qestion regarding grip

[shailendra]

Hi
what is the correct position of palm after fallowthrough ?
l mean should palm be moving away from the butt ?
i know butt should not be held toomuch in the fingers or
in the palm of the griping hand, how do you balance that ?
some times i feel, if my palm is on the butt, it ristricts the followthrough.
what is the angle of the V of the grip ? is it verticle or slightly to the right ?
please help !!!!

[Terry Davidson]

shailendra:

Try not to concentrate on what your grip is doing at the end of the follow-through as that will come naturally for you if you start out with the correct grip.

Normally at the end of the follow-through the cue is gripped between the back of the palm and the back 3 fingers of the hand, however it's not that way for everyone.

The easiest way to explain the grip is to hold the cue in exactly the same way as you hold a hammer to pound a nail, but a heck of a lot more loose. You should be able to grip the cue with your right hand and holding the bottom of the shaft with your left hand you should be able to move the butt of the cue freely back and forth in the grip. Or else a friend should be able to grab the butt of the cue and slide it easily from your grip.

If you do that correctly you will naturally develop the finishing grip on the butt which suits you and lets you deliver the cue straight and finish with the grip hand against the chest with the back of the right thumb hitting your chest somewhere around your right nipple, on EVERY shot.

Terry

[DandyA]

The easiest way to explain the grip is to hold the cue in exactly the same way as you hold a hammer to pound a nail, but a heck of a lot more loose. Terry

this advice, although I'm sure correct and stated by many coaches, has long puzzled me ... if you pick up a hammer, you are intending to use it in a vertical direction ... not at all what you should be doing with a cue ...

pick the cue up as if it was a ramrod and the barrel of the musket is laying on the table and then try to put the ramrod dead straight down the barrel of the musket ... this will require a loose grip, good sighting and good delivery using the relaxed muscles of your arm ...