more a case of soft hands versus hard hands. you see construction workers and many labor persons get hard hands and callouses. this makes it hard to hold the cue softly.

this is why so few pro pool players have a job as they know that keeping your hands soft is paramount to playing well.

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SVB, Styer and Gorst are probably the auto-qualifiers once the Philippines Open is played. After that it's not so simple, but the only other American hopefuls who had a high finish in even one WNT major are Billy Thorpe, who was ninth at the US Open 9ball, and Thorsten Hohmann, who was ninth at the Florida Open.

While I'd love to see him on the team, the case for Bergman is super-weak, as he sat out the first four and a half years of the WNT, came back for five weeks to play five events, and never finished in the Top 16 in any of them. Justin is still very sharp in his decision-making skills and plays very solid defense, but his long-term absence from top level 9ball has certainly shown up in his inconsistent pocketing on the four-inch pockets that are the norm in Matchroom events.

It was an off year for Woodward, but his third-place finish in the WPA World Team Championships was a significant accomplishment.

Johan has some tough choices to make.

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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.