Extended Rest

[LittleMissAlexa]

Im hopeless with most rests but especially the extended one any ideas

[denja]

Im hopeless with most rests but especially the extended one any ideas

You may get some strange looks down your club but try a practice session using just the rests, a lot of players (even good ones) fear the rest I do practice with the rest as a regular part of my routine I still dont like using but I no longer fear it, its part of the game.

[LittleMissAlexa]

You may get some strange looks down your club but try a practice session using just the rests, a lot of players (even good ones) fear the rest I do practice with the rest as a regular part of my routine I still dont like using but I no longer fear it, its part of the game.

I Think my problem is i have a natural rhythm a natural cue action that rest play interferes with both im also visually impared which might explain why im even worse with the extended one its not even easy to place on the table its a combersome thing that always feels like it could snap at any point

[denja]

I Think my problem is i have a natural rhythm a natural cue action that rest play interferes with both im also visually impared which might explain why im even worse with the extended one its not even easy to place on the table its a combersome thing that always feels like it could snap at any point

The main thing is to TAKE YOUR TIME place the rest with care and get yourself comfortable dont worry about you opponent thinking you are taking ages to get set up, (watch some of the pros on T.V. they make a meal of it) every week I see people at the club miss shots by over stretching and missing shots when the should have used the rest. If you are visually impaired lay out the rest and cue (If you can) and try to have a look side on as to where the cue tip is from cue ball difficult I know but it may help in other words get to know the feel of the rest take it from me we all look on it as a instrument of torture best of luck.

[LittleMissAlexa]

The main thing is to TAKE YOUR TIME place the rest with care and get yourself comfortable dont worry about you opponent thinking you are taking ages to get set up, (watch some of the pros on T.V. they make a meal of it) every week I see people at the club miss shots by over stretching and missing shots when the should have used the rest. If you are visually impaired lay out the rest and cue (If you can) and try to have a look side on as to where the cue tip is from cue ball difficult I know but it may help in other words get to know the feel of the rest take it from me we all look on it as a instrument of torture best of luck.

Again Interfering with rhythm

[Terry Davidson]

alexa:

One thing I've discovered when coaching, and it might be your problem (or maybe not). Too many of my students look at the cueball instead of the object ball when using the rest and ESPECIALLY the long rest. If you keep the head still, look at the object ball when delivering the cue and also trying to follow-through perhaps 4"-5" you should be OK.

The other trick (if you are tall enough) when using the long rest lift the butt of the cue up high and look at the tip when you do this to determine where the tip is in relation to the cueball. Too many rest shots go bad because the tip is way too far away from the cueball when the players is at the (rest) address pisition.

Hope this helps

Terry

[LittleMissAlexa]

thanks Terry im 5ft 7 by the way

[vmax4steve]

When using the rest the cue action should be the opposite of your normal cue action ie. the power stroke is in the tricep muscle and not the bicep muscle and the fingers open when delivering the cue, rather than close. It's really important to open the fingers on the delivery stroke, make it a deliberate action rather than expecting it to happen naturally, feel those fingers open and close and make it as though it's the fingers only that are moving the cue, your arm will move naturally with the fingers and give you a good follow through. So close the fingers (backswing) pause, eye on the object ball, then open the fingers (delivery stroke).
Also a good tip is to raise your elbow so that it is level with your hand, just like Shaun Murphy in fact, as there can be a tendency to twist the arm on delivery if the elbow is lower than the hand.

At six foot two and using a 62 inch cue I don't need the rest that often and used to be terrible with it, but since adopting this technique I've become fairly consistant with it and am not afraid to use it at all.

Practise! practise! practise!

[LittleMissAlexa]

thank you everyone