Stance correction advice

[Neil Taperell]

Played yesterday for the 1st time in a couple of weeks and didn't play well for the 1st few frames .

I then noticed that my right knee [ I'm left handed ] was pointing inwards . So , i made sure that i turned my knee more outwards and it seemed to have an effect , i knocked in a 55 straightaway .

It seemed a little alien at 1st put seemed to work for me .

Is there a way that i can do this more naturally......i.e when walking into the shoot . As i got down to play and then made sure my knee was aimed more outwards .

Or do you think i need to see a coach for some advice ?

[koen147]

Stance correction advice

You'll always become better when working with a coach. There are professionals who have their left knee ( of right-handed ) pointing inwards, I believe Ali Carter is one of them, but I'm not sure. So, I think it's a personal preference, but I'm not a coach.

[Terry Davidson]

neil:

For that problem in itself I don't think you need to see a coach, however I'm sure there are other technique glitches in your game which a coach would help (unless you are a regular century runner).

In talking about the bent leg to a student I always recommend the upper leg be pointed along the line of the shot but parallel to it with the foot pointed outwards a bit. This is more for stability than anything else but I wouldn't object if a student had his knee turned in (called 'swaying knee') as long as he was stable on the shot with no head/shoulder movement.

On the other thand, staightening the bent leg may have corrected another mis-alignment in your set-up somewhere and it would take going to a coach to get all that sorted out so you can play naturally and with the most comfort

Terry

[Particle Physics]

neil:

For that problem in itself I don't think you need to see a coach, however I'm sure there are other technique glitches in your game which a coach would help (unless you are a regular century runner).

In talking about the bent leg to a student I always recommend the upper leg be pointed along the line of the shot but parallel to it with the foot pointed outwards a bit. This is more for stability than anything else but I wouldn't object if a student had his knee turned in (called 'swaying knee') as long as he was stable on the shot with no head/shoulder movement.

On the other thand, staightening the bent leg may have corrected another mis-alignment in your set-up somewhere and it would take going to a coach to get all that sorted out so you can play naturally and with the most comfort

Terry

Afternoon Terry, related issue I found today. Having gone back to cue under chin, R leg under the cue and shot line, left leg square of R leg, and L foot parallel to R foot, I noticed a problem occuring. With a straight arm bridge I'm occasionally cueing across the ball line, from R to L and putting L hand side on sometimes, and missing pots. Is this a natural fault of the foot in line technique (compared to boxer) that manifests itself in most players? I know that SD and SH both had problems with inadvertent side and they both play quite square. When I play bent arm bridge, it seems to be less of a problem, but I'm generally not happy with bent arm, don't know why, just doesn't feel right.