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"Soft hands" is a tennis expression. John McEnroe was famous for having soft hands. It just means good control and "feel" for delicate shots.

It goes the other way too. Lots of sportsmen who are popular and act the part on TV are horrible behind the scenes.

To the moon, Alice!!

those diagrams are easy to follow if you cant you never will get past banger stage. every great player uses them.
you can see them going over them when they take a break.

the only real adjustments to make when using english , is how hard your tip is as it grabs more if soft and puts more english on the ball. and if you have a whippy shaft it will do the same. as well as gripping your cue too tightly will lesson your englsih on the ball to almost nothing.

i am not sure which brands of chalk change your english so beware of some of them.

and understanding how much extra power a carbon fibre shaft adds to your shot. so your speed control has to be tempered way back from using an out dated wood shaft.

Yep, and second place still pays pretty good.

Of these, only Chua would be considered a top 9ball player. Cannot blame any of them. If they can make a good living at home, why travel? Where's the problem?

doesnt matter how nice a person is. if not suitable for the tournament that person needs to correct things or not be able to play.

if one can do, all can do it. a ref. cannot selectively enforce rules called upon him to make.

and if you dont stand up for yourself then you get what you deserve.

dr_dave said:

Has anybody tried a pure piston stroke? I plan to give it a college try. The potential benefits are certainly compelling.

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nice to see you take a walk on the dark side from time to time dr dave.....

robbie had a few beeper moments. he could do with better shot clock management

kanzzo said:

Yeah, jumping balls off the table is obviously a foul, ...

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When I started playing one pocket, and until about 1980, it was not a foul.

july9x said:

Robbie threw the US Open title away literally by playing this shoot, I mean what in the hell was he thinking, he was up 12-10 (race to 13) and got all the momentums, there are 20,169 other better ways to play this shoot, shake my head, his girl friend could have played a better shot than this, my goodness me!!!

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He wasn't thinkn' hundred percent, clock beep came into play, I've missed caroms of thee alike and never liked it.

GideonF said:

... I did just do some googling and found this from 20 years ago:

“The reason why players have been adopting the mushroom tip is because in theory that the bigger surface area on contact means there is less chance of miscueing and putting unnecessary side on the cueball. ....”

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Strange theory. I suspect no one ever tested it.

dr_dave said:

There are many interpretations of “tips of English” out there (not just two). See:

“Tips” of English resource page​

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Exactly.

I've been asked by a few to add an option to the DigiBall app to show "tips" of English based on the width of the users tip. I've been against doing so and I am using this thread to show that not only does "tips from center" carry two variables with the definition, but that people don't even agree on how to reference it.

The DigiBall reports the tip contact point (where the actual force happens) as a percentage of ball radius from center (acronym PFC). The range is 0% to about 55%. It is independent of tip diameter, tip curvature and ball diameter. This way there will be no more subjectiveness to the measurement and people can have conversations without the fog.