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errrr OK, I think I understand what nrage is saying ... it's a bit difficult to describe but what I think he is saying is he thinks your spine isn't dead straight (like a ramrod) ... so what?
Stephen Hendry has a very noticeably curved spine - it dips in the middle when he's addressing the cueball - it was very pronounced in his younger days and it's still there today to a lesser extent ... but it didn't stop him being, arguably, the best snooker player who ever lived ...
whilst I love reading the coaches' advice on this forum and I thank for their time and effort, I believe they can be too pedantic at times ...
there is a clear problem with your cue action which you can see - your grip hand is too far back on most shots so your forearm is still well behind vertical as you hit the cueball ... watching pro's play they have a plethora of stances and actions but they all hit the cueball with their forearm vertical or nearly so, so this is probably important ...
so that's what I would work on if I were you ... I worked on this a few months ago - in front of a mirror, I put some insulating tape round the butt at the ideal position and for a few weeks, with hand on the table shots, would only play them if my hand was on the tape ... that was fine, I learned something but I did feel cramped on occasion so now I've relaxed it a bit - on short low power shots, I'll grip forward of the tape and on long distance shots, I'll grip maybe an inch or two behind ideal ... it may be technically wrong but it helps my confidence ...
now there's a word ... confidence ... maybe something for a later discussion
which I thought you were pretty good on by the way ... and I watched you and Sean live from the start of the match until halfway through frame 5 ...
only my 2 cents worth but hope it helps ...
Stephen Hendry has a very noticeably curved spine - it dips in the middle when he's addressing the cueball - it was very pronounced in his younger days and it's still there today to a lesser extent ... but it didn't stop him being, arguably, the best snooker player who ever lived ...
whilst I love reading the coaches' advice on this forum and I thank for their time and effort, I believe they can be too pedantic at times ...
there is a clear problem with your cue action which you can see - your grip hand is too far back on most shots so your forearm is still well behind vertical as you hit the cueball ... watching pro's play they have a plethora of stances and actions but they all hit the cueball with their forearm vertical or nearly so, so this is probably important ...
so that's what I would work on if I were you ... I worked on this a few months ago - in front of a mirror, I put some insulating tape round the butt at the ideal position and for a few weeks, with hand on the table shots, would only play them if my hand was on the tape ... that was fine, I learned something but I did feel cramped on occasion so now I've relaxed it a bit - on short low power shots, I'll grip forward of the tape and on long distance shots, I'll grip maybe an inch or two behind ideal ... it may be technically wrong but it helps my confidence ...
now there's a word ... confidence ... maybe something for a later discussion
which I thought you were pretty good on by the way ... and I watched you and Sean live from the start of the match until halfway through frame 5 ...only my 2 cents worth but hope it helps ...
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