Straight Delivery

[HUFRO]

Hi Terry;

Following your advice for the cue action I start the backswing verey slow, looking at the ferrule for assurance that the cue is in straight line, then I do the rear pause, look at the o.b. but my delivery is not straight and I miss the pot. Should I also look at the cue going fordward to check if I hit the cue ball dead centre and in staright line?

What is the routine for a staright delivery???

I appreciate your input.

Hufro

[nrage]

Hi Terry;

Following your advice for the cue action I start the backswing verey slow, looking at the ferrule for assurance that the cue is in straight line, then I do the rear pause, look at the o.b. but my delivery is not straight and I miss the pot. Should I also look at the cue going fordward to check if I hit the cue ball dead centre and in staright line?

What is the routine for a staright delivery???

Long blues off the spot. To figure out where you're going wrong get a video camera, even a phone will do. Get a tripod of some sort, for a cheap one get a joby gorillapod with mobile attachments (sucker) and set the phone up over the black pocket. Film yourself, download avidemux and kinovea, both are FREE. The former is a movie editor, I have to rotate my camera videos by 90 degrees. The latter lets you play and save the video in slow motion, adding guide lines, zoom, etc.

[Terry Davidson]

HUFRO:

Every player has his own routine but I think in your case there has to be some body movement during the delivery. Also, as the delviery is so dynamic you wouldn't be able to tell in time if the delivery is crooked and have the time to correct it.

Most players will not watch the ferrule coming back but will focus on the spot of the cueball they want to hit during the backswing and then somewhere near the rear pause or at the rear pause, or even just at the start of the delivery will flick their eyes up to the object ball. It's all a matter of personal rhythm.

I suggested watching the ferrule coming back as a way to develop a rear pause as that was what was recommended to me by Steve Davis on his blog, however I found it threw my rhythm off too much

Terry

[snooks1000]

i think I'm gonna have to look into downloading this software and getting my mate to shoot some videos. Theres something very wrong with my cue action at the moment but am really struggling to work out Whats going wrong...