Jaden said:

Well so long as the concepts are hit, then it doesn't matter. There's actually a stroke that looks REALLY punchy but can be superior to a smooth stroke. I'm not giving way it's secret though. Although if someone were to analyze a certain top players stroke and understand body mechanics, they could figure it out too.

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Kris_b1104 said:

What I find even more annoying is when players fail to get position, they have to point their cue to the spot on the table where they were trying to get to, and look all defeated because they didn't get there.

Like bro, everyone watching knows exactly where you wanted to be, we know you didn't intend to hook yourself. It makes no sense to me when they try to prove that they're not incompetent. It's so unnecessary and you don't gain anything from it. You played a bad shot, move on.

They also do it when they get on the wrong side of the ball, it's like they think we have no idea what kind of angle they needed to get to the next ball when it's painfully obvious.

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nataddrho said:

—“There are situations where a particular stroke works better than others. The old players had multiple strokes in their bag of tricks, roughly the equivalent of the golfer's bag of clubs. Mosconi used at least three strokes, more if you broke them down precisely.”

I completely reject the premise that some strokes work better than others, and this is Exactly the idea that I am trying to squash. They are all equivalent if your impulse vector is equivalent.

A horrible jab stroke is equivalent to a long accelerating stroke if you produce the same impulse.

I won’t say more since I’ve answered the OPs question for him. Stay warm!

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Kris_b1104 said:

What I find even more annoying is when players fail to get position, they have to point their cue to the spot on the table where they were trying to get to, and look all defeated because they didn't get there.

Like bro, everyone watching knows exactly where you wanted to be, we know you didn't intend to hook yourself. It makes no sense to me when they try to prove that they're not incompetent. It's so unnecessary and you don't gain anything from it. You played a bad shot, move on.

They also do it when they get on the wrong side of the ball, it's like they think we have no idea what kind of angle they needed to get to the next ball when it's painfully obvious.

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Icon of Sin said:

LOL. How can you tell from the 1 picture?

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jasonlaus said:

And its impossible to look at them on a phone. Sucks

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Ģüśţāṿ said:

Is it just me, or does it look suspiciously like a rebranded rhino CF shaft?

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nataddrho said:

—“There are situations where a particular stroke works better than others. The old players had multiple strokes in their bag of tricks, roughly the equivalent of the golfer's bag of clubs. Mosconi used at least three strokes, more if you broke them down precisely.”

I completely reject the premise that some strokes work better than others, and this is Exactly the idea that I am trying to squash. They are all equivalent if your impulse vector is equivalent.

A horrible jab stroke is equivalent to a long accelerating stroke if you produce the same impulse.

I won’t say more since I’ve answered the OPs question for him. Stay warm!

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