Testing Kicks and Banks on Diamond Brand Tables, and How to Adjust Aiming

First thing to check, is an AC/Heater register blowing on the table? Doors nearby? Unusual amount of foot traffic passing by or finding yourself next to a league table with people hanging over it and talking before and after every shot? Lots of hand powder or just a dirty table. Humidity can make a big difference particularly on a table with little care.
There are big heaters in the room, but I've played on this table a number of times and it wasn't so off. A week after the table went crazy, it played somewhat closer to normal.

I had stopped testing the table every time I played for a while. Now I test it every time since I now know it can play quite differently.

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Fu is a legendary player that took quite a few years off from the game. She has won the World 9ball, the World Teams championship, the World Heyball, and two China Opens. Had she not taken a long break, she might have become a BCA Hall of Famer.
Fu has the best break in women's pool.

The power she gets is ridiculous.

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If Fu played full time, she would be a dominant force.
Fu is a legendary player that took quite a few years off from the game. She has won the World 9ball, the World Teams championship, the World Heyball, and two China Opens. Had she not taken a long break, she might have become a BCA Hall of Famer.

Pool Ball Collecting.

can the discrepancy in deviation between the sets have anything to do with the amount of use of the sets?
I think so. Take this data set of my Centennial sets. Set one was brand new at time of weighing. Sets 2 and 3 were bought used that have nicks and scratches in some of the balls. The kicks and scratches remove material which affects weight. Also, balls have been noted to shrink with time; mostly high impact balls like the cue ball and 1B. I believe set 3 is the oldest of the bunch or at least the most heavily used/abused.

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The Bergman Derangement Syndrome is strong with this one.

Fu completely carried that match, she was a wonder to behold. Bergman pretty much gave up halfway through and started moping around in his seat. He has no business on the Mosconi Cup team.

that's a harsh statement, especially considering the scalps he took in the 8-ball. i would say his comeback is still in the works. give him a few more events. the alternatives are still tyler and billy

Lukas Verner wins WNT Ranking Event

Okay, going way off topic, who on the recent US Mosconi Cup teams would play Bergman in a long race, other then SVB and Fedor? And, speaking of skill, and consistency, I thought this was pretty impressive.

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Anyways, I just wonder who all in the US would play him even, in a long set, other then Shane or Fedor.
Who, other than you, knows his 9ball speed? It's funny that you are interested in a long race when Justin hasn't played as much as a race to nine in major 9ball competition in forever.

He hasn't competed in a full field 9ball event in a very long time. He tried his hand at the PLP, a sixteen-player invitational consisting of multiple races to five and failed to get out of the first round.

Based on what I have seen from him at the World 8ball, he struggles to pocket balls consistently on tight equipment, and WNT pockets are even tighter than what he is getting in St Louis. Skyler Woodward probably brought his "C" game at the World 8ball yesterday, but it was enough to beat Justin in Round 1 of Stage 2. On the brighter side, I considered Justin to be America's best defensive player ten years ago, and it is clear that he still has a very solid grasp of the game's tactical areas. He is still elite at winning safety exchanges.

Let him play in a WNT major and let's find out his speed on a 9-footer with really tight equipment. So far, he has skipped every WNT rankings event ever played, and his desire/intention to, once again, become a top 9ball player will be in doubt until this changes.

Pool Ball Collecting.

IMO, the important part is the consistency amongst the entire set and the cue ball weight in relation to the object balls. My Dynaspheres Bronze and Rhodium sets (all phenolic) are the tightest of all the sets I own including Aramith Tournaments. Cyclops Skittles and Hyperion are right there as well which makes sense being as Cyclops evolved into Dynaspheres. I believe the Dynashperes set you are referencing is one the their Dynaphex resin sets. I don't have any experience with those.

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can the discrepancy in deviation between the sets have anything to do with the amount of use of the sets?

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