Anatomy of a Pool Stroke, Shortstop On Pool Practice
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
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That previous video was your "How to shoot Straight-ER" video wherein you captured photos of the knuckle position on the cue and whether or not the wrist was perfectly perpendicular or had a slight bend. Your concentration was also on whether the wrist should remain in the same position throughout the stroke. You included shots of some of the top pros, also. Thanks again for all the work you put into you instruction
This video was SO cool to analyze the entire stroke in that level of detail. The only thing that I would say is that I believe that many advanced players use slightly different strokes and arm, grip, or wrist and even body positions for different type of shots. Over years of practice, they almost instinctively know how to change their mechanics of their stroke for certain types of shots. So your analysis would say that their mechanics may have totally broke down and view it as a bad thing, but in fact it was an intentional deviation to their standard stroke just for that type of shot. (I can't prove that many pro players do this without this type of video analysis, I'm just basing this statement on certain shots that I take and how the stroke I use definitely "feels different" because I know that I am altering my stroke and mechanics just for that specific type of shot.)
I need to work on staying still for longer after contact. Its difficult because my videos r running 9 ball racks in less than 60 seconds for shorts. Im going to focus hard on this during practice. Gr8 video!
This Video is no good.......is gold ❤
Very good analysis ❤
I can tell you this since I slowed down my backstroke tremendously my accuracy has went up the same which is tremendously😂
I think your head position moves forward as much or more than down. It's like you settle forward in the body between those two events, not just down. Look at 4:00 and the next few seconds.
Correct. Already been working on that today. I'll talk more about it in a future video. Good catch.
AWWW thanks for more homework 🤥... but great video it's amazing the more I want to be a better player the more complicated the training gets lol
I don't do it myself but what about a pause at the end of the backstroke like snooker players do?
Only as long as naturally happens. I don't believe one should "hold" the cue back there. Will go into detail in upcoming video on the transition. Thanks!
I’m a look at the object ball last player. For me it is essential that I focus on the contact point before the final stroke. This necessitates a pause at the end of the back stroke. I’ve worked on no pause as you and Jeremy Jones advocate but it doesn’t work for me. Interesting video, but are you getting too detailed with the analysis? Are you correlating this with results?
Not too detailed for someone trying to achieve or maintain above 700 Fargo. Maybe a bit too much for intermediate players but still good info to be aware of.
1:02-1:08 - I wonder if this includes the pause at the end of the back stroke? From what I've seen, more players do the pause after the backstroke than before (you did it before and I assume, that's the way you play).
Btw, thanks for all the great videos!
How do you do this kind of analysis? Can you explain your process in setting this up?
I use Adobe Photoshop, OBS software, Filmora editor and Epic Pen markup. Over twenty years experience.
I gotta ask, for a guy who can run a 100 balls in straight pool, obviously you can pot balls with amazing consistency. That means your overall mechanics are really consistent. Aren't you maybe in the land of diminishing returns with this sort of minute analysis? Oh, and did you make the shot?
Yes, I made the shot, but thats irrelevant. I've missed it too. You can make it with a stroke defect and miss it without one.
No, as I said, this is a once-in-awhile check-up. Like once a month. Or less often if you are a casual player. And for the consistency that I am seeking, that 750+ pros have, comes through LOTS of hard work and nit-picking the details. So, no, not diminishing returns.
@@ShortstopOnPool Gotchya. Thanks.
@@nvpoolshooter The law of diminishing returns is required to pot a even a very small greater percentage of balls for someone who can run 150 to be able to run 200.
I think the additional body drop is tied to the fact that you gave the cue a little...I don't wanna call it a practice stroke but you kinda pumped it a little bit while you were getting down on the shot. I think that motion might have caused you to not get as far down on the shot initially and then you subconsciously adjusted after you started the real practice strokes.
Thats a great observation! I'm going to look into that. Thanks
@@ShortstopOnPoolI think perhaps you should have your chin on the cue a la snooker players to avoid that. But maybe you are too tall. On the other hand you stay down pretty good.
@@IndianHeathen1982 I've tried chin-on-the-cue. I can't claim I am too tall for that because Mark William, Mark Selby, Steve Davis, John Horsfall, etc. But I am 62 years old so its hard and I decided to not adopt that. I've also play with my head about 12" above the cue, which is how many old-school straight pool players did it. I think my head position is a comfortable compromise.
@@ShortstopOnPool glad I could help
Great info, as always, however, it appears that there is a contradiction with your video in which you concentrate on you wrist position and the knuckles pointing up or down during the stroke. In that video, as I recall, your knuckles are slightly upward on your backstroke, having allowed for a grip controlled by your middle two fingers, and then your knuckles are slightly downward at end of stroke, still maintaining a looser but controlling grip. I found that information allowed me better timing, especially on my follow and draw shots.
No, always knuckles down at transition, up at follow-through
Meant that the cue is cradled by the fingers with the knuckles angled slightly downward and then slightly, or more, upward at contact with OB. Your video opened up doors for many of us to improve our stroke and thus our game in general
Bridge distance in inches on this, as ur usual?
@@farmjar7591 My typical bridge distance is usually shorter than most people. But it looks about 10 inches here which long for me. I'll add that to the checklist. Thanks.
to far from the cue ball
@@MrDennisPerry222 My typical bridge distance is usually shorter than most people. But it looks about 10 inches here which long for me. I'll add that to the checklist. Thanks.