What's with the pumping stroke?

[Snapshot9]

Stroke

This is what I call 'The Hully Gully' stroke, and I see more young guys that are trying to look good and trying to get good using it. They want to look 'fancy' when they are playing Pool, even if it limits them in their playing.

The problems with the stroke are:
1) Have to have a long bridge to do it, real long.
2) There 'up and down' motion does not hit the cue ball at the exact spot on the cue ball where they planned to.
3) Their 'upper bridge arm' is bobbing up and down.
4) Particular 'hard shots' will cause them problems.

They develop this limiting habit, then they have to perfect the irregular technique to be able to shoot good.

Most player's eyes are on the object ball when they shoot. If you have a straight stroke, you are assured the tip will hit the cue ball exactly where you cued it. With the 'Hully Gully' stroke, you can not be sure of it. Plus, most of those players dip their tip at impact.

Just try to shoot 'high english' shots with the Hully Gully stroke, and see how consistent you are.

 

[Pushout]

This is what I call 'The Hully Gully' stroke, and I see more young guys that are trying to look good and trying to get good using it. They want to look 'fancy' when they are playing Pool, even if it limits them in their playing.

The problems with the stroke are:
1) Have to have a long bridge to do it, real long.
2) There 'up and down' motion does not hit the cue ball at the exact spot on the cue ball where they planned to.
3) Their 'upper bridge arm' is bobbing up and down.
4) Particular 'hard shots' will cause them problems.

They develop this limiting habit, then they have to perfect the irregular technique to be able to shoot good.

Most player's eyes are on the object ball when they shoot. If you have a straight stroke, you are assured the tip will hit the cue ball exactly where you cued it. With the 'Hully Gully' stroke, you can not be sure of it. Plus, most of those players dip their tip at impact.

Just try to shoot 'high english' shots with the Hully Gully stroke, and see how consistent you are.

I think I would agree with most of this. I think that the popularity of 9 ball has a lot of people using a longer bridge and I think it tends to affect one's stroke. I tend to shorten my bridge playing Straight pool or One Pocket.

 

[Fatboy]

Mika lived and played pool in the Philippines for sometime. Directly or indirectly, he was bitten by the Filipino pool playing bug that patterns his playing style and thiinking to the Filipino style. From what I understand, it served its purpose.

i'd like to go there for a year and get that pumping disease, i bet that a year in the PI would help any player get better-except perhaps the top 20 players.