Whack me on my head with a ruler?

[Billy_Bob]

Whack me on my head with a ruler? (Or teaching an old dog new tricks?)

There are things I am not always doing which I should be doing. Like staying down on my shots.

What if I played for two hours and had someone follow me around and whack me with a ruler each time I did not stay down?

Think this type of thing would "train me" to be doing what I should? Or might it be a bad idea? What are other ways people have stopped bad habits?

 

[DawgAndy]

Shock Collar

Maybe an E collar would work they do a good job of keeping my dogs in the yard. lol

 

[Stretch]

Whack me on my head with a ruler? (Or teaching an old dog new tricks?)

There are things I am not always doing which I should be doing. Like staying down on my shots.

What if I played for two hours and had someone follow me around and whack me with a ruler each time I did not stay down?

Think this type of thing would "train me" to be doing what I should? Or might it be a bad idea? What are other ways people have stopped bad habits?

Hi BB. I think everyone has been guilty of this one from time to time. It's so maddening because everything is going along just fine and then 'whoops'. It's usually related to nerves, anxiaty, and tension. They tend to short circuit your normal stroke. The other time it happens is when your trying to do a little too much with cue ball and you get your body into it. Popping up then just becomes an extension of that.

One thing that helped me out here was by introducing a very definate stop and pose at the end of my stroke for EVERY shot. This will keep you down to the point that popping up will just not occur to you. As well, you might like to check your back swing. On those shots where you tend to jump up on, i'll bet that you also are stabbing the cue ball. A jerky backswing will leave you stabbing at the cueball every time. Work on slowing down the drawback right to it's critical point (this varies from shot to shot depending on the distance and shot requirements, but that is what the practice strokes will tell).

If you do these things as well as trying to identify those shots which your prone to jumping up on and practice them "the right way" You will be taking most if not all those "ugly" shots out of the game. St