How is this pool related..?

jjohnson said:

World class pocket billiards performers still know what they know but realize there is no use explaining it.
The questions would never stop.
There are so many people who want to know.
They would never be left alone.

Gorst knows. And he could explain it.
But what for?

What were you before you were human?
Gorst: Different.
Different how?
Gorst: It would only frighten you.
-the day the earth stood still 2008

A.I. Gorst stopped communicating because humans could no longer understand it.
-Automata 2014

Gorst is not an alien
Gorst is not A.I.
But some people believe he is someone they need to exalt.
And believe others should do so as well.
Go figure.

What do any of you think he knows about aligning a cue stick to make
a shot that you don't know or wouldn't understand?
Or probably couldn't do if he explained it to you?
Get real.

He still knows what he's doing and has decided not to take the time to explain
because it is simply too much of a burden and not worth it.

But I'm sure at some level he thinks you are all very amusing.

I'm happy for him.
I just think you shouldn't sell yourself short.

What do they know?
Efficiency.
Years of practice has taught them efficiency.
In a nutshell, this is what they could teach you.
And save you an immense amount of time as a result.

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Sorry, no.

They're just really good. The rest of us suck by comparison.

SEE

and posts #42 and 43

dr_dave said:

Here's a pertinent excerpt from the tip hardness effects resource page:

There are many factors related to tip hardness that could influence squirt, including: tip density/weight, tip efficiency, contact time, and effective endmass. “Return of the squirt robot” (BD, August, 2008) documents an experiment related to the effects of tip hardness on squirt. A softer tip did seem to create slightly more squirt, but the experiment was not very well controlled (see the article for more info). In general, if the contact time is longer (as is the case with a softer tip), the effective endmass and resulting squirt should be larger (see the rubber-super-ball-tip report as an example). Another set of more careful experiments documented in the Cue and Tip Testing for Cue Ball Deflection (Squirt) video and “Cue Tip Squirt Testing” (BD, June, 2014) seem to imply that tip type, hardness, and height have very little effect on shaft squirt. Among the wide range of tips tested in the video, the harder tips did result in slightly more squirt. This makes sense because the harder tips are denser and heavier, creating more “endmass.” The shorter contact time seems to be less of a factor than the added weight.

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dr_dave said:

For those interested, here's video with the careful testing for tip hardness squirt differences:

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Vahmurka said:

Well, for real, some of sports people can not teach others. They just do what nature gave them, usually unable to mentals

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easy-e said:

Eggs don’t have any taste?

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They taste like chicken.

BilliardsAbout said:

Proud of this research from my alma mater, on a two-second pause to make the stroke "in the zone":

"Quiet Eye" Is The Key To Making The Shot, Says UF Sports Researcher - News - University of Florida

archive.news.ufl.edu

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A PAUSE of what ever length is not a concept or technique used for the sake of pausing.

So far I haven't seen anything discussing a pause and it's relevancy to anything but simply pausing because its a good thing to do etc...

I am not clicking your link why should I and I don't care if it addresses every nuance where no other source or mention has.. I repeat I have not come across anything especially in mention other than what I said.

The way you phrased it or whoever did, you are saying it's related to you somehow someway from college I guess, so I guess you felt compelled to throw in that little tidbit when I know the terminology means from some sort of point of origin, but who the hell knows if they actually ever met you or you them so I don't see the point just as a side note when I could say everything you've ever heard of comes from the world that I live in and therefore something of a veiled caveat suggesting to the unaware mind that what I want to say or share has some sort of relevant importance or whatever the hell credibility, exhaustion of remedies, I know what nationality Jesus was etc.... but what the hell is that got to do with anything and why should it be anything more than the shit sandwich that the pool world a vast majority of the time wants to hand somebody...

If a 2 second pause for the sake of duration seems to get the delivery mechanism on point,

well shit,

choke my chicken, I guess it's just sheer coincidence that it wasn't maybe 2.1 seconds or 1.8 or THANK GOD YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE FROM THE ALPHA OMEGA BETA (DISAMBIGUATION ..no representation for LGBTQMZKF 4-1 vote supreme Court ruling, all ancient greek terms passed into all state Court Rulings: DEFACTO LANG-OPPRESS 112A DEC 25TH 2025 CYPRESS CRETE EMERGENCY MEETING... haven't you heard Captain? This here River don't go to AINTRY you dun taken the wrong turn... BOY you sure is lost ain'tcha)

....or THANK GOD YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE ARE HERE, 2 seconds and OMG not 1.97234467 seconds.... you know?

(Here comes the height of my intellectual capacity)

AND YOU KNOW... One more thing, I don't like any sport where you can't use your hands ...

The reasons behind that pause for what ever inordinate amount of time are vast.

...and there you go, GLAD I COULD CLEAR THAT UP FOR YOU...

NOW, let's move on to something syntax and something quantum, ok? PLEASE IF YOU DON'T MIND .. . Thank you

Tell your people I am interested in starting:

"The .....THE Let's Memorialize Jim Jones Foundation"

....and also as you just saw, I used the word "the" as a noun....

What do you think? No hold it, HOLD IT....SIT DOWN..SIT DOWN.....sit down ...i want to read to you, from the foundation,

"Collectivized Wisdom from FATHER"

"... you don't think that plane will go down? (sigh)... I wish I could tell you that you're right, but I'm right.

... there's no way you fly a plane without a pilot"

(Cheers/applause)

~Jim Jones

Circa 1978

"JONESTOWN" (disambiguation)

aka...The People's Temple Agricultural Project.... Guyana

"...a person's a FOOL who continues to say...that you're WINNER when you losin"

-Jim Jones

Circa 1978 once again

u12armresl said:

The bread and butter was supposed to be the team events. They added so many events between legends, seniors, juniors, womens, open, league, that the number seems right, but 51 teams is really really small for a national event.

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They had so few because the teams had to complete a full season before being eligible. So many of their areas are new so they didn’t have time. Next year I bet they get at least triple the amount of teams, if not more. Loads of new cities are signing up!

RobH said:

Is it an actual conversion or a new cue? He makes a lot that look like titliest

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jjohnson said:

I knew a guy for several years. He asked me once why I didn't put salt and pepper on my eggs.
I told him curtly, "Eggs don't have any taste so why should I want to taste just plain old salt and pepper."
He just looked at me sort of stunned. He remarked how I just put his shxt in the street.

A couple of your replies to my post are rather good.

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Eggs don’t have any taste?

jjohnson said:

Of course.
But he still knows exactly what he's doing and he knows how he got there.
Yet he's not spilling the beans.
But I respect that.

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I don’t blame them. There have been pros come on AZB in the past and some of the “I’m the smartest guy in the room” posters drive them away by arguing details about physics and stuff. I don’t think every champion can articulate exactly why they do what they do and why it’s effective. So when a 500 Fargo starts debating with them, they take off.

I'd like to see the Malis as well.

Fore Rail said:

If a player can't as you say execute at a high percentage, then they don't really have the knowledge.

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2 different things