A discussion on Dropping the Elbow

[Byrom]

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[Terry Davidson]

In the video, even with that much power, Nic is not dropping his elbow as much as either Joe Davis or Tony Knowles did. If you can find a video of Tony Knowles have a look (not sure if any are on youtube or not)

Terry

[mythman69]

In the video, even with that much power, Nic is not dropping his elbow as much as either Joe Davis or Tony Knowles did. If you can find a video of Tony Knowles have a look (not sure if any are on youtube or not)

Terry

There is lots of Tony Knowles on youtube . . .

First shot is a good example

[CoachGavin]

I think Nic drops so much because he doesnt brush his chest with his cue. This means his grip goes further before making contact with his chest. Most players brush their chest with the cue as part of the 4 contact points (bridge, chin, chest, grip). Joe Davis did indeed drop his elbow a lot and also had to raise his body slightly to do it. His grip hand ended nearly underneath his chin sometimes. I do think though that if you dont drop the elbow you need to make sure that your follow through is long enough or else your grip will try and go around or under your chest causing inaccurate cueing. If the follow through is long enough then you should be okay.

[DeanH]

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This one is not too bad compared to the Gold one he wears on the SnookerGym DVDs!
I think someone once called it "SnookerGym Orange", hmm...

[Byrom]

This one is not too bad compared to the Gold one he wears on the SnookerGym DVDs!
I think someone once called it "SnookerGym Orange", hmm...

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