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**Terry Davidson** · 26 January 2011, 03:40 AM

The grip arm forearm should hang straight down in the vertical when in the address position and the grip hand should be directly over the laces of the right foot.

In addition, the cue should be as parallel as possible and no more than one chalk height above the cushion. The grip has to be loose and the forefinger should be the only finger gripping the cue and you should be able to backswing and deliver the cue on the same plane with no up and down (or sideways) movement.

Bridge arm nearly straight out with right shoulder as high as you can get it without causing discomfort.

Start there and see what happens

Terry

**Joe_7** · 26 January 2011, 04:09 AM

Thanks a lot.

**mosconiac** · 15 February 2011, 02:41 PM

I'm in a similar position as Joe. In fact, I'm an American pool player trying to incorporate snooker techniques to improve my precision & accuracy. Unfortunately, I no longer have a snooker table at my disposal so I don't have the opportunity to play the game...nor find a coach of course. Your tips are very much appreciated, Terry!

BTW, I am also tall & have found that I can keep my right leg straight, but it's difficult to maintain a low, level cue (not limber enough I guess) with a shoulder-width stance. I am much more confortable if I push my left leg out (more left) by 4-6". This reduces tension on my right leg muscles & helps me pivot my hips more for a more solid foundation.

**Terry Davidson** · 15 February 2011, 03:02 PM

masconi:

If you only have pool tables available now, remember they are about 2" lower than a standard snooker table and therefore you should be bending the left knee more for pool.

As you seem to have done, it also helps to spread the stance a bit more for pool and there is no problem with having the left foot in front of the right foot however try and avoid the Joe Davis recommendation of the 'boxer's' stance with the right foot 90degrees to the line of the shot and the left foot way out front as if you were throwing a right hook in boxing.

For stability it's much better to have either a square stance with feet parallel or some modification of that with the left foot slightly in front. I've found as I've grown older and less flexible that for comfort I have to have the left foot about 4" in front of the right which means I don't have to twist my spine quite so much

Terry

**mosconiac** · 15 February 2011, 03:16 PM

Thanks again for the comments (my apologies to Joe for dominating his thread, but I think this sojourn may be interesting to him as well).

I'll just note for completeness that I have discovered that pointing my right foot straight ahead was aided by the wider stance. It was VERY uncomfortable with the shoulder-width stance which forced me to turn my right foot out by 15-30* for comfort.

The rear of my left shoe is even with the tip of my right shoe...which is VERY uncommon in pool where everyone seems to evolve toward the boxer stance.

**Terry Davidson** · 15 February 2011, 07:31 PM

masconi:

If you happen to live in the northeast USA I have my training facility in Southern Ontario and if you can afford the time and expenses a day or two of intense coaching on snooker technique might be in order to get you on the right track.

My house is about 2.5hrs north of Buffalo, NY

Terry

**mosconiac** · 15 February 2011, 07:38 PM

I'm way ahead of you, Terry.

I already snooped around to determine where you live and was happy to see that you're much closer than I could have hoped. I'm about 2.5 hours southwest of Chicago, so a visit would not be impossible...I'll be in touch.

**Terry Davidson** · 16 February 2011, 01:37 PM

masconi:

I'm about 3hrs northeast of Detroit

Terry

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