got to see my stats in the new format @darkSIDEpool is going to use
again very detailed and the the presentation shows clearly your results and the various components measured

heater451 said:

And that is also exactly my point--"you are aiming to make the contact points collide" is different than "focusing specifically on the thru the center of the cue ball aim line". When using a 'fractional system' aim line, the focus IS on the CCB aim line, so when shifting to joining the contact points, one is now "aiming" with a line that is parallel to the CCB.

Imagine this...If I put you in a pickup truck, and placed a basketball on a pole (wide enough for the ball to sit upon), and instructed you to knock the ball off with the passenger sideview mirror, you would not be driving straight at the pole--neither to hit it center-grill, nor in front of the driver. In this case, you would be "aiming" with the mirror, and not the centerline of the truck/driver. Now, you could also say that you are "aiming" away from the pole and are conscious of the offset of the mirror from the (main, non-mirror) truck body, but then I would say that introduces "feel". [Note, this assumes that you don't know the specific measurement of, say, your seated position to the location of the mirror, and could then estimate the amount to offset the truck, and drive so that the truck path is the correct measurement to strike the ball--Ironically, this could be done back on the pool table, where the equipment measurements are known!]

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Your analogy makes sense, but there are different ways to align it since the side-view mirror sits in front of the truck driver’s line of sight (pool vision center).

No matter how you look at it dogging a shot that you would normally make without hesitation is a mental issue. When your playing good you look at a ball and you see it going right in the pocket you don't even hesitate you barely thinking you're almost on muscle memory automatic pilot.

Then all of a sudden and it could be for a number of reasons you look at a ball and you totally hesitate you literally see every way you could miss this ball and imagine everything that could go wrong.

The simplest way to solve this is to just get up off the ball. Go get a sip of whatever you're drinking relax quiet your mind come back get down on the ball. You'll probably pocket it and it'll be like it never happened. You go on to continue the match instead of that one shot becoming the defining point of the match and maybe ultimately your demise.

Sometimes your mind can just go somewhere else. You could be sitting on the couch talking with your wife and she's talking and then she says why don't you answer me. And you look at her and realize you haven't heard a word she said even though she's three feet away talking in a normal voice.

Your mind just checks out sometimes maybe thinking about something else or whatever. Then you tell her I'm sorry what did you say and then you hear every word. Unfortunately your mind can be your worst enemy sometimes and sabotage you.

I know you can fall back on fundamentals and all of the cliches, but just quieting your mind and getting back to business is the best thing that solves the problem.

We've all seen the best players in the world do it. They all of a sudden just stop walk over wipe the cue do some activity while you're looking at them thinking what's going on why don't they just shoot. Then they come back and shoot the ball in with no problem.

I think Yapp is a pretty good example. He looks like he never shoots a shot if he's not 100% ready. Half the time he looks like he's meditating. I think you could fire a gun in the place and he wouldn't even hear it.

sjm said:

Obviously not a foul. Both Jayson and the ref need to brush up on the rules. Sad to see a player bullying a referee to change a call that was correct in the first place and succeeding. Meanwhile, at the Hanoi Open, when Capito committed a super-obvious foul late in the quarterfinal of the Hanoi Open, Lechner remained seated while he expressed disagreement. In one of the more bizarre refereeing incidents I have ever witnessed, the non-call of a super-obvious foul was upheld AFTER a replay that made the foul indisputable.

At the Philippines Open in Manilla, a correct call was overturned in favor of a bad one. Incredibly, in Hanoi, a pathetic call was upheld, even after replay exposed just how bad the call was. Referees routinely tolerated doctoring of the cueball in the World 9ball.

It was a bad year all around for the referees at the Matchroom majors. To their credit, however, they were outstanding at the just-completed Mosconi Cup, and I hope it is a sign of good things to come in 2026.

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Yes.... but why did the referee choose to succumb to the seated $haw/caw.
Is the ref Jasons friend?

sjm said:

Thanks for the tips. My inclination would be to stay in London and commute daily to Brentwood. When I go to London, it is nearly always for 10-14 days, so London would be my home base.

Do you know the name of the venue in which the tournament will be played?

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It'll be played out of here - The Brentwood Centre

Rusty in Montana said:

Only if it has a uni loc joint could it be a predator haha

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Hmmm

gregcantrall said:

That was my first thought. On further review, perhaps the replay showed that the second contact was with the ferrule rather than the leather. A misscue with double tip contact would not be a foul but contact with the ferrule would make it a foul. Just my best guess.

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It's the ferrule contact that makes the click.

jeephawk said:

Enjoy! Only about 30 minutes to Brentwood in Essex from London by train, but the station is near the White Tower which may or may not be an area you want to stay - might be a taxi or underground run to the train station from the west side somewhere to catch the train? Or would you base in Brentwood? We've loved our visits to London the past two years.

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Thanks for the tips. My inclination would be to stay in London and commute daily to Brentwood. When I go to London, it is nearly always for 10-14 days, so London would be my home base.

Do you know the name of the venue in which the tournament will be played?

Obviously not a foul. Both Jayson and the ref need to brush up on the rules. Sad to see a player bullying a referee to change a call that was correct in the first place and succeeding. Meanwhile, at the Hanoi Open, when Capito committed a super-obvious foul late in the quarterfinal of the Hanoi Open, Lechner remained seated while he expressed disagreement. In one of the more bizarre refereeing incidents I have ever witnessed, the non-call of a super-obvious foul was upheld AFTER a replay that made the foul indisputable.

At the Philippines Open in Manilla, a correct call was overturned in favor of a bad one. Incredibly, in Hanoi, a pathetic call was upheld, even after replay exposed just how bad the call was. Referees routinely tolerated doctoring of the cueball in the World 9ball.

It was a bad year all around for the referees at the Matchroom majors. To their credit, however, they were outstanding at the just-completed Mosconi Cup, and I hope it is a sign of good things to come in 2026.

Island Drive said:

Did the ref go see a replay of the shot?
That miscue shot was a legal miscue ''all day

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That was my first thought. On further review, perhaps the replay showed that the second contact was with the ferrule rather than the leather. A misscue with double tip contact would not be a foul but contact with the ferrule would make it a foul. Just my best guess.

sjm said:

In case this was not mentioned on the stream, some pleasing scheduling news came out during the Mosconi.

The UK Open, the exceptional WNT major, has moved much closer to London. I attended the first two UK Opens which were in London, and the combination of a Matchroom major and spending time in London, one of the world's most exciting cities, was hard to pass up. Unfortunately, the event moved to Telford, England. about 150 miles from London, spelling the end of my attendance. This year, it has been moved to Brentwood, home of Matchroom's offices, located in Essex just 30 miles from London.

Now, I will make every possible effort to attend this year's UK Open. Thanks, Matchroom.

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Enjoy! Only about 30 minutes to Brentwood in Essex from London by train, but the station is near the White Tower which may or may not be an area you want to stay - might be a taxi or underground run to the train station from the west side somewhere to catch the train? Or would you base in Brentwood? We've loved our visits to London the past two years.

mikemosconi said:

Well I did not think that ivory on a 1920s cue would be banned- is there not a pre- ban period for items- or, in certain states, is any ivory considered banned from commerce?

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I believe there are Six States where it is completely verboten, no sale, no transfer, no antique exceptions.

If you die your heirs can only surrender it to state fish and wildlife or feds.

HawaiianEye said:

I guess I was looking at the shafts where you have a choice of joints.

I figured they would have came out with butts with different joints by now.

I have the original butt with the Titanium B-Loc joint.

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Just an FYI for anyone else, the B-Loc is now stainless steel - nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's interesting they were first made of titanium. I assume without knowing it became stainless steel to keep costs down but that's a wild guess only.

alphadog said:

Can't possibly deduce that from your thread title.

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LOL, not my thread title! Quit changing the subject!

Bump

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its a shoe in for the shot to be a foul....

KenneyTran said:

I have a two Tascarella 60’.
It won’t be cheap.
Let me know.

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That one is out of my budget. Thanks though.

SSP said:

I have a Becue Natural Born Naked cue with extensions $600

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I appreciate it, but I'm going to pass. Thanks anyway