straightline said:

See! Some good vernacular and you can be a cyber orator.

That's AI the plaything. The one they warn about though, !!11- shudder...

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DeeDeeCues said:

I'm an engineer and the term is used often in speaking and writing.

In calculations and proofs, acceleration is always used.

The reason 'deceleration' is used in scientific writing is that it is the most concise way of communicating the idea at hand.

Some engineers and physicists are pedantic asshats and will not use that and similar terms, but that is an incredible mistake. Most of engineering writing is not for other engineers, it is for the less technical public. Almost all of my writing in my career has been to communicate ideas to managers, and purchasing agents; or as manuals for multi-million dollar machines so machinists could operate them. I'm not going to talk about 'negative acceleration', I'll use 'deceleration', or even, *gasp*, 'slows down'.

Technical writing is not to prove how smart you are, it is to convey ideas in the most precise, concise, and understandable way possible.

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ShootingArts said:

Watched a lot of his videoed matches long ago. I can't remember him having an issue with power. He always had all he needed. An unusual stroke but no lack of power. As you say, his stroke did everything it needed to.

Hu

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mikemosconi said:

I witnessed Hopkins beating Varner, Sigel, and J Fusco in a 4 day round robin including rotation games at West End in NJ- he had enough power in his stroke to beat the best in the world at games requiring the most power!
Hopkins stroke looks bad visuallyBUT - watch it closely - he gets the cue tip all the way through the cue ball- it really is not a jab stroke that ENDs at the CB.
No one can be a champion with a true jab stroke - the Cue always has to get through the cb in order to induce needed follow, draw, spin. It is not where the cue starts - it is where the cue ends up in relation to the CB strike that matters most- you don’t need a physics degree to understand this - just observe closely - the eyes don’t lie!

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mikemosconi said:

I witnessed Hopkins beating Varner, Sigel, and J Fusco in a 4 day round robin including rotation games at West End in NJ- he had enough power in his stroke to beat the best in the world at games requiring the most power!
Hopkins stroke looks bad visuallyBUT - watch it closely - he gets the cue tip all the way through the cue ball- it really is not a jab stroke that ENDs at the CB.
No one can be a champion with a true jab stroke - the Cue always has to get through the cb in order to induce needed follow, draw, spin. It is not where the cue starts - it is where the cue ends up in relation to the CB strike that matters most- you don’t need a physics degree to understand this - just observe closely - the eyes don’t lie!

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KenneyTran said:

I’m interested in Spain cue or blank. Let me know.
I have one of his Tascarella cue with Buska parts and Spain blank.

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