BadBeef67 said:

a Fargo 400/525 until established

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Around here, it's 500 if you're inactive. I'll probably never join one of those tournaments. 500 is way above my skill level. I played my friend's son who's 440ish. The young man waxed my ass!

****Reviewed a flyer, APA LEVEL 7 if not active for men, 5 for women.****

bbb said:

my bad
i will delete my post
thanks for pointing that out
i apologize to @RADAR

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no worries.

GideonF said:

Fedor definitely pauses, at least on any somewhat difficult shot. I didn’t watch the whole match but I skipped around a bit and that’s what I saw.

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So... To characterize a player's use of a pause at the end of the backstroke, we need to say:

1. how long the cue stick is completely motionless -- instantaneous, a tenth of a second, three seconds (I'm looking at you, Melling)
2. what is the spread of pause times -- always the same, a little variation, from zero to a second, ...
3. what shots tend to have more pause -- difficult shot, difficult position, power stroke, ...
4. (some other stuff?)

From watching Allison Fisher, I think her pause is from half a second to a second and always close to the same, because it is connected to her eye motion pattern.

I tried to do the characterization a little for a couple of the videos linked above. It was very hard to actually measure the time. YouTube is 1/30th of a second per frame, but sometimes a frame is skipped and sometimes a frame is repeated in the same video, I guess because of the input frame rate.

Also, due to the quality of the video, it can be very, very hard to see if the cue stick is actually stopped, or is just near the "peak" of the swing. Some of the pauses were down at 3 frames or so, which is a tenth of a second, and it's not clear that the stick is really stopped.

You need a good camera angle to get a good measurement. Face-on is nearly worthless; side view and a closeup of the player is best.

bbb said:

ss means stainless steel to me
the pics show a white joint
that doesnt look like stainless steel to me
what material is the joint?

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You deleted the part where it states white joint collar.
SS Radial Pin & white phenolic joint collar

muskyed said:

I keep heating about the marks from Diamond pockets but I honestly have never found a mark from the pockets on my Diamond Professional pockets in the 7 years or so that I have had it.
My one leagues Diamond bar boxes that they bought used, used to mark the balls quite a bit. You could scrape them off with your fingernail.

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Yeah not sure why some do and some don't, but it's common. My Diamond Professional marks firmly-hit balls. That's after pocket replacement; before they were replaced the balls would look like someone drew on them with a fat black marker.

The newer Diamond tables at a place I play at also mark the balls. The near-30 year old Diamond tables at another place I play never mark the balls. Perhaps all the dye has already rubbed off on those.

Ball marking is a disappointing reality for otherwise great tables.

Taxi said:

Or for pretty much anything other than how to draw your rock. That's not to say that they're unintelligent, only that when you've spent most of your life focusing on one little thing (like pool), you probably haven't had the time to study other subjects in the depth required to know what you're talking about.

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I think this is the reason nearly all player-run organizations don't do well. The players have no special skill at organization, finding sponsors, keeping commitments, ...

BadBeef67 said:

You can't have a Fargo or Skill Level of any kind without playing leagues. You'd be an APA 3 or a Fargo 400/525 until established. Practice is completely different than competition as you have to deal with an opponent, defensive play, and equipment outside your control. In your case, it doesn't matter, you don't play tournaments that are capped.

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fastone371 said:

Sure you can, you can also get a Fargo rating by only shooting tournaments.

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You can also use the Salotto app.

Matt_24 said:

Please don't rely on professional pool players for your science.

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Or for pretty much anything other than how to draw your rock. That's not to say that they're unintelligent, only that when you've spent most of your life focusing on one little thing (like pool), you probably haven't had the time to study other subjects in the depth required to know what you're talking about.