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Automatic Shot Clock

kling&allen
nataddrho said:
Yes but the concern is limiting players time per shot, not per match. A lot of people don’t want to sit watching nothing for three minutes. I think this is the point.

Three cushion matches have for example 40 seconds per shot (or something like that) with a few extensions allowed. This is more of the idea.

Correct me if I am wrong.
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I think time between shots is a useful metric for types of practice. For example, how often do I ever exceed 30 seconds between shots without a clock (my natural speed of play) and is it something I need to be conscious about during a time match?

This isn’t a reason someone would buy the digiball, but if you have the code already to compute this metric it’s a neat benefit on top of everything else. And perhaps this was already part of the app when I tested the digiball, in which case good job.
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Canary wood Merry Widow by me

j2pac
RidgeRaider said:
I’m a fan of canary wood even though it’s not the prettiest or tonal wood. It works nice and plays very acceptable.

Threw some Purple Heart and maple rings, black with red speck wrap, and extension bumper.

Solid little player.

Still working on my processes especially for finishing, but I feel like I am starting to really get the hang of these things.
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Keep'em coming. 😎
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A story of a Gus Szamboti Cue

j2pac
2rgrbn said:
As a young pool player much of my learning is attributed to my step father, (George Azbill) Deceased, he had many cues but here is the story of a unique cue. I have pics somewhere that I will try to post but not on this computer. So the story goes George ordered (thru the Golden Eight Ball in Phx) the cue and paid $150 for it then, sold it for $250 then bought it back for $200 So in the end he had $100 invested in the cue, it had fishing line installed for the wrap at the time of the buy back, he had it rewrapped with White / green speck linen. Here is the interesting part the cue is a merry widow, maple forearm, standard rings and 2 shafts and plays better than any cue I have ever played with, maybe the nostalgia makes it feel that way or it just plays that well who knows. Here is what I can't confirm, supposedly 5 of these cues were ever made 3 of which went to Japan, 1 Nick Varner got and 1 George had. It was inherited by an immediate family member of his, when he passed. Has anyone ever heard about the possibility of just 5 of these cues (Merry Widow) being made or has anyone seen one or is that part of the story just conjecture. Any add to this story would be interesting to me I'm sure many guys here know Nick Varner, a very good player but I don't know him maybe he can shed some light on the story. Anyways if the story is accurate, I'm sure the cue is worth a mint if the story all bullshit the cue is worth a mint. I am confident it is an actual Gus Szamboti Cue. Just curious if anyone can add to or shoot down any of this narrative. I'm not sure if it was Varner or Rempe that supposedly has one of the five. Hell I don't know how close my story is to reality, I've inquired before and I did correspond with Barry years ago and he said he remembered something of some merry widow cues but would need the cue and I don't remember the fee but it was something so with it actually being my Stepdads cue it never got sent in for that authentication. I found a picture of it I have others that show calipers with measurements etc. I just gotta find them from left to right. AE I think, SW, SW, Zsamboti, Bludworth, McDermott. I'll look for more and better picsView attachment 895804
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I'd would take the cue to Barry personally. There is zero chance I'd trust a shipping service with that cue.
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Automatic Shot Clock

GideonF
Bavafongoul said:
Bob, I would but I haven’t found any that fits the bill. It has to be easily visible from 12-14 away for a 9’ table player and chess clocks and the like don’t fit the bill. Gosh, I would have thought APA and BCA would have adopted this by now which would have sparked demand to build a shot clock for pool players. Lazy or slow players are really intolerable annoyances, IMO.
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Take a look at this app. It’s called Pool Shot Clock.

If you got it on a tablet I think it would fit the bill.

You can program the length of the shot, length of the extension, the beeps, etc.

To be fully like a tournament you’d need a person to operate it. But you could have the opponent reset the clock for the player if people aren’t being jerks.

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Playing Pool after 50?

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pwd72s said:
Now, here's an Aussie Surfer talking about surfing after 50...but...well, I'm sure we can make comparisons. Thus the post. Feel free to comment.
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Good bit of negative reinforcement. After 50 make youtubes that encourage your competition to quit.

Cut to the chase. Pool has no such issues; not a whole lot anyway. I'm no roller but I would bet all the monsters in the age out phase have an equal amount of shit they never bothered developing in the first place. It's not MMA.
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Playing Pool after 50?

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George the Greek said:
The guy I play with turned 83 last Friday. There's an old timer that's 92 and drives still and drives an hour to get to the poolhall.
These old guys play pretty good still and nice to see them come out.
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My all time pool hero was Mickey McGuire, a local bookie who won our weekly 9 ball tournament on his 80th birthday, beating a top Washington area player (Freddy Boggs) in a hill-hill final. I was "only" 49 at the time, but from that point on, my ambition was to duplicate Mickey's feat, and on my 80th in 2024 I took my wife with me to the tournament to take pictures. She was there when I won it on my 51st birthday, and she's often my good luck charm.

Alas, I went 4 and out. But the next week I won it, and I've won it several times since then. The beauty of pool is that as long as you can see and maintain your basic hand-eye coordination, always concentrating on your stroke fundamentals, there's really no limit as to how long you can play. AFAIC it's all in your head.
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