A Bit About Stroke

STROKE has come a long way since the 60s and 70s. During those years a pool stroke had no real definition.

Jerry Briesath emerged and is recognized as the pioneering instructor to assign a DEFINTION to a pool stroke as being “A BEAUTIFUL THROWING MOTION” that consists of THREE SEPARATE STOP positions. ( Randy G. described Jerry’s three distinct stops with the followings terms. )

SET

PAUSE

FINISH

This three-stop structure is important because when evaluating a player’s stroke, in this case MINE, attention can be directed to the area or areas that need work.

As I begin to compete once again the FINISH aspect of my stroke is the major culprit within my stroke structure that needs to be majorly addressed. (The underlying cause of my FINISH woes is an arm tremor.) A great finish is the goal for each stroke that I execute and at this time my finishes are woefully inadequate. They’re well below my standard.

Work with my own stroke will largely focus on FINISH for the next many weeks. There are key factors that I must know when I evaluate the FINISH for each stroke that I execute.

This is a CTE forum. I do not want to get into STROKE discussion here. What I’m doing is highlighting the fact that pool is a visual/physical/mental game. CTE represents the visual domain only. There are other domains that must be tackled, too. ( I’m thankful that I understand stroke and what it is that makes up a professional structure so that my attention can be properly directed to my FINISH quality.

If you do not understand PROFESSIONAL STROKE STRUCTURE it is to your advantage to get with an instructor that can assist you with getting a great STROKE EDUCATION so that you too can evaluate your own stroke as you move along to being the best you can be.

Again, this is NOT a STROKE forum. This a CTE forum. There’s way more to pool than CTE. Having said that, CTE BLOWS THE VISUAL DOMAIN RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER.