Technique Question?

Rpm

Rpm

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how important is it to keep the elbow of your shooting arm directly over your hand while shooting, as it pertains to the straightness of your stroke? i recently watched footage of myself playing and noticed that i shoot a little side armed. i've always felt that my ball pocketing ability was weak and i'm wondering if this side armed stroke might be a big part of that.
thanx for your input
Rpm
 
that would definitely throw you off, because youre not delivering a straight stroke i bet, at the end of you stroke you probably twist one way or the other. Try messing with your hand grip
 
Proper alignment and set-up is the first step to developing a consistant, repeatable stroke. If you don't start in the right place, it makes it much more difficult to end up in the right place. How important is it? How important is it to make the shot?
Steve
 
pooltchr said:
Proper alignment and set-up is the first step to developing a consistant, repeatable stroke. If you don't start in the right place, it makes it much more difficult to end up in the right place. How important is it? How important is it to make the shot?
Steve
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As my friend Leonard would say; NUFF SAID!
Good shot Steve. TAP, TAP, TAP!!!
Purd
 
Well from what i saw in Juneau, i thought that was normal for you!!! :)


Hey, by the way where's my videos?


Chris
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You are answering your own question

Rpm said:
how important is it to keep the elbow of your shooting arm directly over your hand while shooting, as it pertains to the straightness of your stroke? i recently watched footage of myself playing and noticed that i shoot a little side armed. i've always felt that my ball pocketing ability was weak and i'm wondering if this side armed stroke might be a big part of that.
thanx for your input
Rpm
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Nothing wrong with side arm or any other unusual stroke if it gets the job done consistently. Almost any delivery grooved in to where it is 100% consistent will work. That is why few instructors will try to seriously alter the stroke of a top pro regardless of what it looks like.

However, you aren't happy with your pocketing ability so changing to a more conventional stroke is one place for possible improvement. It is much easier to check for consistency with a plain vertical pendulum stroke. Eliminating one area of possible problems lets you move on to others if you still aren't happy.

By the way, I am in the middle of changing my stance and stroke right now. You will absolutely stink on a table for awhile. Sometimes you do one thing, sometimes the other, sometimes a bit of both!

Hu
 
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