The Secret of the Most Powerful Shot

Banks said:
Now you know how we all feel about your posts..[/QUOTE

Look Banks, no matter what you say it is a waste of time. You would have better luck getting a piece of sheet rock to understand.

Just because you become a gold member doesn't you can pick on old guy and his boat.
That's not right.
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Push & Pool, I agree with the running break as others have suggested. I submit jumping on a parked skateboard in front of the table for control and follow through.
 
Got to be, without a doubt, one of the most ridiculous posts I've read in the all the years I've been here:shakehead:
 
master of the obvious

I HateTo PileOn Because Of All The "Mean Spirited" People Lately, But Is This Real? Is He JustA Troll Trying To Get A Rise Out Of Those Of Us That Can Actually Make A Ball OrTwo?
 
RFranklin said:
I HateTo PileOn Because Of All The "Mean Spirited" People Lately, But Is This Real? Is He JustA Troll Trying To Get A Rise Out Of Those Of Us That Can Actually Make A Ball OrTwo?
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Yes, I believe he is none other than the troll known as poolkiller, but more toned down. If he isn't, he sure does act like it. It is a mystery how he has managed to fly under the radar of the mods for so long.

It is obvious to anyone that letting go off the cue can not lead to more power. The moment you let go, the cue stops accelerating. It is however possible to use a similar technique for stroking the ball in regular play, I believe its referred to as a reverse slipstroke. I have not heard of any serious coach or player who advocate it though. It must be hard to get a good stroke on the ball that way, on the other hand it is difficult to throw the cue off line with your grip hand, but you have to stop the arm to make the cue slide, which is very detrimental to accuracy and stroke quality.
 
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RFranklin said:
I HateTo PileOn Because Of All The "Mean Spirited" People Lately, But Is This Real? Is He JustA Troll Trying To Get A Rise Out Of Those Of Us That Can Actually Make A Ball OrTwo?
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Do you actually press the shift button to capitalize each word or does your phone/pc do it for you?

Seems Like A Lot More Work To Do This.
 
capitalization

OCD Is A *****, Huh? Jk.....Its The Phone Who Knows What This Will Look Like?
 
Straightpool_99 said:
Yes, I believe he is none other than the troll known as poolkiller, but more toned down. If he isn't, he sure does act like it. It is a mystery how he has managed to fly under the radar of the mods for so long.

It is obvious to anyone that letting go off the cue can not lead to more power. The moment you let go, the cue stops accelerating. It is however possible to use a similar technique for stroking the ball in regular play, I believe its referred to as a reverse slipstroke. I have not heard of any serious coach or player who advocate it though. It must be hard to get a good stroke on the ball that way, on the other hand it is difficult to throw the cue off line with your grip hand, but you have to stop the arm to make the cue slide, which is very detrimental to accuracy and stroke quality.
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Ok, I might have been wrong. Maybe I had a wrong feeling and I don't really let go of the cue, maybe I just get more speed and a better follow-through with a relaxed hand. One way or the other, it surely works.
 
Push&Pool said:
Ok, I might have been wrong. Maybe I had a wrong feeling and I don't really let go of the cue, maybe I just get more speed and a better follow-through with a relaxed hand. One way or the other, it surely works.
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That's one of the first true things you posted, a relaxed wrist will give you more cue speed and "pop". If you watch people that can play, especially on draw shots, they will have a very loose writst action to get some rotational speed on the cue ball. You can get some good speed out of the cue ball without a hard hit that way. Buddy Hall calles it "hitting soft but spinning hard".
 
hang-the-9 said:
That's one of the first true things you posted, a relaxed wrist will give you more cue speed and "pop". If you watch people that can play, especially on draw shots, they will have a very loose writst action to get some rotational speed on the cue ball. You can get some good speed out of the cue ball without a hard hit that way. Buddy Hall calles it "hitting soft but spinning hard".
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Hit soft --> spin hard
Hit hard --> armageddon

that's my philosophy from now on ;)
 
"Slip stroke break shot" is good but I do believe it is possible to get an even better break if you let the cue slip more than a little bit, maybe a lotta bit, more like a javelin.

There is a video that demonstrates it - I think it was Ed Norton, player from the late 50's - I believe he used it against the same Minnesota Fats that first destroyed Ed Felson but later lost after Ed came back.
 
TCo said:
"Slip stroke break shot" is good but I do believe it is possible to get an even better break if you let the cue slip more than a little bit, maybe a lotta bit, more like a javelin.

There is a video that demonstrates it - I think it was Ed Norton, player from the late 50's - I believe he used it against the same Minnesota Fats that first destroyed Ed Felson but later lost after Ed came back.
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Why do I have a weird feeling that if you make a mistake while doing that the chances are pretty high you'll rip someone's intestines out with the tip of the cue?
 
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