I've been watching, hearing and reading players blame stroke on a multitude of errors for years. The assumption seems to be that they were aligned perfectly, but their stroke causes the miss.
I've been calling BS on this for a while, though I am aware of how certain stroking methods or tendencies can effect shot execution.
My point here is to ask what it is they think, or know, by playing and testing, that a bad stroke actually does to the shot line and induced throw on the OB.
Most who parrot stroking errors seem oblivious to the relevance of the bridge length v effective pivot point relationship and they also never seem to comment on stroke as it relates to Spin or Contact induced throw.
It's like the Bermuda Triangle of pool. What the heck do people think a stroke can do, and under what circumstances and how does this effect pocketing a ball.
It's been assumed to be obvious, but it is certainly not!
IMHO, stroke is the bogey man excuse for bad alignment on 90+% of occasions.
Opinions? Evidence? Would be happy to hear considered opinions!
Colin
I've been calling BS on this for a while, though I am aware of how certain stroking methods or tendencies can effect shot execution.
My point here is to ask what it is they think, or know, by playing and testing, that a bad stroke actually does to the shot line and induced throw on the OB.
Most who parrot stroking errors seem oblivious to the relevance of the bridge length v effective pivot point relationship and they also never seem to comment on stroke as it relates to Spin or Contact induced throw.
It's like the Bermuda Triangle of pool. What the heck do people think a stroke can do, and under what circumstances and how does this effect pocketing a ball.
It's been assumed to be obvious, but it is certainly not!
IMHO, stroke is the bogey man excuse for bad alignment on 90+% of occasions.
Opinions? Evidence? Would be happy to hear considered opinions!
Colin