Arm moving during stroke

[Ginger Freak]

Hi all!

I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me? I am of a half-decent standard (odd 50 here and there) yet lately have been stuggling to cue straight. When feathering the cue ball, I can feel my arm wobbling behind me, thus the cue does not consistently go through in a straight line. This never used to be a problem!

[Sidd]

Ginger Freak: is that happening physically or is it that you only feel so? Get down on the table without the balls and then go to your address position on the baulk line where your cue is exactly on the top of the baulk line. Then do the feathers and notice if the cue is on the baulk line during feathers or does that move away from the line. If it is psychological you will notice that it isnt physical and your confidence will improve. If not then notice if it only moves in one direction or both. If it is only one direction then most probably you need to look at the grip and ensure it is straight enough and also moving the hip a little away from grip (if it is very close to the girp where the grip hand thumb brushes agains tthe hip- it must have at least 3 inches or more distance there) also if it moves in both directions then concentrate a little on the bridge hand you may have a loose channel (the bridge V) so correcting that would help...

Try that and let us know what it is ?

[Ginger Freak]

Thank you Sidd,

The cue does move frome side to side (both directions - much so that it seems completely random whereabouts I strike the cue ball!) I do know that when I follow through the grip hand ends up in my ribs, so nowhere near the hip!

[Sidd]

All right then. If it is moving randomly both direction and since grip hand finishes in the ribs then i have the following suggestions for you to work on and then let us know what happens:

1. First of all the grip hand should finish at the chest (near the nipple) and not the ribs. But this is nothing to worry about given that the upper ribs are just under the nipple area so that is about OK. But if you are totally down on the shot and your chin brushes against the cue throughout the shot; you shouldnt worry here.

2. OK now to the main thing- if the hip isnt in the way and asuming your wrist is straight enough without being to the left or right quite so and still you have that random both direction movements of the cue then you must check the following:

a. ensure that while getting down your straight leg foot is directly in the line of the shot
b. most importantly (my guess is that this would be your problem) that your bridge is a little too loose on thereby encouraging that unwanted cue movements- try to have a firm bridge (not hard or stiff) and ensure that the V channel of the bridge is solid and does not move at all. One tip would be to keep the thumb and first finger closer and the rest three fingers apart- doing this encourages the V channel to be solid...

try these and see if there is any difference.

[kir1]

Arm moving during stroke

Also Check if your back arm is diagonal to the floor if not move it up and also check your grip on the cue

[alabadi]

Also Check if your back arm is diagonal to the floor if not move it up and also check your grip on the cue

Diagonal? Do u mean perpendicular ,I.e 90 degrees to the floor, or maybe u meant parallel .
Diagonal is the line from one corner to the other opposite corner of any 4 sided object ...lol