what you mean. It looks a little silly when you finish your
stroke and your shaft is a foot off the table. I have the same
problem, so when I have to use a hard speed I use a closed
bridge.
 
I don't know if closed bridge solves the problem though.I started take a good look at which way the cue is flying to and for my case it always flies to the left and up. When I use closed bridge, the cue doesn't fly but I used a training ball and the chalk mark suggests that I put an unintentional right hand spin to the ball.

I miss many shots because of that.

I am wondering if it is the grip..

I am sure a hero will say something to save me from this. This kind of breaks my heart.
 
It sounds like you are strangling your cue. Relax and use fewer fingers to hold the cue.
The length of follow through makes no difference to the cue ball. Once the cue tip compresses, the ball departs. Any forward movement past that is redundant. I can follow through half an inch and still draw the ball the length of the table. The length of the follow through depends a lot on where you grip the cue to begin with.
The purpose of the follow through is to DELIVER the tip to the ball accurately. If you use your triceps to stop the forward motion of the cue, you're doing more than you need to. Just let the arm bend until it can't anymore.
 
Paul,
Should i eliminate the pinky, or pinky and ring, or pinky, ring and middle fingers like a lot of pool players do OR eliminate the index finger and the thumb like snooker players do?

Which fingers do you eliminate?

I saw both ways on youtube.
 
it sounds to me like your body may be too far from your right arm and this is why you are stroking across the ball and applying right sidespin - also would be why your cue would be pointing up to the left - assuming your right handed. try narrowing the gap between your body and rear hand. just an idea.
 
Loin said:
it sounds to me like your body may be too far from your right arm and this is why you are stroking across the ball and applying right sidespin - also would be why your cue would be pointing up to the left - assuming your right handed. try narrowing the gap between your body and rear hand. just an idea.
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Thank you for this. It doesn't feel far but i will definitely try it tonight. I think that's very important.
 
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