dirtychapurado2
dirtychampurado
If you hold a hammer in your palms then this is NOT FOR YOU. I'm talking about a grip where you hold the hammer/cue in your fingers so that you can feel the cue/hammer as much as possible. The wrists are the strongest when working up and down like using a hammer, axe and the power is best generated when uncocking down, not coiling up.
There are MANY ways to play this game and personal preference, so if throw a ball without your fingers/wrist, throw a dart with no fingers/wrist or use a hammer with no fingers/wrist, then you have a different way of doing things than I do, and that's fine.
I'm ONLY talking to players that have the "Touch" in their fingers and experience life/games/sports/ through that type of "connection" - whether throwing a baseball, shooting a basketball, or hammering a nail...we can build a bridge to pocket billiards.
I use a system where I pre cock my wrist/fingers and create a "groove" where my wrists/fingers must move UP AND DOWN, with no SIDE TO SIDE motion at all. It's the "Side to Side" movement that throws your cue off line and causes you to miss-hit the cue ball. I feel like my hand and wrist create a "groove," "track," or "slot," for the stroke.
When you HINGE your wrist/fingers the cue MUST go down that "groove" and CAN NOT miss hit the cue ball to the Left OR the Right!!! This put you in a position where you MUST hit the cue ball straight. This is how champion players hit the ball so straight, we simply CAN'T do it wrong.
I'm not saying all champions do it like I do it, but they do it in their own way. We MUST create a groove/slot/hinge (whatever you want to call it) so that the cue contacts the cue ball on a straight line EVERY TIME!
If you cock your wrist/fingers up slightly and then pounded the nail you would have some "wrist/finger flick" to add to the acceleration when you hit the nail.
If you cock your wrist/fingers more you will have more "wrist flick" and you could continue this until you cocked the hammer completely up and then you would have the maximum "wrist/finger flick" when you hit the nail.
I "pre cock" my wrist/fingers more than many other players, therefore I have energy produced from my wrist/fingers at the moment of contact. Even with this happening it is so slight that you can't see me doing it.
This is the issue with trying to learn the subtle secrets that the pros are doing, you can't see it being done. I'm trying to give you a way to FEEL what it's like by using the hammer. This is a small powerful motion that you can only see on the break for the most part.
Watch the top professionals before they get down to shoot and you see them stroking their cue in the air. They are establishing their wrist/finger motion for the stroke they are about to shoot. We aren't stroking the cue to make sure it slides between our fingers smoothly, even though that is preferable, we're PREPARING our hand for the shot coming up so we can shoot it "as if" it's already been made.
The Key to Pool (and Golf) is in the Hands/Fingers/Wrists, so make sure you learn to Prepare Them For Success. 'The Game is the Teacher'
Hello CJ, its been awhile since I posted anything but I've been reading the forums. So into this topic..is this the same as the one you're referring to (not the stroke but his wrist action) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DYDMMw5TtE (00:22 to 00:35). I have seen a few players that does this or something similar.
