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I remember that episode. As classic as it gets. Good post

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That lizard wrap color is cognac color and it’s hard to find.

This is good info. 11% B&R, with only 26% on successful breaks, and having safeties in over half the games all means that there is more back and forth, which is a very, very good thing for this spectator. I really like what Predator is doing (saturation marketing aside) to make pool more exciting and therefore fun to watch.

I bet Vogel's rating is much lower than his recent play. He's probably already playing like an 810+ and his rating just hasn't caught up.

iusedtoberich said:

Something isn't adding up. TAR 1 was in 2007, and Shane showed the world with a wood rack how to break 10 ball, making the corner balls 4 rails, the head ball and the balls behind it in the side, etc. Billy was on the mic, and paraphrasing, he said "Shane is playing 7 ball while Corey is playing 9 ball after the break".

From 2007 until at least 2020, that was the 10 ball break the pros used. It didn't matter if it was a wood rack or a template.

Now, in these Predator events, all the pros are breaking from the rail? Are we sure they don't have a rule where you "must" break far away from center table? Is their rack so bad that the Shane break doesn't work?

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Tighter pockets?
Different cloth?
Different humidity conditions?
All will make a difference

Lowell said:

There is surprisingly little talk of her considering how much of a force she is in women's pool.

She just beat Kristina Tkach, Pia Filler, and Jasmin Ouschan within 4 matches.

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She's a top-10 women's player for sure. She seems to play fewer events than others, at least on this side of the globe. And she doesn't have a flashy style of play, like, say, Chezka. But she can (and clearly often enough does) win any women's tournament.

middleofnowhere said:

Check with Chris hightower for some ideas. Even if you don't end up buying anything from him just looking at his website is food for thought.

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He has a great site. I am not interested in any type of wood working, and I play only with carbon fiber cues. But the collection of lathe parts on his site is very comprehensive. He also has some tips available for sale. Since I keep my cues in my garage the humidity / temperature variations cause the tips to delaminate. I am thinking of switching to Water Buffalo or Triangle single layer tips. I play three cushion so I hear these are appropriate and may solve my problem.

Zakato said:

Thanks! Shane doesn’t sell them separately. I am planning to buy the wrap and install it at Nitti cues locally.

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surprised that chris cant get it for you

Lowell said:

There is surprisingly little talk of her considering how much of a force she is in women's pool.

She just beat Kristina Tkach, Pia Filler, and Jasmin Ouschan within 4 matches.

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that's pretty strong.

I perform the Mighty X drill a lot.

I have an issue, though, and have been trying to figure out why.

I shoot an entire rack (8 in one direction and 8 on the other diagonal; I use the Rempe training ball the set came with as my 16th) with a short backstroke low cue speed. I can shoot all 16 in the heart of the pocket, right down the center. The shot is soft enough for the CB to follow about 7-8” and stay on the table.

Then I shoot a rack with more speed intending to follow the CB into the pocket. I can usually make all 16 OBs but not all CBs. Of course this is with a slightly longer backstroke and slightly faster cue speed.

The next 16 are stop shots. I can often make 15 or 16 but most have the CB moving a little left or right. Only a very few result in a dead stop, CB not spinning. And of course these are with an even slightly longer backstroke and a little more cue speed (no, I’m not wailing on it, just enough to have the CB sliding all the way.)

Forget about draw, if I can’t get better stop shots.

Working on it. A lot.