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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

rexus31
sjm said:
I think the key here is to have one's expectations in place. No matter how hard one practices, how much one wins/bets in action matches, and how much effort a player makes to improve, it is always worth bringing in an expert opinion.

I recall a recent post by JAM noting that Keith had watched the 12-year-old Josh Filler play and knew he was watching a future great. Thorsten Hohmann had said the same of the very young Filler.

Do the top pros see greatness in Colsten? By the age of 18, for example, the future greats can usually comfortably gamble with all but the best 50 players in the world. We now live in a world in which any player not carrying a Fargo of 790+ will be hard pressed to earn a living at pro pool and a Fargo 750 is a long, long way from world class speed. We also live in a world in which expecting to earn a living through action pool alone is probably unrealistic.

Where is Colsten's game relative to those who went on to earn a living at pro pool? Does he play as well at his age as they did at his age? He needs to know if he is going to make the best possible decisions with respect to his path in life.
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Not so sure you can compare the European and Asian juniors to American juniors. If I'm not mistaken, most European (Germany included) and Asian countries have government funded federations and development programs because they view it as a legitimate sport. From what I've read, gambling is frowned upon by the Euros so their juniors aren't going out and matching up for decent/big money. Maybe not so much by the Asians? I'd be real curious what became of the juniors that were part of Filler's "class" who weren't skilled enough to compete at the highest level. At the end of the day and as someone else pointed out, this is no different than the 70's and 80's when kids were being taken on the road. The only difference is we have social media now so it's more publicized/scrutinized. IMO, I think it's a bad idea for kids to be heading down the road player/gambling path.
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Watching top flight players negotiate games for the cheese

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many pros bet their own. but for big money which few have they look for backers. and some people being naive back people and give up any edge in the bet they may have back to the shooter.

if you have the best of it why would you even let a backer get in on the action and take away money that you should have won.

that only should happen if you are broke and if broke means you cant win on your own money so why should someone put up theirs on you.
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Watching top flight players negotiate games for the cheese

Cornerman
maha said:
i dont get it. there is no ego involved you are making a game for money. if you dont like what is offered you turn it down.

i dont know what a TW player is but i supposed its a good one. but it doesnt matter who you bet with make the game right for you or dont play.

funny how in different countries people put their pride or what others think about them over what is the correct thing to do.
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Taiwanese
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Becue Natural 58” with 12.3 engage and extension - NEW

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I have a brand new still in the box 58” 29/29 split Becue Natural Born cue with the 12.3 Engage shaft with the white ferrule and the extension set (3” and 8”). 19 onces with the red core medium tip and K2 black leather wrap. On the Becue site this build is $1526. Asking 950 for it all obo (includes shipping). Many references. Thx for looking (pictures below are of the 62” version without the wrap). The 58” with wrap is scheduled to be at my house Wednesday April 29th.
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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

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bbb said:
Actually, it’s not difficult to have aiming points for the in-between cut angles so actually you can have eight instead of four targets
Still like all aiming systems as you say PJ there is a subjective element
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Why limit yourself to discernible fractions? In dialing those oddball hits, you'd have to cut into your control range just to fudge the inbetweeners.
Conversely, with geometric alignment, you can be centralized on every shot and adjust through the full range of the shot.
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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

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Patrick Johnson said:
With fractional aiming, adjustments must be made on nearly every shot. Fractions only clearly define a few cut angles (full, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4…).

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Actually, it’s not difficult to have aiming points for the in-between cut angles so actually you can have eight instead of four targets
Still like all aiming systems as you say PJ there is a subjective element
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