The Grip Revisited

Philthepockets

Philthepockets

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After spending six months building my billiard room and virtually not playing at all I have gotten down to putting in some serious time working to get my game back in shape. Obviously some issues were present but while trying to work out why and how to fix I really started to focus on the grip.

I always knew the grip was somewhat important but never fully realized (at least to me) how crucial and influential this part of the form is. I have a fairly standard textbook snooker stroke/stance etc so not a lot of moving parts but changing minor parts in the grip had a huge effect on the outcome.

I initially started off with the feeling that I was "hitting" the ball rather than stroking it, this went on for a week or so when I started to change the grip pressure, and the forefinger position wala! long potting came back and I started to feel like I was stroking the shot again.

Long story short, do not underestimate the grip :smile:
 
Well, now that you've found one grip that works well for you it's time to start looking at different grips for different shots.

Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about let's look at a draw shot.

First thing is since you should be bridging closer to the CB for a draw shot, you're stroke is going to be shortened.

To counter this, you should grip the cue with your last 2 fingers(the 2 short ones closest to the butt end of the cue). This will allow you to increase your stroke length by a couple of inches.

Huge difference.


Play around with it, you'll see what I mean.
 
I do believe the grip is one the most important aspects in the stroke.

There's a lot of moving parts in one's hand. Incorrect delivery will easily take the butt end off the shot-line & possibly cause a miss.
 
Whenever my cue would not go through straight I always looked at the elbow/arm as the cause but now I know for sure it's in the grip.
Mainly at the end of the stroke, pulling the cue offline.
 
supergreenman said:
Well, now that you've found one grip that works well for you it's time to start looking at different grips for different shots.

Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about let's look at a draw shot.

First thing is since you should be bridging closer to the CB for a draw shot, you're stroke is going to be shortened.

To counter this, you should grip the cue with your last 2 fingers(the 2 short ones closest to the butt end of the cue). This will allow you to increase your stroke length by a couple of inches.

Huge difference.


Play around with it, you'll see what I mean.
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I have tried this before by accident; was eating wings at the pool hall and it was my shot. :thumbup:
 
"V" for victory. Lee Brett would tell you more about his backhand technique, but he's banned - unfortunately. I think it's the nuts.
 
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