The one arm drill

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cuekev

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Sarah,

You mention the one arm drill in your WPBA Bio. Would you explain it and how it helped your game? I was wondering if it is similar to the one taught by Denny Stewart at Ohio Pool School.

Thank you,

Kevin
 
I practice the one arm drill EVERY DAY!!! Sometimes that hand.....errrr I mean arm gets tired so then I have to switch arms. But in the end it all comes out!! :D
 
Williebetmore said:
Kevin,
Here is a link to the thread where Sarah discusses the one hand drill espoused by Jerry Briesath. You can also read my description of how to perform the drill further down the first page of thread - FWIW. Good luck; its a great drill to get the feel of letting the cue do the work.

http://www.azbilliards.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=11086
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Be sure to check out the thread up above. It tells how to do the one armed drill.

Recently I took a lesson from a teaching pro, and the only thing I asked him to do was to straighten out my stroke. First he had me shoot a rack of balls, to see how I went about that. Then he had me set up to shoot a striped ball from the head string up table to the short cushion and back, trying to get the cue ball to go up and down table perfectly straight. He had an electronic device he put on the short rail that gave me a tiny green pinpoint to shoot at, and if the cue ball hit either right or left an arrow would flash. I was continually hitting a tad right of center. Then he showed me how to ROLL the cueball, that is roll it up table, not shoot it uptable. He detectec a slight twist in my right hand as I did this, and adjusted how I held the cue -- VERY lightly. It got a bit better, then he had me do the one handed drill as mentioned above. Exactly the same as is described, but one handed, rolling the cue ball. Within FIVE minutes he had me rolling the cue ball perfectly up table, hitting the little pinpoint of green light, and having the cue ball rebound straight back downtable to land on the tip of the cue. Then he had me do it two handed. Voila, he fixed my stroke.

He told me that every day I should shoot that drill over and over, with varying speeds of shot, including using draw. In his opinion, within a month my stroke would be working like a charm, like a hinge he said. Guess what? It is....

That one handed drill will help groove the stroke and instill incredible confidence in your ability to shoot where you aim. Top notch stuff.

Flex
 
Kevin,

That drill is a great drill. I did it for about 6 hours one day when I went to visit Jerry. It builds muscle memory and helps you make sure everything is working properly.

Williebetmore gave a good description of how to do the drill in the other link.

Let me know if you try it out.

Good luck,
Sarah
 
Cuekev it is exactly the same drill. I hope you're still working on it. Please keep in touch on your progress, you have my email addy. Thanks Denny
 
I appreciate all the feedback. I will give it a try.

Hello! Denny. I have not been practicing the drill lately but intend to over the summer. I have incorporated some of the things that you taught me into my game and it certainly seems to have helped my consistency. I was practicing with the best player in the league and he told me about keeping a rhythm and always using the same amount of practice strokes. That goes along with what you showed me. I now always take a least three practice strokes, pause at the cue ball, draw the cue back slowly, look at the object ball and follow thru.


I am looking forward to the fall league and hoping to play in some summer tourneys.

I hope all is well with you.

Kevin
 
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