Improvement methods
1. Training Techniques
Establishing a good aiming system and a good firing and striking system is the core of posture, which is the essence and soul of posture. Posture and movement are not static or unchanging, but their unified standard is eternal: correcting the accuracy of one’s own aiming system to better match the objective reality. The launch and strike system can achieve more perfect control in both force accuracy and precision accuracy.
First, make sure to look towards your arm. This requires your upper body and head to coordinate and cater to your arm holding the pole. That is to say, the first step is to make your arm movements comfortable, and the comfort of your upper body and eyes should be subordinate to the comfort of your arm!
Another situation is lying too low. Some people, in order to keep their chin close to the cue stick, lie down and hold their head high, with their chest very close to the cue stick, even with the cue stick pressed against their chest. In order to avoid getting in the way of the cue stick, they turn their wrists outward while holding the cue stick, so that the cue stick does not hit their chest. But at this point, the wrist orientation is often incorrect. As soon as the rod is pulled out, the fingers will naturally break the rod. Davis said when talking about the grip, he doesn’t like to use the word grip, he prefers to use the word prop. Because holding a lever can give people a feeling of being tightly or tightly gripped, which is incorrect.
Similarly, when it comes to prone posture here, I don’t like to use the word ‘downward prone’, but prefer to use the word ‘bent down’. Because lying down is more likely to give people a feeling of being down or lying low, and some people may even associate it with crawling, which is completely wrong. Bending down is a natural action, it is not intentionally lying down or crawling. The purpose of bending down is twofold: firstly, to find the center of gravity of the body, making it more stable and easier to exert force; secondly, to calibrate the aiming system of the body, achieving a unified line of sight, arm orientation, and wrist orientation. Once the prone posture is wrong, it can also affect grip and output
We know that in traditional snooker teaching, emphasis is placed on:
1. The upper arm and lower arm are in the same vertical plane.
2. When hitting the ball, keep the upper arm still and only swing the lower arm
3. Just like when holding a pole, some people buckle or turn their wrists a little inside or outside just to ensure that their wrists are in the correct direction when releasing the pole. But severe inward or outward rotation of the upper arm and severe inward or outward rotation of the wrist are incorrect.
Beginners often find it difficult to aim, and when preparing to hit the ball, they cannot be sure if the target ball will go in, and cannot feel the need to go in. Often, when standing, I feel like I should hit from a certain angle, but when lying down, I feel something is wrong and need to adjust. But in the end, it still couldn’t be determined. Even if I enter, it still feels like I’m being deceived. Experts rarely encounter such situations. Their shooting sensation is very strong, and for the vast majority of shots, they already know before shooting that they must score. We can call this feeling of scoring a goal. Aiming is about finding the right sense of scoring.
Many people have been exploring various so-called aiming methods, but have never found the strong and correct sense of scoring. So how can we find the right sense of scoring? For the vast majority of balls, how can we know before shooting that they must be scored instead of being missed?
The integration of three wires is very important. That is, the line of sight, cue stick (line of sight), and hitting line (line of sight) should be in the same vertical plane. However, achieving this alone is not enough. In order to form a strong and correct sense of scoring, it is necessary to establish a good aiming system that suits oneself. Here, in addition to integrating the three lines, it is also necessary to find the correct angle of sight.
When aiming while standing, the line of sight is also in the same vertical plane as the hitting line, but the angle between the line of sight and the hitting line is relatively large. Whether the gaze is directed towards the cue ball, target ball, or hole, the angle between the gaze and the table will be much larger when standing than when lying down. The lower the upper body is, the smaller this angle will be. As your eyes get closer to the table, the angle between your gaze and the table becomes smaller and smaller. This angle is called the line of sight angle. When standing, the visual angle is large and the field of view is broad, but it is difficult to accurately determine the goal line and hitting line.
After lying down, if you lie too low, the judgment of the hitting line, especially the goal line, will also become blurred and difficult. The determination of the goal line and the hitting line is the clearest and easiest when leaning down and lying down at the right height. The angle of sight at this point is called the optimal viewing angle. In the best perspective, the spatial relationship between the cue ball, target ball, and hole is the most clear and distinct.
The same person, different ball shapes, have different optimal perspectives. Different people have slightly different optimal perspectives for the same ball shape, some with smaller points and some with larger points. You can try it yourself. Behind the cue ball, your gaze starts from near table level and your eyes gradually increase, or your gaze starts from standing and your eyes gradually decrease. You will definitely find a suitable viewing angle for you. Observing the mother ball, target ball, and hole, as well as their spatial relationship, at this viewing angle is much clearer and more precise than observing at other viewing angles. This perspective is your best aiming angle. When hitting the ball from the best aiming angle, if your club points to the correct hitting line, you will have a strong sense of scoring; If your golf club is not on the correct hitting line, you can clearly feel whether it is too thick or too thin, and you can make corresponding and correct adjustments.https://www.tiktok.com/@spk.billiard?_t=8qRRRnXP4N8&_r=1
