I'm sorry, I forgot to describe that they are stop shots that I'm doing. Clean stop shots. Thank you for the replies. I hadn't thought that just because you pot the ball does not mean it is a straight shot. Would 45/50 be what a semi-pro could do?

Referring to the last couple of pages..."Break as hard as you can and you be a great player fast". lol

Woodshaft said:

I watched some of her play in the Vegas tournament, looks like she is using a wood shaft now and shooting great with it.
She was using a Revo for at least the past few years. I don't know if it's a 314 or Vantage, but she seems to like it!
Nice to see yet another young star realize that wood shafts give better feedback.
Back-to-back Vegas champ, 22 year old Wiktor Zielinski, has always enjoyed his wood 314 wood shaft-- he shoots like the game is almost too easy for him!
I guarantee you that if it weren't for sponsorship money, the vast majority of touring pros would use wood shafts.
Again, to each his own in the cf/wood shaft debate: You think cf is better for you-- use cf.
But for those who still think cf is superior to wood for actually PLAYING POOL, it's not.
Carbon fiber shafts make great break shafts though, that's for sure.

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There are wood shafts that transfer the energy from YOUR stroke as efficiently as a CF shaft but they are few and far between, wood changes, wood will never be consistent because it's a natural product, all wood has different grain structures even in the same family of wood, does it make wood bad? No, does it make it inconsistent and liable to change? Yes, the advantage of CF is it can be specifically designed and engineered to propel a cue ball as efficiently as the person striking the cueball as possible, is all CF the same? Absolutely not, Becue has been engineering CF cues and shafts for 10 yrs now, they offer several different shafts that produce several different types of feel or hit if you like, I'm using the Prime II shaft, this shaft does produce feedback, to me it's the perfect blend of transfer of energy and feedback, I have nothing against wood, if you are playing YOUR best pool with wood you should stick with it, I swore I would never use a CF shaft and I didn't lie kinda, I'm using a complete CF cue and playing the best pool of my life

Bob Jewett said:

That shot doesn't tell you if your stroke is straight. It just tells you that you can pocket a ball on a straight shot. There are players with crooked strokes who can make that shot consistently.

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This comment reminds me of a story from Harvey Penick's Little Red Book. Sure, that was about golf, but I think it still applies.

A player Penick was advising won his first match in a tournament easily. He then called Penick to say he was confident about the next opponent:
“The guy I play tomorrow I can beat easily. He has a bad grip and also a bad swing.” The player lost that next match.

Penick said:
“The lesson to be learned,” I told my golfer later, “is don’t be afraid of the player with a good grip and a bad swing. Don’t be afraid of a player with a bad grip and a good swing. The player to beware of is the one with the bad grip and the bad swing. If he’s reached your level, he has grooved his faults and knows how to score.”

wrldpro said:

That lizard wrap color is cognac color and it’s hard to find.

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Yeah. This would look so good on my Viking Ariel Carmeli Red diamond.

Gonzo09 said:

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Parts 1 - 3 out today. 6 more parts coming!

Murph said:

Those are exactly inlays. They are not stickers. 14 gold. The mo-11 the first few butt caps were actually ceramic (you can tap on them and hear they are ceramic land the mo-11s were fired like vases. I've spoken to Bob about my pair of mo -11s often. Meucci never used stickers.

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Not going to argue. I dont think you understand what an inlay is.......

Ken

Lowell said:

There is surprisingly little talk of her considering how much of a force she is in women's pool.

She just beat Kristina Tkach, Pia Filler, and Jasmin Ouschan within 4 matches.

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I just watched some of that tournament. Jasmin was definitely playing better and had a nice 3-1 lead in the second set and Seo did what she needed to do to win.