Cue Action Critique

[vmax4steve]

This is not a critique but purely an observation.

Notice that your bridge hand is very close to the cue ball, you have a short bridge and this is why your cue arm is behind 90 degrees at the front pause, this is why you pull the cue right back to your thumb even on medium pace and slow shots. The pink off the last red played off the cushion rail shows that you can indeed cue further away from the cue ball so if you want to have that 90 degrees at the front pause then cue about an inch or two further from the cue ball.
You must ensure though that your cue is long enough to be able to move your hand to the end of the butt when faced with long distance shots to enable better sighting along the shaft, so if it isn't keep your action the same as it works just fine for the shots you played in that line up. Would like to see how it works with long distance shots tbh.

[j6uk]

Yes your long game would be more revealing, feed back wise, but I'd understand if you didn't want to

Would like to see how it works with long distance shots tbh.

[nrage]

... so if you want to have that 90 degrees at the front pause then cue about an inch or two further from the cue ball.

@OP the easiest way to find a ~10" bridge distance (for example) is to place the white on the brown spot and the bridge hand such that the V where the cue sits is on the line of the D. This is ~10.5" on a standard table.

If you want to train a new distance like that in, then I'd place a small piece of electrical tape on the cue at the V contact point. If you're the sort of player who always holds your cue the same way up, then this can go on the top only so it's visible but not rubbing on your hand on the shot.

You could also draw on the cue with pencil.. but I found the tape better personally.

I have also used tape to mark the point on the butt just in front of my grip forefinger/thumb on a standard "on the table" shot, so I can feel that my grip is correct as well as the bridge, because shifting the bridge is all very well but if you also shift the grip then you may well end up with the same >90 degree elbow, for example.