Straight arm or no straight arm?

I think the default bridge arm for snooker players -- on unhampered shots -- is with the elbow on the table. That will make the arm slightly bent or at least the elbow not locked. The elbow on the table is part of getting the chin rubbing on the cue, which many of them do. Where a lot of snooker players really get bent is on rail shots. Here are some examples from a recent tournament. Evidently, you can play OK bent or unbent.

Zhao Xintong
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John Higgins
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Judd Trump
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Mark Williams
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Well sure, for some on the cushion, which are the shots you posted but not always -- what about on the bed of the table without being close to the pocket, a cushion, or another ball?

It depends. But mostly I think they go with a straight arm.

Lou Figueroa.

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Planning My Gold Crown VII Purchase

The ball box and rack holder I emailed BW about with pictures. It needs a trim piece to keep the scratches away, and the two blocks of wood inside the box hit the balls keeping them stuck. BW informed me they were aware of both issues and had a fix in the works.

I was just in ATL and Mark Gregory was at the pool hall putting together qty 2 GC7's and training 2 mechanics on it. I hung around with them for a few hours. He took a saw to the two pieces of wood in the ballbox to fix the balls getting stuck.

I won't say what he said due to privacy, but I will say he had nothing to do with the ballbox design or the vinyl rail material choice.
I figured Mark had nothing to do with the worst ever ball box.

Pool tables have been around hundreds of years and they still screw up the design

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 3-CUSHION: Wed., Sept. 23-Sun., Sept. 27, 2026: Blois, France: Link to live matches, results, and time table

Here's a little fact that might have escaped some. Nobody has been able to successfully defend the UMB world title since 1992! (Blomdahl, 1991 and 1992). It was contested in a series of 5 or 6 World Cups those years. The last one to defend the 3C title in one-week events was Raymond Ceulemans (1979 and 1980).
FC has as good a shot at the repeat as any player before him!

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