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[Created another post just to follow up on the previous thread, which all of a sudden became a Horton vs. Rico debate.]
Thanks for everyone's posts. It's still a lot to digest and put into practice, but I'll work on it.
I think I need to video tape my body when I do a pull shot - then post it on YouTube and get some comments on adjustments to make. The concept of having no body movement, just wrist and forearm, is something I need to spend more time on. I'm a small guy at 5'5", and so my limbs aren't as long. Mechanically, that means my movements need to be bigger to achieve the same range (pulling distance). I'm not sure if my body can stay put like someone's who's 6'.
"Hip sway at shot release is good."
Which way does it sway? Away from the table? In the direction of the opponent's goal? Away from the opponent's
goal?
Thanks all.
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Also, I've been using the "circle" that bbtuna pointed out in the Horton "1000 Ways to Broke Land" vid, and it's been really good in hitting the split. But I 'm not feeling the long pull with that same motion quite yet.
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[Created another post just to follow up on the previous thread, which all of a sudden became a Horton vs. Rico debate.].,.,.,.,.,
"Hip sway at shot release is good."
Which way does it sway? Away from the table? In the direction of the opponent's goal? Away from the opponent's
goal?
Hip sway is to facilitate weight transfer to the front, in pretty much the same direction as your shot. Many pull shooters extend or even stretch their right leg, forward and to the rear, with almost no weight on the right foot, or on tiptoe even, which allows an easy and natural hip sway at the shot release. It's like positioning yourself to fall forward and to the side, a twist, in the same roughly 15 to 45 degree direction as the 32 figure or middle 3bar (NOT THE BALL)is going at release.
It's almost funny how Todd Loffredo does this, but for such a thin, light and wiry guy, you can believe he transfers the maximum part of his body weight to that ball, which you hear when it really BOOMS. Same principle as a tennis player transferring weight from back to front to smoothly impart as much of their body weight into the ball. You can experiment with several foot positions to see which one allows you to transfer weight forward, and this transfers to your upper body, through to the middle 3bar figure as you shoot.