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[CLACK]

INSTRUCTOR

Good. Now, can I just stop you there? Don't you find that tape there rubs on your bridge, yeah?

SELENA

Yeah, it does.

INSTRUCTOR

Right. Well, we'll correct that in a moment, OK?

SELENA

OK, thank you.

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INSTRUCTOR

Good. The basic idea is there. It's coming along nicely. Takes time, doesn't it?

SELENA

Mm, it does. Definitely.

INSTRUCTOR

Right, just stop there at the cueball now. Just stop at the cueball. Just stay still for me. Right. Now one of the things that's happening initially with your stance is that if you turn your head towards me now, you're leaning backwards.

You know, if I look at the angle of this rear leg-- stay there. If I look at this angle of this rear leg now, yeah. We're tending to slope backwards. So what I like to see is the weight going forward a little bit onto the table. So if you just think of moving your feet back and lean into the shot just marginally. Away you go. That's better, yeah?

SELENA

Yeah.

INSTRUCTOR

You get what I mean? Now you're more stable. The weight's going forward, rather than backward. Right. I just want to have a look at your overall position again, Selena. So if you can-- I want to just take a measurement of where that tapers there. Because I think you've moved it away from the mark I put on, haven't you?

SELENA

I think it should be further up there.

INSTRUCTOR

Yeah. Right, just get down as though you're going to pop the blue. I want to have look at that stance. Pretty good there, Selena. Not bad at all. That's a good bridge, although the heel of the hand is off the table which can encourage the hand to rock. So if you can get the hand-- that's better. Good girl.

Now just turn the hand to the right a little bit. Just turn-- no, turn the whole hand like that. Oh, marginally. Only a little. And that gives you a nice V. And when this belly here gets in the way, just turn the hand to the right and it's out the way, OK? All right, stay there.

Let's have a look at that measurement. Right well, we're 12 and a 1/4 inches to the knuckle, which is-- to be honest-- a little excessive, all right? So I'm going to move that-- with your permission, of course.

SELENA

Yeah, yeah. That's fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

INSTRUCTOR

So I'm going to make that, I think, 10 and 1/2 inches. Now I'm going to take this tape off because I just told you, I don't like that. Don't do things like that.

[LAUGHING]

SELENA

That's why I've got you as my coach. That's why.

INSTRUCTOR

Oh, dear.

[CHUCKLES]

Got to have a bit of fun while we learn, you know?

SELENA

Oh, yeah. Definitely.

INSTRUCTOR

Right. So just get down again now. And we're going to use that mark for where your bridge goes, all right?

SELENA

Yep.

INSTRUCTOR

So cue to the ball. Move your hand forward. That is it. Now you'll feel as though you're a little bit cramped up because you've been used to it being here. And now I've moved you a good inch and 1/2 forward, yeah?

SELENA

Yeah. So just stay there. Don't move. Little kink in that arm. Now that's good at the front. Let's have a look here. Now you keep looking forward for me, Selena. Good girl. Now let this hand come forward just a fraction. All right, keep looking forward.

Now that's a much better position. Now this distance here between your hand and your body, that's going to transfer to the front. You all right?

INSTRUCTOR

SELENA

Mm-hmm.

INSTRUCTOR

So come forward there. No, don't move your bridge arm. So go there. And now that has become your follow-through, OK? Very, very important. So the mark that I've put on here, you've still retained that, haven't you?

SELENA

Looks like.

INSTRUCTOR

Yeah. And that's quite good. But with you altering that position, you've invalidated the value of this, you know? Right. So let me just have your cue for a second. Now if you come round there. Right. So your hand is on that mark, the front of the hand. And you're on this mark here. Now we get down and we can play the shot from there.

Now if this cue ball happens to be here, when you're on that mark still, we can't get on that mark. So we have to move forward where we need to put it to play the shot. Make a judgement of how far you've gone forward of this mark, all right? And then move this hand forward the same amount.

SELENA

Oh, OK.

INSTRUCTOR

So what we're looking at is there is the relationship between the two hands-- right-- when we're playing a normal shot. If we have to move that hand, we move this one the same. So the relationship between the two hands is fairly constant. Do you get-- it's very important, you know?

So with your permission, I'm going to put that mark on a little bit more pronounced, all right?

SELENA

OK, yeah. That's great.

INSTRUCTOR

Because when you're rubbing along it like that, you're going to rub it.

SELENA

Oh, yeah. Definitely.

INSTRUCTOR

So what I've got here is a permanent marker. If you want it off at any time--

SELENA

Nah, that's all right.

INSTRUCTOR

--all you need is a little bit of nail varnish remover, and it's gone. I'll be fine.

SELENA

At least it's theirs, not going away again.

INSTRUCTOR

So we'll put this on a little bit more pronounced than what it was for you, all right?

SELENA

Yeah. Thank you.

INSTRUCTOR

OK, that's fine. So now, front of the hand, and your knuckle of your bridge hand.

SELENA

Yeah, I can see it better as well.

INSTRUCTOR

Yeah, that's right. All right, let's see how we go. Down you go. That's lovely. I like that. Good. Stay there. Good, good. Let this hand come forward onto your mark, remember. Good. Now do your preparation and play the shot.

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[CLANK]

Good girl. All right, not bad at all.