is there any expected release date at this time? I am anxious

These Chinese players are lucky that SVB, Fedor and Bergman don't enter these events.

Baby Huey said:

I think the 80's belong to Hopkins. RA was done, Efren became the MAN in the 90's and forward. Grady, Joyner and Cornbread did not have his firepower running balls. Certainly Varner could compete at a very high level but Hopkins IMO reigned supreme back then.

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Yep. He was voted by his peers at the time in Billiards Digest in 1991 as the top one pocket player for a reason.

Here’s an interesting read when Hopkins gets inducted into the BCa Hall of Fame:

Is it still going on? Is it being televised?

I’m in Wuxi right now.

I’ve seen soooo many 650s and 550s announce they’re going for it and are gonna be pros. None of them made it. The only kid who made it always used to say he quit pool, he doesn’t shoot much anymore but his fargo kept going up and out of nowhere he was flying somewhere and winning real tourneys. He’s still only 740ish nowhere near 800 speed. Every current over 800 player was shooting 650 speed by 15 years old. This youtuber is just shooting content but I wish him luck. An over 800 can give a 650 the 3 out, he’s got a long way to go.

I like the veeners colors

riedmich said:

That's the point!

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But heavier cue will make the arm tired faster and hurt the break over a long session.

everyone can improve vastly by hard work. but unless you have the best eye hand co ordination needed for that sport you can never ever get near or to the top rung of the ladder.

for all of those its just a pipe dream.

He reminds me of that guy who makes thought provoking analytical videos on a variety of subjects.

it certainly is not a good thing to use for rankings of any sort.

but amount won is a true measure of your success. as that is what you are playing for.

what good is being ranked number one and needing a backer because you cant finance your career yourself.

the smart players would go to where they had the best earn for their time and expenses.

cueball2010 said:

I don't think everyone can move their arm that fast. They're probably adding weight because arm swing is already maxed.

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That's the point!

InsertCleverNameHere said:

Breaking from the rail in 10 and 8 ball will never make sense to me. I can understand second ball playing 8 ball but hitting the 1 solid from the rail is dumb imo.

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I believe people find that off the head rail get the right height of the cuestick automatically for that angle of attack, especially for pop breakers. I remember Dennis O. raising his bridge on the bed to get the height he needed. Corey one tournament broke using a mechanical bridge, and he said it was to get the height of the cuestick where he liked it. I think more often than not, players found breaking off the head rail yielded nice cueball action and stuck with it. For a small table, sometimes there isn’t enough room to place the hand on the bed.

TeddyKGB said:

For all the kielwood users out there, whats the lowest deflection kielwood youve used?

Im looking for z3/revo level deflection but in kielwood

Leaning towards the SS360/2 but I havent been able to get my hands on one to try it out.

Thanks

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To me the kielwood LD shaft from diveney is the best one. Very comparable to revo