What is the correct posture? In fact, many professional players are not uniform in their movements, but the level is very high, which is a big reason with the year-round training and personal body structure. That’s why we can’t follow a patterned movement, but we need to know what each point on the movement is for, and be able to solve the problem quickly when we have a problem. First of all, let’s talk about what a correct movement can bring us, at the beginning my goal is to hit the ball straight, which is the simplest and easiest to get out of the way, then to hit it accurately, and finally to hit it steadily.
– How to hit the ball straight
How to hit the ball straight? At the beginning of learning billiards, you have to hit the ball straight, so that the center of the white ball, which is actually practicing the point of contact of the rod head on the white ball, and you want to hit the ball straight to practice the point of contact is not enough. How to hit the ball straight, it is necessary to straighten the cue, after the cue, the cue stick extends in the hitting line. How do you keep the club on this line? This is closely related to the shoulder and arm movements in the stance.
When we hit the ball, we want the big arm to stay still and the little arm to swing in a pendulum motion, and we’ll talk about why later. When your little arm naturally swings in one direction, what we want to do is to make that direction vertical forward, and the purpose of pulling the shoulder back sideways is to make the little arm swing forward vertically.
A lot of people just start to play the side of the ball is not enough, some can play straight and some are always jammed, this is why? This is related to the second postural point, your right foot position. Theoretically, our right foot should stand on the line of scoring, but some people don’t have enough side range, so if you stand on the line of scoring, it will lead to an awkward posture of your upper body, and your shots will not be straight. So what we need to focus on at the beginning is to make sure that we are on the extended line of the shot, and at the same time try to side-step and pull our shoulders away from the ball, so that we don’t have to stand on the line of scrimmage with our right foot.
Generally, straight shots are caused by the posture of these two parts of the body, and there are also some reasons, such as gripping the club too tightly at the time of the shot, and twisting the wrists can also cause the shot to be congested. Another reason, is the aiming point problem, you think you are hitting the center of the white ball, but not, which brings us to the topic of hitting the ball accurately in your stance.
– How to hit the ball accurately
With continuous practice, the body will slowly stretch away from the habit, some people will ask the shoulders and arms are not so straight out of the ball is not also no problem? Let’s put down this question and talk about the aiming point, what determines the aiming point in the posture? Only one, is the position of your eyes, so we have to put the rod in the middle of the two eyes, that is, right under the chin, so as to ensure that the direction of your shot is the extension of your line of sight. When you face directly in front of the left and right eyes to observe the left and right into the ball angle is easier to aim, this is related to the main eye problem, this can be left aside.
So that means to get the club right under the chin, we have to adjust the position of the right foot and right arm, which goes back to that issue of hitting the ball straight. Only if you pull your shoulders back enough can you get the club directly under your chin, and your right foot naturally stands on the line of impact. And you can’t do that just by simply sidestepping; you sidestep enough and your shoulders don’t pull back, and that causes your line of sight to change.
What else in your stance affects accuracy is your stance and chin distance from the club, the stance should be as leaned down as possible depending on your height, and your chin should be as close to the club as possible. This is why, because when we simply just hit the center of the white ball to play some angle ball, billiards is actually a two-dimensional space, but your perspective high and low him into a three-dimensional space. When we play high and low shots, hitting the ball higher and lower, the aiming point is not the same, which is the same concept as the perspective high and low. So we try to make the angle of view parallel to the table, in two-dimensional space only need to control the angle to hit the center shot the same, the aim point will be much more accurate.
– How to stabilize the ball
Correct posture can make the ball more stable, in fact, the vast majority of the posture is for stability. What is the most stable posture? It’s when all of your body parts are in a stable support position and only one part of your body is moving to control the club shot. And that part is the little arm, the more variables you have, the less controllable it is, which is why it is required to hit the ball with just the little arm swinging.
Let’s talk about the other parts one by one. First of all, the hand frame, the most important thing is not to move, must be stable. Next is the position of the hand frame, why should be placed at a distance of 20-30cm, because this is a stable support point, your club is like a lever, from the club to hit to extend, you want to make sure that this position of your hand frame can give the club stable support.
After the forehand we say backhand, backhand position varies from person to person, because of different height and arm length, but we have to pay attention to is from the club to the delivery of the club is the small arm in motion, so this grip point after the grip after the front and back of the rod’s range of motion is almost the range of the small arm swing. This brings us to the question of grip, why don’t you grip it too hard, when you grip it too hard, the club may not be flat when you hit the ball. If you grip tightly and also deliberately make the club come out flat, your big arm may wobble and you will have problems with power.
Posture there is also about the left arm and left leg, I personally believe that both are coordinated with other parts of the body, the left arm can be slightly bent, the left leg is adjusted appropriately according to the stance, the center of gravity on the right leg do not put in the middle, it will be the center of gravity is not stable. When we get down to dribble the club, we should adjust our breathing, stabilize everything and then hit an accurate shot. When hitting the ball club to have a certain extension, the action can make you out of the club more extended and straight, as for the power is another topic. Don’t get up immediately after hitting the ball, because you are used to getting up too fast, the last moment of hitting the ball’s movement may be slightly distorted, and it is easier to adjust the smoothness of the mind when you get up slowly.
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