I've noticed over the last few years the frequency of 200 ball runs in these challenges has increased quite a bit. In fact high runs overall, seem to be much higher than the early years.
I remember in the late 2000's sweating a 150 ball run by John Schmidt, hoping he'd reach 200, only to break down at 168. We had a bunch of almosts for a long time up until Darren Appleton seemingly opened the floodgates in 2013 by running 200 and out. Since then we've had, Evgeny Stalev's 200+ run (150 and out plus continuation) and at the DCC challenge we've seen Mika Immonen, Lee Van Corteza, Jayson Shaw, Chris Melling, 197 and 210 from Dennis Orcullo and 197 from Alex Pagualyan.
So for those of you who have attended these events, what do you think changed? Is it just a result of the increased 14.1 play over the last 11 years? Sharing of information? Playing conditions? Cheqio?
I was also wondering if Darren Appleton's initial 200+ run meant that there wasn't that pressure of trying to be the first player to run 200+ in competition? Or at least on video. Kind of in the same way that a 147 in snooker isn't really a historic achievement anymore, but rather a rite of passage for professionals.
I remember in the late 2000's sweating a 150 ball run by John Schmidt, hoping he'd reach 200, only to break down at 168. We had a bunch of almosts for a long time up until Darren Appleton seemingly opened the floodgates in 2013 by running 200 and out. Since then we've had, Evgeny Stalev's 200+ run (150 and out plus continuation) and at the DCC challenge we've seen Mika Immonen, Lee Van Corteza, Jayson Shaw, Chris Melling, 197 and 210 from Dennis Orcullo and 197 from Alex Pagualyan.
So for those of you who have attended these events, what do you think changed? Is it just a result of the increased 14.1 play over the last 11 years? Sharing of information? Playing conditions? Cheqio?
I was also wondering if Darren Appleton's initial 200+ run meant that there wasn't that pressure of trying to be the first player to run 200+ in competition? Or at least on video. Kind of in the same way that a 147 in snooker isn't really a historic achievement anymore, but rather a rite of passage for professionals.