On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. I’m a BCA accredited advanced level instructor with BilliardAcademy.com.
In this clip on beginner’s billiards, I’m going to show you how to stand to aide in proper stroke.
Let’s talk a little bit about where your feet should be. If you go into a pool room and you watch somebody who is very much a beginner, you may see something like this. I’m right handed so my dominant foot is my right foot. You see many players twisting their body. They’ll have the right foot over and watch what that does to my head. As I twist over, it makes my head crooked. And even though my head is over the pool cue, I’m looking on one direction and my pool stick is looking in another direction. So I’m going to give you a couple of different options on the proper way to stand.
There is something that all proper stances have in common. All proper stances have in common is you take your dominant foot, in this case, it’s my right foot and it is placed underneath the butt of the cue. So what you’d like to do is have the dominant foot underneath the butt of the cue, you’re head over the pool stick so that your foot, you’re upper body has a natural alignment and your head is all looking on the same direction. It’s the key to have the pool stick pointed in the direction that you are looking because your hands follow your eye.
If you’re watching some of the snooker players on TV, you’ll see that they stand very square to the table. They’ll stand very square and come down. They’ll have their dominant foot underneath the butt of the cue. American pool players will generally have the dominant foot and step forward either between a 30 and a 45-degree angle, and they’ll stand this way. Somewhere in between those two things, I’m standing square to the table or having an American stance of 30-45 degrees. You’re going to find something that is comfortable for you. The key is keeping your dominant foot underneath the butt of the cue. And if you could do that, you’ll have a great stance in a game of pool.
On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. Thank you for watching.
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