Video analysis of my own stroke, as well as observing countless hours of youtube videos and fellow players has led me to this conclusion: The most common of all fundamental flaws in pool is pulling the cue back too quickly on the final backstroke, which leads to starting the forward stroke "out of rhytm" and off line. Most commonly occuring before a powerful stroke, you can see it even in top players, heck I even saw a top instructor, whom I will not name on youtube with this flaw in his stroke. The forward movement of the cue was smooth, even if he was missing shots and playing poorly which indicates that his cue was off line, What does that prove? Even top players and coaches do this, probably without even being aware of it some of the time. Does that not mean that there is a huge potential for improvement, just by working on this aspect of the stroke? While the last part probably cannot be-, and definitely isn't proven at this point in time, I think it is at least possible that it is true.
Why is this a problem? Drawing the cue back quickly will lead to tension and could sublty change the position of the elbow, leading to misses, incorrect tip placement, and a jerky stroke, with lack of cue ball control as the result.
BTW: I recently stated that I wouldn't start more threads or even log in any more. I've changed my mind about that. If you don't like how the forum is, be a part of the solution, that will be my motto from now on.
Why is this a problem? Drawing the cue back quickly will lead to tension and could sublty change the position of the elbow, leading to misses, incorrect tip placement, and a jerky stroke, with lack of cue ball control as the result.
BTW: I recently stated that I wouldn't start more threads or even log in any more. I've changed my mind about that. If you don't like how the forum is, be a part of the solution, that will be my motto from now on.
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