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Jaden · Aug 31, 2026

David in FL said:
Me too, but when coaching someone on a particular shot I find it helpful to use the term as a reference...

^^^ this. It's just a frame of reference, over time, you get a feel for what "your" tips of English do to the shot and when dexcribing what you did, it's a reference point.

Jaden · Aug 31, 2026

Brookeland Bill said:
Fundamentals. You should have started in 1960. You learned to play by trial and error.

Hell even in the 90's we just had vhs and books...The only problem with today, aside from just analyzing the top players (and even that isn't alsways helpful), is information overload. There's so much info available, how do you separate the chaff from the wheat?

Lowell · Aug 31, 2026

After Filler won the UK Open earlier this year, there was chatter on here that nobody was on his level.

But he has not even sniffed the finals of these last few WNT events, and it's still anyone's game as far as 800 + Fargo rated players go.

nmh2008 · Aug 31, 2026

Lowell said:
Are there any 800 + Fargo players with a fully sidearm delivery?

Soufi from Syria is real good

Jaden · Aug 31, 2026

Your opponent could win 2 games and hook you to a foul so he has 9 points. You make one bnr and you're back in the lead. Now that wouldn't be possible because to have the break you'd have to win a game, so you would have to at the least get 4 points for winning and then a break and run, so 14 points.

Jaden · Aug 31, 2026

I'm watching the Malaysian open for golden nineball which are played on heyball tables. I don't necessarily like the tables and the cloth, but I really like the scoring aspect. mini gold racks give you 7 points (nineball on the break) Big gold racks give you 10 points (BNR). Regular win gives you 4 points and an opponent scratch from a safety, not sure on just a regular scratch, gives you one point.

You play a set number of frames and whoever has the most points at the end of the frames wins.

I really like that. You're rewarded for breaking and running out more than anything. You're rewarded for a golden break but not at the same level as a bnr. You're rewarded for good safety play, etc.

loggerhead12 · Aug 31, 2026

DrCue'sProtege said:
I am going to ask again.

What kind of cloth were they playing on?

And what was the color?

And I assume that was a Diamond ProAm built with drop pockets vs a ball return. Correct?

Man, you need to get a phone with the Google.

CPBA cloth, a WNT sponsor
Grey
The main table was had ball return with the pocket returns blocked, so it behaved like a drop-pocket table
All other tables were ball return

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