bbb said:

i think the fact that he didnt execute his shot choice doesnt mean he made the wrong choice
3 rail kicks are very accurate once you learn how to aim them and hit them
we have to give filler the benefit of the doubt he knows how to aim them and hit them
if filler missed pocketing a ball would we say he made the wrong choice and should have picked a different pocket?
of course not
this is the same type of situation
he missed....he is human
he is number 1 in the world
for me he gets the benefit of the doubt
he made the right choice FOR HIM ...just missed it
jmho

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I was watching a poker instructional video the other day and heard - sometimes you make the right choice and it turns out bad - it was still the right choice. Sometimes you make the wrong choice and it turns out good - it was still the wrong choice.

IMHO, he made the right choice but came out wrong. Can't fault him for that.

Some general suggestions if you are trying for perfectly orthodox form:

Your bridge hand is up on your finger tips. Is it possible to anchor it more firmly?

Your grip hand is about a hand ahead of where your forearm will be vertical at impact. That hand position will cause sooner impact on your chest, if you have that now.

Your grip hand has visible daylight between it and the cue stick during the early part of your stroke sequence. I suggest that you close your hand completely around the stick as much as possible (without a death grip, of course), so that the shape of the grip hand will have minimum change during the stroke.

And if you have a slick wrap, such as linen, get rid of it. The wrap, if you have one, needs to provide friction so your hand does not have a tendency to slip on power strokes. A plain finish has more friction that many types of wrap. A quick fix is to get a rubber sleeve, such as the ones carom players use. With a high-friction grip area, you don't have to grip as tightly on power shots.

ShootingArts said:

I bowled with a twenty pound ball, no pause at the end of the backstroke.

Hu

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Where da heck did you find a 20-lb bowling ball?

At least when I bowled (early 70s until the late 90s), 16 lbs was maximum allowed.

Oikawa said:

Clearly an AI writing those, no question about it. Dunno what his motive is, perhaps to spam as many posts as he can to get visibility for his pool game linked in his signature?

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Nope, real guy — I'm David Finlay, from Hamilton, Ontario. I get why it reads that way, I've been posting a lot. If you want to check, I'm on LinkedIn under David Finlay or Instagram at @mykingscourtofficial — message me there anytime, happy to chat.

sjm said:

Reminds me of an old joke:

Q. Why were there so many Mormon grandmothers in the 19th century?
A. Because so many of them married young.

Note: For those that don't know, Brigham Young, among the founding members of the Mormon religion, was a polygamist and had numerous wives.

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A morman friend of mine always introduced his wife as "his first wife" to keep her on her toes.

I gave serious thought to moving to Utah years ago. Lots of good people there and the only place I have ever been with more gracious people than the South, not counting the Ute Indians, they could be kinda froggy!

I started to play a little pool at a hall I found near my friend's house. He strongly advised against it. Since he wore out his clothes from the inside first, I took his advice!

Hu

Fred, none of those — I don't use an aiming system at all, I just try to hit it clean and keep my head still. The reverse DeLuna one I've never even heard of, is that a real thing?

ShootingArts said:

I take it that we should pause after each step when walking to avoid wasting energy with the conflicting tension in our legs and the conflicting tension in our arms? This gets even worse when running, particularly sprinting. Putting a micro pause in at the beginning and end of each motion should let new records be established in many of the track and field events!

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You are contending Shortstop's theory on the muscle battle fails. In Shortstop's defense, he agrees with you that it is entirely normal and efficient to have the swinging action when swinging an ax, punching a body and, probably, bowling. Maybe Shortstop can explain better how that natural swinging doesn't work with a billiard stroke.

Generally, would most players have less luck dealing with stress by pausing before the last stroke than not pausing? Is this moment of silence helpful?

Instead of thinking what works for the pros, what may work for the poor players? The rapid swinging motion of some new players is random and imprecise. With that group, instituting a pause after the last backstroke and before hitting the cue ball could do wonders to the poor player's stroke. Still, telling them you can only stroke back and forth twice after pausing at the cue ball---like Efren---might work, too.

don't think they mention payouts except for the league thing

It's super simple. Break and ball in hand. Run out, you win. Miss, you lose. Most times I've seen it have zero penalty for a break scratch. So a 1990's style smash break was common, with no regard if the CB flew off the table. This was also in the days of 9 ball with everything wild, and wooden racks, so there was zero of "calling shots" or "9/10 must go last", or "pattern racking" stipulations. There were no template racks so everyone smashed the rack.

Today with template and pattern racks, if you are betting with someone, you better make the break and rack rules clear, or you will get heisted.

If doing it on your own as a measure of your own progress, come up with whatever ruleset you like.