Sam Engles backslid to his old ways

Just a quick word of warning to the AZ community. Sam screwed me and won't respond to my texts, emails, calls, or eBay messaging. I waited 3 or 4 months.

I was actually concerned he had some kind of medical issue or even kicked off, but I had the police perform a wellness check at his house and he's fine. Nope, just radio silence holding my cash as well as my Fellini case. I guess the old adage a tiger doesn't change his stripes applies here. So much for second chances.

Why did I miss the ball? Did my aim fail, or was it my mechanics?

There are people who consistently hit a straight shot on one side. Some of them have a straight stroke -- the cue ball goes where the stick was pointed at address.

Would you call that mechanics?

Going by the OP's definition "aim, or mechanics (stance, vision center, grip -stroke)" I'd put that miss in the mechanics category.

Going by general pool knowledge, I'd say its more the Geno Machino type eye alignment, and the eyes are leading the stroke either crooked or the vision center is off.

That's also why I think if someone has a perfectly straight stroke in the up/down CB drill back to the tip, or a straight in stop shot, it doesn't translate to a cut shot when the stick is aiming 1.5" off the OB at some arbitrary spot on the cloth.

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