Billiards stroke rehab

I was in northern Minnesota this weekend visiting a friend who owns a bowling alley. My bowling was not good the balls that fit my fingers were 14-16 lbs and at that weight I can't really control the swing very well, my regular bowling is with a 10 lb. ball. But the really fun part was playing bottle billiards. The official rules are listed here. Our rules are slightly different, you can't start scoring until you Carom the cue ball off both object balls, either object ball sank in a pocket is 1 point, a carom during a game is 2 points. We use an empty plastic soda bottle. This requires you to really stretch your arm out straight, loosen your fingers or thumb to guide the cue stick. My modification is to place the cue in crook of my wrist or sometimes underneath my wrist. I tried once to put the cue between my fingers but that only resulted in not being able to move the cue at all due to finger spasticity. We played 4 games and a lot of fun was had by all, especially the last game where my team won 31-0. The bars up there had dart games also so that would probably be another therapeutic possibility. So join your friends at the bars and play pool or darts with them. Ordering a diet Coke is acceptable.