SSP said:

Someone suggested reading the book "The inner game of tennis" and it's an eye opener, the book is really about how your brain processes information, it's a great read and the only time it doesn't work is when you don't follow what you have learned.

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AtLarge said:

Not so. Over his 18 years at the Mosconi Cup, Shane's record is actually a bit better than the aggregate record of the other players on those 18 USA teams: https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...yed-on-either-team.464772/page-4#post-8007067

For singles and doubles matches combined, he was in more wins than losses in 8 of the 18 years, more losses than wins in 8 years, and an equal number of each in 2 years.

Here is Shane's Mosconi Cup Record in matches won and lost each year -- Singles, Doubles

2007 -- 2-1, 1-1​

2008 -- 1-2, 0-2​

2009 -- 2-1, 1-1​

2010 -- 1-1, 1-2​

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2011 -- 2-1, 1-2​

2012 -- 1-2, 2-0​

2013 -- 0-1, 2-0​

2014 -- 0-3, 1-2​

2015 -- 1-2, 2-1​

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2016 -- 0-1, 0-3​

2017 -- 1-1, 0-3​

2018 -- 2-1, 2-1​

2019 -- 2-2, 3-0​

2020 -- 1-2, 0-3​

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2021 -- 0-4, 1-2​

2022 -- 0-2, 4-0​

2023 -- 1-0, 1-1​

2024 -- 0-1, 0-2​

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Totals -- 17-28 (winning percentage 38%), 22-26 (46%)​

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In the Team matches for those 18 years, Team USA and Team Europe each won 10 matches.​

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GideonF said:

A ball should not pop out of another pocket from the ball return no matter how hard you hit it. The fact that Diamond sent a technician out to fix it speaks volumes.

Also, unless someone is slamming the ball in for no reason, they probably aren’t “hitting too hard” - they are hitting hard enough to get position. A player shouldn’t have to play safe or a different shot because there is a tiny chance the table is defective.

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DeeDeeCues said:

Spitting a ball back out due to someone hitting too hard is more operator fault than equipment fault.

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DeeDeeCues said:

No it wouldn't. You are being obtuse and ridiculous. A catastrophic design flaw on a pool table would be the legs spontaneously breaking, giving the opportunity for the table to fall on someone. Spitting a ball back out due to someone hitting too hard is more operator fault than equipment fault.

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hello said:

It seems to be age related as he did not have this condition in his younger years.

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BobPA said:

You really cannot go wrong with any of the cues on that list. It would truly be best if you could hit them and make a choice for yourself. I personally play with a Schon, but own a variety of other cues. I have never hit a Jacoby as there are none around my local hall.

There is a, local to me, cue marker by the name of Carl Giuli. He is in tight with Joss, and his cues are remarkably similar in build quality to them. He has an auction for one of his cues every month on eBay. You can get a lot of cue for your money if you watch them closely. My current Giuli is one heck of a cool looking cue...and everything is always for sale.......

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straightline said:

But the pocket spitting would come under catastrophic design flaw. Consider any other precision instrument that has shown behavior similar to those pockets.

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jokrswylde said:

As Skor mentioned, the myriad reasons for the US lagging behind the rest of the world have been hashed over in these forums and nauseum, and in the 10 or so years I have been visiting this forum, not much has changed as far as I can tell.

SVB is still our Captain America, Sky still hasn't won a major (not to take away from his MOT), and aside from a brief, mostly dimmed glimmer of hope from Wolford, Styer , Reinhold, and now verner, there is no dominant heir apparent ...or at least one on the level of a young SVB or Sky.

Still, I would love to know the statistics on A). Sheer number of people who play pool at least once a week in the US vs. other countries, and B). The amount of money that is spent on pool equipment/gear in the US vs. other countries, and C). How many in the US have the dreaded 7 footer in their garages, man caves, spare bedrooms, etc.

I am still amazed at the number of random league players who couldn't pick but maybe 2 of our MC members out of a police line up, but yet they show up several nights a week carrying their JB Case filled with well over a 1000 dollars worth of cues and equipment.

I would imagine the big industry sponsors (Diamond, Cuetec, Predator, etc. ) heavily rely on US dollars, and that is a big reason MR puts much more resources into the US vs. Viet Nam or the Philippines.

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SSP said:

If Thoroughbred is the tip for you then you should use it, I don't care if a top pro uses a Bulletproof Recoil tip or not, it's simple for me, there are hundreds of variations of leather tips and have been the only type of tip for at least a hundred years, I know people are skeptical about trying a new technology, do you know how I know that? Because I was too, I'm just a guy who loves Billiards, I contacted Bulletproof Billiards several times and asked questions about their tips, they answered every question I had promptly which gave me the confidence to give them a try, I tried at least 6 different leather tips in a year and half before giving the Recoil tip a shot, I'm about 9 months into these tips now, they just work for me, will they work for you? I don't know, you will have to try one for yourself and see, if it doesn't cut it off and continue on your journey to find the right tip for you

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SA96 said:

Because the reason they lost last year was primarily down to Shane and Fedor.

They were dreadful.

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Flakeandrun said:

When are they going to pay a top pro to tell us all these are the future?
Still a rave review for thoroughbred tips from me.

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David in FL said:

But the point is that the rules have to apply to those tables that are not too

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DeeDeeCues said:

Cars that failed as rarely as this occurs on pool tables would never be recalled. That kind of 'failure' wouldn't even be a blip on the car reliability rating.

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