What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

Patrick Johnson said:
What did I miss? Why does the shoulder have to move?

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It doesn't. You can have perfectly executed strokes without utilizing that particular move.

That said, when players simply try to move as efficiently as they can and have the most effortless feel to their stroke, that littke bit of movement comes into play...often completely subconsciously Some players (like the greats I listed earlier) lean more heavily on that particular power source and develop techniques with rather large moves. You don't have to. There are many ways. There are snooker players with seemingly spring loaded beautiful strokes who lean into a completely different power source and don't utilize the one the elbow bobbers use at all. Both are fully in line with natural movement and neither is primarily contraction driven.

Isolating a muscle and driving the stroke with one conscious contraction is not at all how we are designed to move and wired for motor control. And as I said before, even if that is your intention your body probably won't let you suck that bad for too long before it finds a way to help you move more like you were designed to.
 
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WobblyStroke said:
You misunderstood my answer. By "vertabrate movement," i was referring to how movement works in all vertabrate animals, not the bones of the spine.

That little elbow ossilation is a tell tale sign that the player is moving naturally... more in line with how vertabrates evolved to move. And yes, it is more efficient. Not only does it feel more effortless, but it literally uses fewer calories. I'm sure you could see how saving calories and needing less food would act as a driver behind this evolutionary development.

As I said, coordinated multi joint movements and force production are complex. You can take entire university level courses on the topic and not cover it all. So yes, reducing a multi joint movement down to muscle A back, muscle B forward is laughably over simplifying it.

"Leave stroking to the subconscious" is the best we got right now. Maybe one day someone will explain the details to yall in a book ;)
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can i get a signed copy....:giggle:
 
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