Stroke trainer
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L.S. Dennis
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Good question, I too watched the video but have never seen one for sale on any site. She also uses a target very similar to the ones in the old Target Pool.
skiergd011013
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here it is. The cuestroke training aid. 12 year old video. Product may be discontinued. I have used a beer bottle/plastic water bottle before. Do big strokes deep into the bottle without touching the opening. If you have a wobble in your stroke, this will be very hard to do.
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MTfish
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I've been using one of these for years and think it's great. A different design but similar concept. I love it but I'm a big Buddy Hall fan. https://www.buddyhall.com/store
CrookedShot
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Heh. I imagined these existing about 6 months ago and just made one ad-hoc out of printer paper.
I measured my tip and made a straight line in photoshop that was 1mm larger than the tip of my cue created, for me that was a 13.5mm line. I built a 'ruler' of hash markings along the line to the 'contact point' on the ball. Then I put a half ball semi-circle at the 'contact point and continued the line through the 'ball' printed on the paper. Then I printed a second paper with just the line giving upwards of an 18" stroke legnth.
Taped them together and voila, taped it to my dining room table which is exactly 30" off the ground. Not exciting or even fun, but a few hours a night with that when I couldn't go to the pool hall really helped straighten out my stroke, practice getting a good stance, and aligning the shot. It was very easy to see if I was on center or not by seeing the 1/2mm on either side of my shaft and the chalk mark on the paper after follow through.
It's not perfect, doesn't have the height of the ball, for dead center on both axis, but some cardboard or foam board cut to create the same thing wouldn't be that difficult.
I can remake the template and share it if you want, it's nothing special, just two pieces of pritner paper, and I've been meaning to remake it anyway with some 'upgrades,' possibly a 'pop-up' cue ball effect like in the Ouschan video. The hall I shoot at is an hour away, so any type of practice I can get at home is welcome.
I measured my tip and made a straight line in photoshop that was 1mm larger than the tip of my cue created, for me that was a 13.5mm line. I built a 'ruler' of hash markings along the line to the 'contact point' on the ball. Then I put a half ball semi-circle at the 'contact point and continued the line through the 'ball' printed on the paper. Then I printed a second paper with just the line giving upwards of an 18" stroke legnth.
Taped them together and voila, taped it to my dining room table which is exactly 30" off the ground. Not exciting or even fun, but a few hours a night with that when I couldn't go to the pool hall really helped straighten out my stroke, practice getting a good stance, and aligning the shot. It was very easy to see if I was on center or not by seeing the 1/2mm on either side of my shaft and the chalk mark on the paper after follow through.
It's not perfect, doesn't have the height of the ball, for dead center on both axis, but some cardboard or foam board cut to create the same thing wouldn't be that difficult.
I can remake the template and share it if you want, it's nothing special, just two pieces of pritner paper, and I've been meaning to remake it anyway with some 'upgrades,' possibly a 'pop-up' cue ball effect like in the Ouschan video. The hall I shoot at is an hour away, so any type of practice I can get at home is welcome.
tomatoshooter
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I just use my patented "tape measure of truth." The classic Stanley tape measure is a good width so you can see it on both sides of the shaft, and still see any weeble wobble in your stroke. I also have a piece of paper with a line, folded into a zig zag, that helps reinforce keeping my vision center aligned. Being left eyed, I have to get a little farther over the cue, and I find that sometimes my alignment gets sloppy.
Looks like it will wear out - probably not before you tire of it but what about your kids - and their kids?
Anyway to me the idea is stroking linear. It's a DIY bonanza.
Take dowel of appropriate dimensions and fix it so you can stroke it or along it, comfortably, in pool stance.
Put training wheels on the cue butt so you can hit balls with consistent elevation. Stroke along varying inclines for more realism.
Stroke between two sections of lumber. (like the coke bottle but realer)
For the more gifted DIYer, automate a stroke machine that will take your stroke along for the ride until you get it.
CrookedShot
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Same, very left eye dominant.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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Get some paper and draw some line in it lmao
Good stuff for players that want to get better
Someone is selling a more advanced version of that one, which in addition to the targets includes a "bottle" that you stroke through:
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Just be aware that the device will train you to drop your elbow, i.e. you will be training a piston stroke.
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Do any of these methods actually have any benefits? I can stroke straight, when that’s all I’m doing. When I’m playing, stroke sucks. It’s not difficult to shoot the cue ball down to the short rail and back to your cue tip. I can do it with an object ball, in between .This does not mean I have a good stroke.
You can do about the same training using "donuts" -- round paper hole reinforcement stickers. Put three in a perfectly straight line pointed at a pocket. One for the cue ball, one for the object ball, and the middle one where the cuetip will end on the follow through.
This way does not force a piston stroke as mentioned above. If you are working on a pendulum stroke, the tip should finish touching or close to the middle donut -- if it finishes up much you know you have dropped your elbow.
This way does not force a piston stroke as mentioned above. If you are working on a pendulum stroke, the tip should finish touching or close to the middle donut -- if it finishes up much you know you have dropped your elbow.