Producing a coordinated multi joint movement efficiently is complex. Talented movers will do this naturally subconsciously. This is why leaving stroking to the subconscious is currently the best advice being offered. What it certainly is not, is muscling one of the joints, like the over simplified "triceps back, biceps forward" rooted in a fifth grader level understing of movement, would suggest.
You're right though, for all the guys saying things like, "let the cue do the work", gravity certainly plays a role.
It doesn't matter how good the individual player is, there still would have been 850 FR players in every era. FR isn't based on how well you pocket balls or play the game, only how well you perform against your contemporaries.
The pedigree of the opponents you face figures prominently in your Fargo. As the players back in the day faced easier opponents, they would not have had high Fargo rates unless their level of domination exceeded anything we have ever seen.
Being the best doesn't mean you have a high Fargo, just a higher one than your contemporaries.
I initiated a Wikipedia article on Reed Pierce. It needs to be updated. A while back, Reed Pierce and his brother, Ronnie, owned an upscale billiards sports bar and restaurant, bearing Reed Pierce's name in Byram, Mississippi. Inside the restaurant is an actual pool room named 9-Ball Lounge, and it had eight Diamond regulation-size pool tables.
Reed did win the US Open 9-Ball Championship in 1995, defeating Efren Reyes, 11-6, who won it the year before. Billy Incardona and Grady Mathes in the commentary booth. It nice to see him enjoying pool again.
Can you explain what a regulation pool table is? Bar box, several different size 8’ tables, 9’ table. I can’t tell you how many pool halls I’ve called over the years and they tell me “regulation”. Sorry but there’s no such thing as regulation table. Corner Pocket says they have Diamond regulation tables, whatever that means. I just wish people would just say 7, 8, or 9 foot tables. Sorry, it’s just a pet peeve of mine.
hello, i'm mostly looking for OB classic/OB classic+ or OB 1 shafts (preferably OB classic) with 12.7 or more diameter tips. if someone only sells the whole cue (shaft & butt) i'm also willing to buy it.
