Who has the most fundamentally sound stroke?

I like a lot Raymund Faraon's stroke.

Also saw Pidge's one and liked it very much, I do it in a similar way. It can look robotic and not fluent but you feel great once you train and get used to it.

Also Ko Pin Chung, great stroke, and althougt Ko Pin Yi stroke looks fancier, I would prefer to stroke like the little brother.
 
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Scott Lee said:
+1 here...John Morra has a perfect SPF stroke! :thumbup:

To the OP...SVB's stroke isn't as far "outta whack" as you seem to think. The most important variable is consistency, regardless of what you do.

Scott Lee
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I never said he wasn't consistent...just that he has a lot of extra motion and that his practice stroke transition to his final stroke is very different. I literally said in the thread that it wasn't about what works for who etc. Would you model your stroke or a students after Shanes? Or would you model it after John Morra, buddy hall, mika, etc?
 
Allison Fisher has always had nearly flawless fundamentals.

Among the guys I like Darren Appleton the most. I think his technique is more suited for today's game than is someone like Chris Melling. Melling certainly looks great but his powerful stroke with that real long backstroke is overkill in my estimation.

Darren has a more minimalist approach to cueing, meaning there's no wasted cueing action and that stroke of his holds up under pressure time and time again.
 
I would use Morra as a model, as my stroke is exactly the same as his. That said, every student has a personal shooting template which dictates how they set up and deliver the cuestick. It's finding that template, learning how to measure it, and then practicing it until it becomes workable under the pressure of competition.

Scott Lee
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Drop The Rock said:
Would you model your stroke or a students after Shanes? Or would you model it after John Morra, buddy hall, mika, etc?
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If a young player asked me who to emulate....I would say...
..Wu, Pagulayan, B Hall, and The Miz.

But talk of strokes usually gets mixed up with over all styles.
...any world class player delivers the cue well on their final stroke....
...watch Busty's final stroke...it is precise...once he shakes off all the gremlins. :)

I don't like strokes that sacrifice greatness for consistency.
 
I'd ask, "Who positions their bridge best?" Because the smoothest stroke in the world ain't worth crap if you can't put the bridge in the correct position, and those who are great at putting their bridge in the right position, tend to stroke the shot in a more relaxed manner.

Stroke controls speed and spin mainly, it can effect OB direction in some circumstances. Most don't know these circumstances. But great shooters know when they are lined up and what they can put on a CB from there without losing significant accuracy.

Colin
 
Colin Colenso said:
I'd ask, "Who positions their bridge best?" Because the smoothest stroke in the world ain't worth crap if you can't put the bridge in the correct position, and those who are great at putting their bridge in the right position, tend to stroke the shot in a more relaxed manner.

Stroke controls speed and spin mainly, it can effect OB direction in some circumstances. Most don't know these circumstances. But great shooters know when they are lined up and what they can put on a CB from there without losing significant accuracy.

Colin
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DTL is great at both.

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Allison Fisher & Steve Davis. Steve's cue action was so pure that watching from the front you couldn't tell if the cue was moving or not until the ball was struck.
 
Buddy Hall. And for current players I'd say The Lion has an extremely fluid, fundamentally sound, and repeatable stroke.
 
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