Frosty said:

Fallacy, hard tips don’t create miscues, poor mechanics and a bad stroke do.

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Have you been watching me play......

Kaiser rolls through Zielinski.

Cornerman said:

You can strike the cue ball after the shot clock has wound down as long as you are down on your shot and you don’t get back up off your shot. At least that’s the way the WPA has been doing it for years.

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Ah that makes sense - thank you. I do think that is confusing for viewers, and the commentators didn't seem to know that rule, because they were confused as well.

something_pool said:

Very questionable refereeing in the SVB/Pham match. Pham clearly violated the shot clock, not striking the ball until after the clock ran out, and no foul was called. Luckily for Shane, it was an easy layout and he ran out anyway, but still...

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You can strike the cue ball after the shot clock has wound down as long as you are down on your shot and you don’t get back up off your shot. At least that’s the way the WPA has been doing it for years.

Up for another look

something_pool said:

Very questionable refereeing in the SVB/Pham match. Pham clearly violated the shot clock, not striking the ball until after the clock ran out, and no foul was called. Luckily for Shane, it was an easy layout and he ran out anyway, but still...

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I didn’t think so. But maybe I will have to go back and rewatch.

The cue will be For Sale!

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skor said:

They play better because they are new and clean, give it time and they will just as crap as you expected them to be.

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Metallica Sad but true

336Robin said:

And it also why I quit playing with an LD shaft entirely and went back to Natural Maple.

I want my squirt to be predictable, not so finite it's hard to measure it.

I play with 2 shafts and really light butt that is nothing but a piece of wood with a 3/8 x 10 pin in it.
Plays better than anything I've ever played with. Total weight 15.66 ounces. My cue ball is on a string
and much better than when I played with 19 or 18 ounce cues. Everyone should give this a go and
see for themselves. The cloth we play on today is fine and cue ball rolls forever. No reason not to go lighter.

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My15mph max break speed does not allow me to play with a 19oz cue, my playing cue is about 22 1/4 oz heavily front weighted, I will never have that "cue ball seems to stop and then speed up type of draw" mine is the cue ball seems to just keep rolling type of draw, your speed of stroke is a God given gift much like bat speed, or club speed, it doesn't mean you can't play well but it does mean you will have to approach your cue and game differently, I also use a complete CF cue, butt and shaft, CF generally transmits the power YOU impart to the cueball more efficiently, there are wood cues that equal a CF cue but because CF is man-made it is far easier to get repeatable results with CF, it was a shameful day at SBE with a 15mph break speed....

iusedtoberich said:

It looks to me like it's going down the way it's supposed to go down. Cashing if he gets a great draw, and winning a handful of game against a legit pro.

Now the question is can he improve from this, or is he at his genetic potential. (if you believe in such things).

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There's only one fork. The cheats, or the pool. I think most play on alliances and group weight. That 'bout leaves the pool.

Great to hear a positive interaction here on AZB. He (tg_vegas) made me some really cool phenolic bumpers that I use with cues that have a bumper as I prefer the crisper feel of a bumperless cue. They have been great, I have used them with several different cues, as I am a habitual cue swapper.

-don

SBC said:

This was a good 10 years ago....when I was playing and on the improve.

Now I still play good, but with no real reason to be in stroke ... my game is mush.

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As good of a player as I was my high run was 106 just after my 17th birthday and jersey Reds wife Dotti was watching! I didn't know she was counting when i quit! She asked why i quit at 106? So after that day i would never run over 65-70 balls so nobody would see 100 ball runs! Hustlers didn't want other players to see their game and that was the same with me. I knew i could go 150 and out but didn't want to show it all the time just like the other pros in Houston. I got in the habit of practicing 14-1 almost every practice and usually on my first shot i would run 4-5 racks and work on something else! I could run a 100 balls every day but i would stop purposely. After I won Johnston City in 1970 I knew I was a monster and hit a gear that very few could deal with! If a 14-1 tourney arrived that psid enough money I would have practiced 14- 1 a couple weeks or more and had a punchers chance to win it no matter who was in the tourney! But 100 ball runs are impressive on any table! You did Well!