Vintage Photo from 1983 Dayton Open
- By jay helfert
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Keith is not in this photo.Is that young Keith on the far left?
Keith is not in this photo.Is that young Keith on the far left?
In China they have schools that specialize in different sports, along with the regular curriculum. Kids start out in gymnastics, table tennis and yes even billiards at five and six years old. I've seen gymnastic shows over there with many 12-16 year olds doing seemingly impossible stuff. And doing it flawlessly.some of those pinoy kids are skipping school in this pursuit.. i enjoy watching filipino gambling matches but i don't think the gambling route is the right one for children. it may happen anyway but shouldnt be encouraged? (not judging them, i skipped a lot of school lessons playing poker..)
Pool is half mental and half physical! Never forget that.Could part of the problem be the training that the U.S. boys get when they are younger? As opposed to the training that the Euro boys get?
I've seen alot of the training here in the states. Rolling balls down the table isn't exactly helping much.
r/DCP
Not really, no. Would he be good at it, great even? Yes, I think so. But pool and snooker are different, very few people can do both at the highest level, and certainly not simultaneously. He would not "clean up", as you say, Heyball is a specialty game, so is snooker for that matter. Ronny didn't do great at US pool and even if Heyball tables may be more familiar, I doubt he'd be anywhere near as good as he is in snooker.
The people who DO play well at both have been doing both for a long time. The games really are much more different than people think when it comes to the finishing touches you need to excel, even though if you are good at one you're probably decent at the other. Decent is not going to cut it. Now when we talk about Mark Selby, then.....Thats another matter. I have much more faith in him making such a transition, if he wanted to. He is after all a world champion at UK pool and not half bad at snooker either
Shaw and Filler were missing shots they usually don't in the Open. Look at the shots themselves. I've seen several that would go down on a 4.25" Diamond that were spit out. I think the pocket facings are weird. *Aynthing* that catches the jaws doesn't go down. All pockets, which is at least consistent, but these tables clearly play tighter than they measure.It isn't the slightest bit humid in the room. Doubles takes the players out of their rhythms.
Get rid of the early 10s and make it real 10-ball. Doubles is awesome.Make it 9 ball and get rid of the talking to your partner. Impossible to watch.
I wasn't very familiar with Poteet but he played great. I watched him play other matches after playing Dave. Who ended up winning the tournament?
At my last job, one of my colleagues was from the Philippines. Of course, I had to ask him if he played pool. While he didn't play, he said his parents were good friends with Efren. I asked him what he believed was the reason why there's a disproportionate number of great pool players from the Philippines. He equated it to two reasons:
I think we've become fat and lazy.
- They have a gambling culture. He said they love to gamble and they gamble on everything. He said even little kids bring change with them when they go to the park so they could gamble on whatever they played.
- He said they are mostly very poor, so when they do gamble, they play their guts outs because they have next to no money. I guess this goes along with your point. Being hungry and broke would make you motivated to practice and win.
They do that a lot in the Philippines. I've seen their own versions of virtually all popular joint pins. 3/8-10, 5/16-14 and even Uniloc QR that either fit too loose or too tight into standard jointed shafts and joint protectors.Someone else may have more info, but my experience is that radial pins can get a little tricky.
As an example, I have a cue from Philippine maker Luisto Valo that has a "radial" pin. The minor diameter is slighty larger than a uniloc radial and most shafts won't fit it, but the plastic radial joint protectors I have here do, so you likely won't have an issue unless you are looking at metal joint protectors.
Even if it wornt that bad, the tighter the lines you can see and hit, the tighter the lines you will see and hit.Pocket size doesn’t mean much when your missing by 6 inches
yesIs that young Keith on the far left?
Put 'em up in a hotel a mile from the venue and jack the transportation and food. On a tangent, someone mentioned the camaraderie and evolution some player clubs provide. They've become comfortable with what used to be called showboating. Suffice it to say they have the positive psychology.Are you kidding? They'd just bring in those blackball players that have come over here for Ultimate Pool. Most of those guys are way over weight