The Rempe Follow-Thru

Drawman623

Drawman623

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I got this picture from Mr. Rempe several years ago. I was just thinking about how it captures his follow through. His eyes remain focused, his bridge down and even though his back hand has moved all the way foreward, the cue still seems ligned up and parallel to the felt.

Looks like he practices the advice he occasionally gives with an autograph: "stay down and follow through"

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BlowFish said:
Hhhmmm... Looks like the cue is in the air.
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Yup, he's doing a Jesse Allred one-handed shot, and he used his left hand to press down a bubble in the cloth that was interfering with his line-of-sight.

:-D

-Sean
 
His hair was always "perfect"! I've always loved the way he shot. One of my favorite matches of all time was James and Efren.96 legends of 9 ball. The man could control "whitey"!
 
That's a fatal error for MOST players (even though most do it without even knowing it, or knowing that it's a detriment to an accurate stroke...because of poor grip pressure). Rempe, and those elite players, can get away with this stroke error. Most of us should attempt to correct this error, if you're looking to improve the accuracy and quality of your stroke.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

BlowFish said:
Hhhmmm... Looks like the cue is in the air.
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Scott Lee said:
That's a fatal error for MOST players (even though most do it without even knowing it, or knowing that it's a detriment to an accurate stroke...because of poor grip pressure). Rempe, and those elite players, can get away with this stroke error. Most of us should attempt to correct this error, if you're looking to improve the accuracy and quality of your stroke.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Scott I'm fairly certain his cue is in the air because he tightens his grip pressure at the end of his follow through to avoid his cue flying out of his hands on a hard stroke. I don't see the problem if he does this at the very end of his stroke, way after he's hit the ball.
 
cuetechasaurus...It is because he tightens his grip...but not at the end of the stroke...it's at the end of the backswing. While this is not a problem for some of the elite players (and I already said that), it IS a problem for most others, because it "deadens" the 'feel' of letting the cue do the work, and causes the shot to be executed with muscle, rather than finesse (letting the weight of the cuestick and timing create the stroke). In the end, however, it always goes back to rule #1: If you make the ball, you get to shoot again! LOL :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

cuetechasaurus said:
Scott I'm fairly certain his cue is in the air because he tightens his grip pressure at the end of his follow through to avoid his cue flying out of his hands on a hard stroke. I don't see the problem if he does this at the very end of his stroke, way after he's hit the ball.
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Scott Lee said:
cuetechasaurus...It is because he tightens his grip...but not at the end of the stroke...it's at the end of the backswing. While this is not a problem for some of the elite players (and I already said that), it IS a problem for most others, because it "deadens" the 'feel' of letting the cue do the work, and causes the shot to be executed with muscle, rather than finesse (letting the weight of the cuestick and timing create the stroke). In the end, however, it always goes back to rule #1: If you make the ball, you get to shoot again! LOL :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I totally agree about what you said in regards to letting the cue do the work. I am one of those players that "releases" the cue on the forward stroke. The problem is that on power shots, even if you release the cue with a very light grip, the cue tip can hit the bed of the table pretty hard and send it up in the air, or if you're using follow, the tip can fly up in the air. Tightening your grip after you hit the cue ball can help prevent that from happening. I don't see a problem with doing that, so long as you don't tighten the grip prematurely.

I know that using a closed bridge can help that because of stability, but on certain power shots ( not all, just some), I feel more comfortable using an open bridge for some reason.

Randy G had mentioned before that follow through is irrelevant, because what happens after you hit the cue ball doesn't change the outcome of the shot. While I don't particularly agree with what he said about follow through, it does help prove my point. If you do it at the end of your stroke after you've hit the ball, it doesn't really matter.

The "muscle" you mentioned doesn't come into play until after you've hit the cue ball.

I will admit that I don't understand how snooker players are able to power a ball with an open bridge and keep the shaft of their cue on the bridge without it going up in the air. I guess when you really have a pure stroke, you can do that. I'm still working on mastering that :)

And by the way, who are you referring to that tightens his grip on the back swing? I've seen videos of Rempe and it doesn't look like he's squeezing his grip on the back stroke.
 
Scott Lee said:
That's a fatal error for MOST players (even though most do it without even knowing it, or knowing that it's a detriment to an accurate stroke...because of poor grip pressure). Rempe, and those elite players, can get away with this stroke error. Most of us should attempt to correct this error, if you're looking to improve the accuracy and quality of your stroke.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Or he could have dropped his elbow.

I don't understand that pic at all.
In Rempe and Lori Jon's video called Pool School, I saw him drop his elbow and limp his wrist in his follow-through.
 
Not seeing him shoot the shot, it's hard to tell just what occurred prior to when the picture was taken. It looks odd, I've seen Rempe play countless times over the last 30 years and it doesn't look right.
 
His index finger is up in the air. He might have released the cue from a closed bridge at the finish.
 
JohnnyP said:
His index finger is up in the air. He might have released the cue from a closed bridge at the finish.
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The cue would not be that high off the bed of the table if that were the case. And, I think the cue would appear to be pointing down, at least a tad, in that case. From what we can see in the picture it's pretty straight.
 
Rempe is a great player forsure, that pic even better.

It looke to me like he cinched a long ball on a medium speed shot and lifted his cue a hair off a open bridge-most likely the ball was just about in or in when the pic was taken. Its not standard Rempe form.

thats where I need to keep my fat ass at after I shoot-then things will be better
 
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