If the lag is a skill shot, there's a better way
- By poolscholar
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- 84 Replies
What's that saying guys, something about forests and trees..help me out
How do you think pro's learn the speed of a tables so well? At some point most accomplished players have probably practiced speed drills, regardless of how a table plays once you are accomplished at speed drills it is very easy to adjust to different tables. Speed drills are not just for the lag, they are for every shot where you are playing position.Because reasons listed, nobody wants to sit there and practice the rail speed before every match. If the lag is a skill shot then make it more skillful and less luck.
If you were a pro would you want to have to practice the lag?
Humidity, HVAC vent direction, how much the table is used, cleanliness of table will all affect a slow roll shot greatly, LOL. Clearly you can see by now most think its a dog of an idea, almost as bad as the spot shot idea. Why would you want to eliminate hitting the rail on the lag? It gives you an idea of how fast the table plays, if you get a result that you didnt expect from the lag you just learned some valuable information.Most pool halls use the same brand cloth. Rails vary much more. There is table model, subrail angle, cushion age, cushion brand, dead spots and humidity, HVAC vent direction...lol
Not even close, the majority of CF shafts out there are higher deflection. If you've only tried the becue and predator shafts, then I might believe it though. I've hit with several CF shafts that were higher deflection than LD wood shafts, and even non LD wood shafts for that matter. Most of the asian CF blanks that are out there are impossible to make lower deflection without drastic modification.Every cf shaft i've tried so far has less defl. than any solid wood shaft i've used. Some deflect less than others but i've yet to hit a cf shaft that i'd call normal/standard deflection. Even the cheap asian shafts are pretty low in deflection. BTW, deflection angle is the same regardless of speed. The initial start-line is the same, how long the cb stays on that line IS speed dependent.
There's the law of gravity AND the THEORY of gravity. One, is the observable effect. The other is the attempt at the understanding of the WHY.My friend, you are led to believe that science proves everything with tests, it doesn't, that's why there is the LAW of gravity but only the THEORY of electricity, to this day science has been unable to prove how electrons flow in an electrical circuit, yet we use it everyday, we know even less about magnetism yet we build electromagnets capable of lifting tons of steel, does this mean science is bad, no, all it means is it can't prove everything, in science you will have to look at variables, in our discussion that will include, speed of stroke, angle of stroke, tip hardness, weight of cue, weight of cue ball, weight of object ball, size of cue ball, size of object ball, type of cloth, I could go on but I think you get the point, I hope, the biggest thing is your brain is capable of making some of the hardest calculations on the fly, just finished reading the inner game of tennis, it's an amazing book on how your mind works, it's a great read that will do more for your game than the infantesimal differences in cue shaft deflection that your mind and body will adjust for, I have never heard Efren Reyes say one word about cue shaft deflection.......