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  • #1

    dropping elbow cant keep chin on cue

    hi all was looking for some advice,
    ive been playing snooker for a while now I knock in a few 50 breaks every week sometime abit higher,
    ive noticed when I finish my follow through to chest my cue lifts and my chin leaves the cue,
    my friend watched me and we have worked out that during my feathers every thing is fine its the final pause as I come through my hand drops about 1 inch then my chin leaves the cue,
    ive tried cueing when there is no ball there and my chin stays on fine,
    ive lowered my left armpit as im right handed to get lower on the shot and it still happens,
    any advice would be a great help.
    ive tried anchoring my elbow and shoulder like a pivot point but no joy,
    I would like to be perfectly still all the way through my action, I think this will help my game a lot,
    thanks
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  • #2
    Hi there,
    It doesn't have tot be a problem if your elbow drops on The end of The backswing and thus Chin leaves The cue.....
    .....the most important thing tot ask yourself is: are you hitting The cue ball where you are aiming? If tour elbow drops naturally, fine. (Check Ronnie, selby, Murphy)

    This exercise might help your awareness on your (bad?) habit:
    - Just set up 10 - 15 easy pots
    - after Every shot, ask yourself:
    1. How much distance is there between my chin and my cue at The end of The followtrough? More or less then The last shot.
    2. Exactly when is my cue dropping?
    Later or earlier then The last shot?

    !!!Don't change your (bad?) habits by trying to control The shot. Just observe and develop an awareness on what's your ideal!!!

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    • #3
      I think that almost everyone on follow through drops the cue a bit and the cue leaves the chin, that's fine as long as the head is not rising and causing it to lift from the cue.

      i think if you look at the pros you will see the cue leaves the chin on follow through.

      so as long as you keep still and don't move up from the cue this is fine.

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      • #4
        If you're knocking in 50+ breaks then I'd say don't tinker with your game but just get in more practise.

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        • #5
          Originally Posted by alabadi View Post
          I think that almost everyone on follow through drops the cue a bit and the cue leaves the chin, that's fine as long as the head is not rising and causing it to lift from the cue.

          i think if you look at the pros you will see the cue leaves the chin on follow through.

          so as long as you keep still and don't move up from the cue this is fine.
          Agree with this, follow through doesn't matter as long as everything is where it should be at the moment of the strike.
          Take care that it's not your head lifting that's taking your chin off your cue as that's a sign that you could be taking your eyes off the object ball just before the strike in order to look at the pocket to see if the object ball is going in.

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          • #6
            dropping elbow cant keep chin on cue

            to be honest the cue will drop from the chin on follow through as the cue levels off when you go through the white. The more you drop the elbow then the more it will leave the chin. Just ensure that you are as low as possible in the address position as if you are striking down on the white your elbow and also shoulder will move to keep the cue online and this will show by a big drop of your cue from your chin. I would say if it's only 1-4 inches don't worry.
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            • #7
              dropping elbow cant keep chin on cue

              If you are consistently getting the results you had planned for on each shot then do nothing. Many players will reach the standard you have described and then find it difficult to develop further, this can be due to the amount of time you can spend at the table.

              If you can take a video on a mobile phone and share it here it may be possible to identify if this is the result of some undesired body movement (head lifting) or a perfectly fine delivery of the cue.

              I am happy to take a look at the video privately if you'd prefer and can get it to me by email or cloud share.
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              • #8
                Keep your right shoulder and right elbow up as high as possible. DO NOT try and correct this problem you might think you have by dropping the shoulder. If anything you may not have the right shoulder high enough and behind the head.

                It might lead to better consistency if you didn't drop the elbow but it totally depends on where in the delivery you are doing it. If it is natural and happens after the strike then it's not really a problem at all.

                Terry
                Terry Davidson
                IBSF Master Coach & Examiner

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                • #9
                  many thanks for all your replies and sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
                  I think I tinker to much!!,
                  will try your advice terry and see if that helps,
                  thanks again.,

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