GideonF said:

Yes, but does the shot clock operator have the ability to pause or reset the clock because or a situation like this?

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I just messaged Lonnie Fox-Raymond (the voice of the WPBA) about this, as soon as she responds I will post it here.

Chili Palmer said:

We're all human.

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No argument. For sure a back to the drawing board moment.

Mensabum said:

Where's McCready when we need him!!

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Sometimes he would bob his head back and forth, sometimes crane his neck on tippy toes, more often than not, just get in position and one pump everything. If the stick's on...

A good practice routine to teach you tight control of the cue ball is to place all 15 balls scattered around the table but not too close to the rails.

Shoot any ball you want but you have to make all 15 without the cue ball touching another ball or any rail. The only balls that can move during the shot are the cue ball and the object ball.

If you miss or touch a rail or another ball, you lose and must start over with 15 balls.

straightline said:

Compressed too but they have championship method and mechanics. Basically WTF?

and yay Pia...

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We're all human.

GideonF said:

Yes, but does the shot clock operator have the ability to pause or reset the clock because or a situation like this?

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I'm not sure, but I would like to think if one of the players stood up and called out a spectator they would make it right.

tim913 said:

Maybe he was looking at the CB last

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grrrrrrrr...

Chili Palmer said:

Distracted?

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Compressed too but they have championship method and mechanics. Basically WTF?

and yay Pia...

Chili Palmer said:

There is a shot clock operator who will give you a 10 second notice.

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Yes, but does the shot clock operator have the ability to pause or reset the clock because or a situation like this?

ChrisinNC said:

It’s not like the woman got up in the middle of her stroke. She had the option to back off until the woman left or sat down, then reset with her preshot routine. Even if there was a shot clock, I would think this would have resulted in a reset shot clock.

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Again, I agree with the fact that she had the opportunity but, you can't say you've never been distracted and didn't stand up and reset. Another example for me is: I was in a scotch double tournament a couple of years ago and my partner and I were the highest rated team in the event. Well, we're playing the second highest rated team (third match, both undefeated) and it's hill-hill and I'm on the 9B. 9B is on short rail, 2 inches off center diamond, CB is locked on the rail at the 2nd diamond up, as I get down our opponents are sitting on the bench directly in my view giving each other condolences because it's over then one of them stood up and I looked up at him, looked at the OB and pulled the trigger - missed. Sometimes we just don't do the right thing - but - the people watching should have some common courtesy. Especially in the situation mentioned in this thread, they should've known better.

I finally got my kielwood after waiting months for it. Tried it for an hour before using it for wednesday's game. Shaft looks nice and I like the brown coloring to it from an aesthetic standpoint. Shaft felt solid and lighter. I adjusted well to it and felt little or low deflection. As others have mentioned, the sound is weird similar to the one on the video posted a few pages back. For me it makes me feel like I shot differently or did something wrong. It does sound distracting with my typical shot til I started shooting with it slow and short rather than hitting more forward. It does seem to have its sweet spot with slow finesse shots imo. Having said that, I'm not getting my typical draw shots or soft draws. So I'm changing the tip tonight.

GideonF said:

There is a shot clock on the streamed matches. And there is no referee presiding in this situation, so there is no one to direct the shot clock operator to pause (or reset) the clock. All of which to say she didn’t necessarily have any option to get up and reset.

Now because their rule is you can take as long as you want when down on the shot (the 10 second warning only is given if you stand up) she could have stayed down and waited for the spectator to stop moving. But to properly compensate she really would have wanted to stand up and reset.

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There is a shot clock operator who will give you a 10 second notice.

straightline said:

I know this happens. I'm more interested in how she hit it and so bad at that.

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Distracted?

ChrisinNC said:

It’s not like the woman got up in the middle of her stroke. She had the option to back off until the woman left or sat down, then reset with her preshot routine. Even if there was a shot clock, I would think this would have resulted in a reset shot clock.

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There is a shot clock on the streamed matches. And there is no referee presiding in this situation, so there is no one to direct the shot clock operator to pause (or reset) the clock. All of which to say she didn’t necessarily have any option to get up and reset.

Now because their rule is you can take as long as you want when down on the shot (the 10 second warning only is given if you stand up) she could have stayed down and waited for the spectator to stop moving. But to properly compensate she really would have wanted to stand up and reset.