Timing

[shailendra]

Hi friends,
Timing is often defined as the cue should be at its fastest
as the tip strikes the cue ball and goes through it,but the
other imortant aspect of the timing issue is the grip,which
they neglect or forget to mention is is to open and close your grip, while keeping complete control of the cue, and to close the grip at the SAME moment of impact with the cue ball, this is what "TIMING" is, that is what you see when ronnie plays.

[Terry Davidson]

I think if you watch any of the top pros very carefully and analyse what I'll call the 'squeeze' of the cue you will see when their 'timing' is right on and everything is going centre-pocket that they start to tighten the grip on the cue either right when they hit the cueball or just a fraction after that but the hard 'squeeze' on the cue happens after the cueball is hit and as the grip hand is coming into the chest.

Getting the timing of this 'squeeze' correct is sometimes a difficult thing to do and is one of the reasons everyone has their off days. Of course there are others too, like moving on the shot for some reason, but amongst top players it's usually some outside influence (probably pressure) which changes their timing and the final 'squeeze'.

Take a good close look at John Higgins in the final frame yesterday against Robertson when he 'dogs' that brown ball. Throughout the match he always has that slow, deliberate backswing and the perfect timing, but because that brown was effectively match ball he pulled his cue back faster than he normally does and 'clutched' the cue much sooner than he normally does.

People will say his 'timing' was off and it was, but due to pressure I think. If he could have slowed down that backswing and made it more deliberate I think he would have potted the brown and had a good shot at his game ball blue.

Terry

[shailendra]

Thanks Terry, i forgot to add one more thing, PAUSE at the backswing is
essential for timing .At the moment iam trying do devlope rear pause
for all shots consistantly.though iam strugaling a little bit with power shots.

[Terry Davidson]

I've been trying to develop a rear pause for years now, ever since I figured out it was vital to having good timing and disconnecting the backswing from the delivery.

I've had advice from Nic Barrow, Steve Davis, Terry & Wayne Griffiths plus a few others, including here on the Forum, but I still haven't found an easy way to integrate it into my technique as I've been playing a lot of years without one.

I'm working on it day by day, but it's taking a long time. Steve Davis figured it would take me at least 6 months of daily practice.

One excellent visualization was given to me by 'Noel' on here, where he envisions an archer pullung back the bow slowly and deliberately, pauses at the back to check everything is right and then releases the bow. Not sure if that will help or not, but you can try that one.

Terry