Chest pain after a prolonged game

[mchpddl1]

Hi,
Recently i moved my grip more forward and after some time i feel some chest pain on my right side because my right hand keeps hitting my chest.

Has anyone had this experience before? Hwo to minimise? Please share, many thanks

[RocketRoy1983]

Hi,
Recently i moved my grip more forward and after some time i feel some chest pain on my right side because my right hand keeps hitting my chest.

Has anyone had this experience before? Hwo to minimise? Please share, many thanks

Hey mchpddl1


I have had this problem with a 12 year old I coached once. Whenever he hit his chest with his arm it usually meant he had not followed through properly. I dont know if you find this too?

[mchpddl1]

Hi Roy,

Yea probably, maybe my follow through is not long enough, will try to practise more of that.

[RocketRoy1983]

Hi Roy,

Yea probably, maybe my follow through is not long enough, will try to practise more of that.

Yes just a thought as ive encountered this before. Your cue should be fairly close to your chest but not crashing into it really. To assisit your follow through try the following exercise;

Place the blue on its spot and the cueball about 6-8 inches behind it (as if your doing the standard screw back..blue into one middle pocket and the white back into the other.)

Place another ball in line with the cue ball. Play a simple straight follow through. Now when youve struck the cue ball...STOP..and notice how far the tip of your cue has gone past the ball you placed in line with the white. You should aim to follow through somewhere in the region of 8-10 inches. Make this a HABIT.

[poolqjunkie]

I would think you cannot hit your chest unless you have enough follow through--what am I missing here?

[CTquick147]

Hey Poolqjunkie, you've had a 100, that's an awesome achievement. So don't be too hard on yourself. You're better than 99 percent of snooker players out there.

As for the above mentioned problem, I used to do exactly this on almost every shot when I took up the game. It's an awful, awful habit and should be corrected ASAP. Try changing your body position, and find some way to look at yourself while you play the shot; either use a mirror or a video camera, and just mess around until you find a way to cue without doing this because really, it's just about the worst thing you can do. Try dropping the elbow down a bit on the follow through, while perhaps standing a bit higher, or if all else fails, pull an Alex Higgins and violently stand up as you follow through( no really, don't do that last one).

[RocketRoy1983]

I mentioned before in another thread that I personally dont recommend dropping the elbow, certainly not by a reat margin anyway but yes if this works for you then try it.

[CTquick147]

RocketRoy

I know what you mean, I think an elbow drop is one of those things that works for some and not others. For me it's been a great help because I feel I get through the white better, and it keeps my arm swinging freely. I wouldn't suggest it to everyone for sure, but I think anything you can do to eliminate the above mentioned problem of hitting the chest is worth trying, because it's a just horrible, horrible habit to have to work out of your cue-swing.

[RocketRoy1983]

RocketRoy

I know what you mean, I think an elbow drop is one of those things that works for some and not others. For me it's been a great help because I feel I get through the white better, and it keeps my arm swinging freely. I wouldn't suggest it to everyone for sure, but I think anything you can do to eliminate the above mentioned problem of hitting the chest is worth trying, because it's a just horrible, horrible habit to have to work out of your cue-swing.

Yes. Im glad it works for you.

[thinsy]

Ok, so you've moved your hand forward and started hitting your chest...

Everyone is telling you to move your body, stand different, drop your arm etc.....

I've got an idea!!!! Why not just move your hand back a little bit!!! it sounds to me that you are holding the cue too far forwrd and this will hamper your follow through!!!