calibration said:

Is it me or are there significantly fewer pros at derby this year, what am I missing ?

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The transmission on Digital Pool is terrible.

skogstokig said:

shane does too. in snooker john higgins has it. seems to be a thing affecting PSR/back stroke but not point of contact or follow through

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There used to be a guy in my dad's snooker league who was playing in League one until his late 70s, developed tremors in his 50s. His surname began with Tre, and he became known as 'trembles' for 20 odd years. I only ever knew him as 'trembles' as I would go to watch Tuesday league (single frame 5-a-side team matches) because my dad couldn't find a sitter. I watched 'trembles' make more than a couple hundred breaks.

Point of contact is all that really matters in the grand scheme of billiards. Michael Holt did a funny short video about this. Blasting in a length of the table blue and screwing back the length of the table, waving the cue around like a fencer after contact. Of course routines and habits make that more consistent, but look at players like Alex Higgins (or pagulayan to keep it pool related), who wobble like ADHD kids with a cheek full of blue smarties. Can't say they don't get the job done.

jasonlaus said:

They are there for the derby, its their choice to play however they want. Not my decision or anybody but the parties involved.

Did Anthony not win? What am I missing? They played 2 sets and Anthony won both of them. Anthony collected the cash along with presumably his backer or the guy handling the $$$

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Just curious your opinion as a trusted member and someone I follow on the site. Anthony did win.

SBC said:

216 points supposedly

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So the exchange rate is 100% assuming Mosconi points are worth anything. Glad the pool was good.

no, he didnt gamble any longer.

but he gambles shorter.

Jaden said:

There's another reason that from time immemorial that the instruction has been to have cb contact at the bottom of the pendulum. If the arm is swinging forward, even from just gravity, there is less chance of deceleration. If you strike the ball after the bottom of the pendulum, you have to be actively moving the cue forward to avoid deceleration.

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One of the pendulum stroke's strengths is that its fixed range of motion ensures the tip returns to the address position. Another is that the bottom of the grip hand's arc is where the stick is moving most horizontally for the longest time and gravity's effect on speed is neutral. Kind of a stroke sweet spot.

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