Stroke Trainers

[AceHigh]

Have I gone mad? I recall seeing a stroke trainer a long time ago that I can no longer find. It was a device that you would actually put around your arm that would keep it straight, or so it was supposed too.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[JimS]

No idea what you're talking about. But I'll give your thread a bump. Gone mad? No evidence of that from this thread.... but...

 

[JMD in VA]

The Link

Here you go:

http://billiardsgamestroketrainer.com/

JMD in VA
The Mayor

Have I gone mad? I recall seeing a stroke trainer a long time ago that I can no longer find. It was a device that you would actually put around your arm that would keep it straight, or so it was supposed too.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[randyg]

The original stroke trainer can still be found at:

www.poolschool.info

Thanks....SPF=randyg

 

[Scott Lee]

Here you go:

http://billiardsgamestroketrainer.com/

JMD in VA
The Mayor

Josh...That's not what the OP is talking about. He apparently saw the Oyster's website, and doesn't remember. Tim has a "sling" that your arm goes in, to train yourself to keep the elbow in the right plane.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

 

[Scott Lee]

The original stroke trainer can still be found at:

www.poolschool.info

Thanks....SPF=randyg

and here: www.poolknowledge.com

Scott

 

[randyg]

Josh...That's not what the OP is talking about. He apparently saw the Oyster's website, and doesn't remember. Tim has a "sling" that your arm goes in, to train yourself to keep the elbow in the right plane.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Not a bad idea, wonder where he came up with that...randyg

 

[whitey2]

The Wedge

I thought about building such a mechanism a few years ago, after I bought a device called
"The Wedge" (link below). There is a similar principal involved, but this particular device has
a hinged system that keeps the wrist completely straight when flexing it.

A device to train a stroke could be built using the same principal, with hinges to keep the
wrist AND elbow flexing straight, and somehow including a bracing system at the
shoulder-to-upper-arm point. Of course the wrist hinge would be oriented about 90 degrees
from that on the wedge device.

Anyway, you can see the hinge for the wrist at:
http://www.couol.com/information/xbaaahgxsxpxzxy

 

[McChen]

this reminds me of an article that i read about barry bonds and how he has this special arm brace with a hinge and a locking flap to keep his arm a certain way. sounds like a neat idea for pool, if this brace could somehow force you to stroke right. you could shoot with it awhile before a game to build up some muscle memory on what the right stroke should feel like and hopefully your arm would remember this when you're playing the match.

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

funny, when Scott Lee was here last saturday and we were covering my dropping the elbow, i almost said something about how a guy should be able to build a sling/harness, or some kind of training device, that would keep his elbow where its supposed to be.

i guess the question is.........where is it truly supposed to be? collapsed? slightly bent? or straight?

but then again, we've got this covered in another thread.

DCP

 

[arsenius]

funny, when Scott Lee was here last saturday and we were covering my dropping the elbow, i almost said something about how a guy should be able to build a sling/harness, or some kind of training device, that would keep his elbow where its supposed to be.

i guess the question is.........where is it truly supposed to be? collapsed? slightly bent? or straight?

but then again, we've got this covered in another thread.

DCP

I remember reading on here a while back that someone had put a hook in their ceiling and dropped a line down to put around their elbow. I'm sure you could figure out where it belonged with a little experimentation...