When you get down on the shot is your back hand supposed to be directly over your back foot?

goettlicher said:
NOPE!
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Is your back foot placed somewhere on the line of the shot? If so isn’t the back hand supposed to be on that same line as well? To clarify I mean where should your back hand be in relation to your back foot when you address the ball and are about to get into your stance. After you get down I think the hand is usually behind your back foot.
 
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Some instructors are teaching to use a squared up snooker stance. That means your feet are closer to side by side, not front and back. Using the snooker stance, I don't think it's possible to have your hand over the foot. But, the right foot should be on the shot line.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
Is your back foot placed somewhere on the line of the shot? If so isn’t the back hand supposed to be on that same line as well? To clarify I mean where should your back hand be in relation to your back foot when you address the ball and are about to get into your stance. After you get down I think the hand is usually behind your back foot.
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So I guess your back hand has to be where it is - holding the cue on the line of the shot, hanging below your elbow.

And if you put your foot somewhere on the line of the shot, the hand is likely to end up above it. But not because you want the hand to be over the foot, it's more like a coincidence.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
If you are right handed should your right hand be directly over your right foot, or should it be on the outside of where your foot is? I’ve seen good players that have their back arm and thus their back hand tucked in really close to their body inside of the line where their back foot is, I’ve also seen good players with their hand over their foot, and some players with their hand way on the outside. What is generally taught for this?
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Yes. With no deviation, ever.

Anybody who says otherwise disagrees.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
Is your back foot placed somewhere on the line of the shot? If so isn’t the back hand supposed to be on that same line as well? To clarify I mean where should your back hand be in relation to your back foot when you address the ball and are about to get into your stance. After you get down I think the hand is usually behind your back foot.
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There is i think a balancing of considerations, and here your height plays a role. For many of us, toe at shotline is about right. You can get a sufficiently wide stance that allows you to get low and have an unencumbered stroke.

Tall players may have that toe over the line, and short players may have it short of the line.
 
Mark Wilson advocates toe on the line. I think he's 6'3" or so. I'm 5'11". It works best for me with the ball of my foot on the line.
 
brigeton said:
Mark Wilson advocates toe on the line. I think he's 6'3" or so. I'm 5'11". It works best for me with the ball of my foot on the line.
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Mark wilson is more sideways with his stance compared to most top players
Jmho
 
I feel more comfortable with my right foot a little bit outside the shot line. I feel more stable. I use a squared up snooker stance.
 
A little outside the toe-line is ok. Its when you get too far that your stroke tends to get a tad 'swoopy'.
 
I always put a mirror on my foot to make sure it is properly aligned with my hand.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
If you are right handed should your right hand be directly over your right foot, or should it be on the outside of where your foot is? I’ve seen good players that have their back arm and thus their back hand tucked in really close to their body inside of the line where their back foot is, I’ve also seen good players with their hand over their foot, and some players with their hand way on the outside. What is generally taught for this?
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Your grip should be where you can consistently put the ball into the pocket and make the CB go where you want it to.

Lou Figueroa
 
CESSNA10 said:
You nailed it
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What’s funny about the statement you like is it’s perversion by so many to mean “do what you like if your comfortable” and that’s the biggest joke in the game


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