Bryce1552
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You look tall....How tall are you?
Here is what I see:
1. I don't like the way you line up the shot With Your cue. Your hand is so far in front of your hips, then you take huge steps forward With both legs and end up too close to the table.
RECOMENDED FIX:
I'd rather see you keep your cue hand on your hip. Walk towards the shot line and plant your right foot on the shot line, then step out and forward With Your left foot. Slightly wider than shoulder Width apart and With the heel of the left foot as far forward as the toes on your right. YOU MUST NOT MOVE YOUR RIGHT FOOT AFTER THIS! You may have to do this With the cuetip some distance away from the cue ball, otherwise you'll end up to close, like you do now. You''ll figure this distance out. You can still keep the cue tip on the line,
You then slide forward into the shot With Your bridge hand. It's important to slide the bridgehand into position, don't just put it Down. Give yourself every chance to get it on the shot line. Another way to achieve this is to put your cue in front of your face With the bridgehand on the cue and then go down, watching the cue and the shotline. Even if you don't do any of these Things, at least pay careful attention to the placement of the bridgehand.
The weight should be slightly forward when you're down. It's ok to bend both your legs, especially since you seem like a tall fellow, or if I'm mistaken in assuming you're tall, it still feels more comfortable for some to do that. In snooker we like to keep the right leg straight and braced, but the table bed is higher off the ground on these tables. You may want to look up 4 point contact. I recommend videos by Barry Stark.
2. Your cue hand is behind perpendicular to the ground at the moment you strike Your cueball. This is very bad. This will rob you of both Power and Precision. But this all stems from your error in stepping in. Once you get the distance to the table right, it should be easy to fix this. Even if you don't listen to anything else I say, at least make sure to adjust your stance a bit to make this happen. It's near impossible to play a good game With the hand behind perpendicular, and you'll especially struggle With Draw shots. Your cue will dip, causing you to scoop the ball.
3. What I like:
You take Your time, which is good.
You stay quite still on the shot, especially for a beginner.
You are smart not to put too much Power into the shot too soon. Please do not try to run before you can walk. The Power will come naturally, once you learn to relax your arm and let the cue do the work. That may seem abstract now, but you'll understand what I mean with time.
4. All in all, this isn't too bad, but the stance does need an urgent fix. If you don't believe me, find a competent instructor near you, I'm sure there is someone qualified. If there are none, or you don't have the money for it, watch the Barry stark lesson videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRD10tybtIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHBTw9K-qfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4LkJLVr6s&t=1230s
I'm 6'3 so slightly on the taller side, I really think you're on to something with your recommendations reguarding my stroke, is your recommendation that I take more of a straight on approach rather than an L with both feet facing parell to the shot line, I'm a little confused so im going to review the video's you linked.
The thing is initially I tried emulating mark williams approach he suggested in his book that had my rear leg locked with the tip of of my toe on the shot line and no more but it was causing some serious hamstring discomfort so I modified it to be a little more relaxed bending the knee but overall it just feels awkward to me and his suggestion on how to step into the line I just cant jive with it correctly I always end up wayyy to close to the table.
My stance is something I know is extremely important but It seems I can't get it how I want it and tons of sources encourage me to do whats comfortable while others want you to conform identically to a certain orthodox stance. It seems there is a lot of contradicting information in the pool world to sift through for a beginner.
But im determined to sift through it and this week im going to work my stance to get it right and try to achieve Tors 2000 balls drill to burn it in. Thank you for the recommendation.