Danny there is no way you would remember me. However, i spoke to you several times in the billard palace in Tulsa. At the time about 6-7 years ago i was trying to play pool for living in my early 20's. I always liked your game. You were a top player that held a job and you were honest and didn't ever to appear to do drugs. It seemed all of the good players young and old did some sort of drugs to "get right" to play. So I always respected you for that, and of course that will always pay dividends for you in the long run. I remember vividly that you were practicing 14.1 telling me how thought that it was the best way to improve your overall game in pool. while we were on that discussuon, we changed subjects and discussed who we thought was the best nine ball player in the world at the time. You seemed pleasantly suprised that i thought Johnny Archer was the best player at the time. I guess you would thought i would have gave you a generic anwser like "efren is the best" or "busta was the best" so and so on. I don't know if you remember me or that conversation at all, however, i have a question for you.
I quit pool for several years and went back to school. I am now a licensed funeral director (mortician) with a family now. I recently purchased a gold crown 1 that is in great shape. I have been trying to get back in stroke. My question is: I've noticed by watching videos that all of the great players seem to follow through but with a "up" stroke. I mean it seems like they aim a tip or so lower than their ideal contact point but when they finally address the cue ball they go up to meet their contact point? it seems like they hardly ever just shoot through the ball but they shoot through but in a upwards stroke. I've tried it and seems like it puts more revoulutions on the cueball. In other words it seems like you don't have to hit nearly as hard to get the same effect. Why is that? Am I on to something or just imaging what i'm seeing from the pro's and what reaction that I'm getting from the cue-ball?
Another thing on my stroke. I have recently added a filipino approach to my wrist. It seems like the looser i hold my wrist the more things i can accomplish while playing; cutting balls off the rail, making thinner cuts etc etc.. Do you see any downside to have a such a limp wrist approach? One more question do beleive any sort of pause at the back part of you stroke before delivery. If you do. How long should you pause for. Maybe something like buddy hall, shannon daulton, or not as long. If you ever have the time or the energy to anwser these questions it would be greatly appreciated.
I quit pool for several years and went back to school. I am now a licensed funeral director (mortician) with a family now. I recently purchased a gold crown 1 that is in great shape. I have been trying to get back in stroke. My question is: I've noticed by watching videos that all of the great players seem to follow through but with a "up" stroke. I mean it seems like they aim a tip or so lower than their ideal contact point but when they finally address the cue ball they go up to meet their contact point? it seems like they hardly ever just shoot through the ball but they shoot through but in a upwards stroke. I've tried it and seems like it puts more revoulutions on the cueball. In other words it seems like you don't have to hit nearly as hard to get the same effect. Why is that? Am I on to something or just imaging what i'm seeing from the pro's and what reaction that I'm getting from the cue-ball?
Another thing on my stroke. I have recently added a filipino approach to my wrist. It seems like the looser i hold my wrist the more things i can accomplish while playing; cutting balls off the rail, making thinner cuts etc etc.. Do you see any downside to have a such a limp wrist approach? One more question do beleive any sort of pause at the back part of you stroke before delivery. If you do. How long should you pause for. Maybe something like buddy hall, shannon daulton, or not as long. If you ever have the time or the energy to anwser these questions it would be greatly appreciated.