More Screw

[greenpen]

this is my first post and i have to say looking around this looks like a great site.
i have read this thread:
http://www.thesnookerforum.com/coach...back-2197.html
thanks to all the contributors you have helped me a great deal.

I can now manage to screwback, but only short distances like between 1-3 feet.
How can i screwback further? Having read the other thread i know follow through is important but i am following through enough because when i try to follow through more i end up making contact with white again!

when i hit the cue ball harder or any lower than i already am the ball jumps of the table or just stops dead after hitting the object ball.
is it possible to hit the cue ball extremely low and really hard without it jumping off or is it inevitable to jump off?

thanks for any help.

[C-J]

If you read my posts in this thread(especially #19) and practice them you will soon be able to screw further;http://www.thesnookerforum.com/coach...ball-5545.html

[Martin76]

To screw back further than 3 feet, you need to make sure you have a nice, smooth wrist-action. I have found that I have a tendency to tense up a bit when I'm trying to play the shot with a lot of power, which destroys my wrist-action, and the end result is that I get less screwback rather than more. I think this is quite common. Playing a power shot while maintaining a relaxed and smooth cue-arm can be quite a challenge.

Try focusing on remaining relaxed and using a lot of wrist in the shot and I think you will find that you won't need as much power as you might think to get a lot of screwback.

Disclaimer: I might be way off base here, and I'm struggling with the same thing myself on occasion, so if anyone more experienced chimes in they might correct me if I'm totally wrong about this...

[C-J]

A smooth wrist action is nice,but not necessary.In fact,it can also create more(wrong)movement.You do need to easy the back fingers in order to keep the cue level and last but not least,pause at the end of the backswing.If you concentrate on that you will have the piece of mind you need and time to fully focus on the objectball.

[greenpen]

okay thanks a lot. hopefully after loads of practice I'll be able to screw loads.
thanks.

[miscuehamburg]

A lot of good advice on screw back in this and the linked other related threads. Seems to be a very common problem, obviously because this particular shot is more difficult to master, than stuns or runs.
I would like to add one more practise routine I was shown some time ago: Line a straight shot in any of the pocets. Place a coin exactly behind the cue ball in line with the shot. Then ask somebody to remove the cue ball just at the moment before you are hitting the ball. If you hit the coin, you are at least not moving your tip during the stroke.