Why do pros.........?
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I know what you mean. I think they're so friggin good the shots just flow off their cues and they don' t need to aim and agonize like I do. Could be related to having shot a gazillion balls plus a lot of plain old talent.
I have no idea, other than habit or maybe that's just the way they learned. Robb Saez and Francisco Bustamante come to mind... Usually their warm up strokes are way low left, then they hit the cue ball perfectly on the final stroke.
I tried it once and almost poked my eye out. Lol
-Blake
Literally was just cracking up lol
I believe this is just the standard way they can put "reverse-intake-side-vacuum-suck" on the cue ball.
While they don't all do it because of this it is an old hustler trick. People used to do that because they didn't want anyone knowing how they shot particular shots.
Outside of that it's probably because when you play that many hours you kind of stop aiming and the cue becomes an extension of you. Aiming becomes irrelevant and your unconscious brain takes over.
Outside of that it's probably because when you play that many hours you kind of stop aiming and the cue becomes an extension of you. Aiming becomes irrelevant and your unconscious brain takes over.
I shoot the same way, I aim at the very bottom of the cue ball and when I shoot I hit where I need to hit the cue ball. I see more I guess with the tip and shaft out of the way. My buddies ask me all the time how I put follow on the cue ball aiming at the bottom of the cue ball? It is just how I have always played. It is a feel thing.
stroke flaw
Many years ago, an old-timer told me that it was a way to compensate for a "natural" tendency to stroke slightly to one side of their target on the cue ball.
He asked me why I break from the left side of the box on the opening shot in 3-cushion. I thought about when practicing, and told him I felt a tad more comfortable using left hand English as opposed to right. So perhaps it can lead to an unconscious slight swing to one side or the other. Might have something to do with dominant eye.
Experimenting with this, I found that I when I missed, it was often because I hit slightly left of my target on the CB. The "flaw" seemed to show up more when I used more force. I think that may be why many players appear to aim to one side on some shots (especially the hard break), but strike the CB dead center. So they may be compensating for a flaw. Whether they do this unconsciously or on purpose, I don't know.
What do you think?
Many years ago, an old-timer told me that it was a way to compensate for a "natural" tendency to stroke slightly to one side of their target on the cue ball.
He asked me why I break from the left side of the box on the opening shot in 3-cushion. I thought about when practicing, and told him I felt a tad more comfortable using left hand English as opposed to right. So perhaps it can lead to an unconscious slight swing to one side or the other. Might have something to do with dominant eye.
Experimenting with this, I found that I when I missed, it was often because I hit slightly left of my target on the CB. The "flaw" seemed to show up more when I used more force. I think that may be why many players appear to aim to one side on some shots (especially the hard break), but strike the CB dead center. So they may be compensating for a flaw. Whether they do this unconsciously or on purpose, I don't know.
What do you think?