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This could do with a little less arrogance and a little more helpfulness. The original post was snap-shooting; who cares about the source, let's discuss the technique and go from there.
I knew I sucked at the technique and watched the AM and Nov experts at my home field. There are, and I'm sure this is an incomplete list, three snapping techniques.
The first is the classical one: hip to the bunker (facing outwards), appropriate grip to keep the elbow in, only the upper half of the body moving. Come out firing (yes, maybe hitting the back of the bunker) and go back in without waiting, maybe 3 or 4 rapid shots at most. [Some prefer using the "wrong" hand to hold the marker (right hand grip to shoot out left side) as they feel crossing over tucks the left elbox in even further.]
The second is in a tighter bunker where you don't have the luxury to stand. It becomes too hard to use just upper body - on your knees, kneeling or squatting, there's probably more of a lean out involved, upper body and hips and thighs. Some players lock a foot under the bunker or stretch out a leg to the opposite side as a counterbalance. Some players don't lean out the side but lean back away from the bunker to be at an angle to their targets. The bunker size and your making love to the back of that bunker to stay tight will determine how best to move.
The newest way I've learned, probably partly towards the best way, is to glance out briefly and get back in, mentally keeping the picture of your target, align your stance/body posture/marker in an already aligned position aiming at the mental image of your target, and then snap out and back in with maybe 2 or 3 rapid shots.
Timing can't be ignored, as many have commented, but to those who say to shoot out the far side of where the paint is flying, or to wait for the pause, I would just respond that the opposition response to snapping is posting. If someone is posting on you, your snapping technique becomes more important than your timing. That first glance out and back in might have told you if you're under a sniper's glass.
Maybe its just me, and I don't pretend I have the best answers, but any answer was better than the slams above. And yes, the original post should have been less ridiculous and overconfident and mistake-filled, but some intelligent conversation would have been more helpful.
Larry
This could do with a little less arrogance and a little more helpfulness. The original post was snap-shooting; who cares about the source, let's discuss the technique and go from there.
I knew I sucked at the technique and watched the AM and Nov experts at my home field. There are, and I'm sure this is an incomplete list, three snapping techniques.
The first is the classical one: hip to the bunker (facing outwards), appropriate grip to keep the elbow in, only the upper half of the body moving. Come out firing (yes, maybe hitting the back of the bunker) and go back in without waiting, maybe 3 or 4 rapid shots at most. [Some prefer using the "wrong" hand to hold the marker (right hand grip to shoot out left side) as they feel crossing over tucks the left elbox in even further.]
The second is in a tighter bunker where you don't have the luxury to stand. It becomes too hard to use just upper body - on your knees, kneeling or squatting, there's probably more of a lean out involved, upper body and hips and thighs. Some players lock a foot under the bunker or stretch out a leg to the opposite side as a counterbalance. Some players don't lean out the side but lean back away from the bunker to be at an angle to their targets. The bunker size and your making love to the back of that bunker to stay tight will determine how best to move.
The newest way I've learned, probably partly towards the best way, is to glance out briefly and get back in, mentally keeping the picture of your target, align your stance/body posture/marker in an already aligned position aiming at the mental image of your target, and then snap out and back in with maybe 2 or 3 rapid shots.
Timing can't be ignored, as many have commented, but to those who say to shoot out the far side of where the paint is flying, or to wait for the pause, I would just respond that the opposition response to snapping is posting. If someone is posting on you, your snapping technique becomes more important than your timing. That first glance out and back in might have told you if you're under a sniper's glass.
Maybe its just me, and I don't pretend I have the best answers, but any answer was better than the slams above. And yes, the original post should have been less ridiculous and overconfident and mistake-filled, but some intelligent conversation would have been more helpful.
Larry
