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Experiments in looking at the cueball while delivering the stroke.

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gregcantrall said:
I make the connection with my phone and then cast it to my TV for a great high definition picture. Of course the comments by world class players makes it enjoyable and educational.
My link to the current match between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson. https://www.wst.tv/live/video/fabb8a63-ffe1-4a7a-b669-4abb1ae915ad
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Greg,
Thank you so much.
Watching the eye patterns of the snooker players is one thing that I’m interested in.

I enjoy and learn a lot from listening to pool commentary especially about technique and form.

Again,
Thank you very much !
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I just don't like the InFuze Kielwood shaft

jeephawk
I'm not good enough to really notice the difference apparently, but just had my table recovered, new cushions and cloth, re-leveled and the guy who did it is a very accomplished player. He noticed my unassuming looking Pat Diveney Sneaky Pete with kielwood in the rack after he was done and asked if he could hit a few shots. He set up a bunch of shots, and some tough cuts, and he was visibly impressed with the low deflection of the shaft, so based on that I'd have to say it's pretty darn good, lol. It is my favorite cue and I can't explain why, so maybe that is an element. :D
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Diamond pockets specs

rexus31
DrCue'sProtege said:
100% disagree with this.

I've watched TONS of pro matches. In person, on TV, on Accu-Stats DVDs. Rarely - and I mean RARELY - do I ever see the best players in the world end up with the CB in the middle of the table after the break.
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Time for me to waste my breath...lol.

If the game is 1B on the spot and no break box, sure, break from the side rail, hit the 1B square, park the CB and with a tight rack the wing ball will go 99% of the time and the 1B will set up 2-3 rails for a shot in one of the head rail corners (which one depends on which side of the table you break from). If you don't have a tight rack resulting in the wing ball not being wired, you have to cut break (with draw) to play the 1B in the side. If hit properly with no kicks, the cue ball should end up just forward of the racking area. The 9B on the spot and the small break box changes everything. It makes zero sense to hit the 1B square because the likelihood of making a ball on the break is very low. Hence the cut break as previously described, but because of the break box, the 1B needs to be hit much thinner (vs side rail break) to pocket the 1B in the side. To the untrained eye, it may appear the cue ball is wild but top level players are controlling it as best they can while ensuring a ball is made on the break. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but they are playing a shot. The cue ball is prone to inadvertent kicks zig zagging across the table and if the player misses the intended point of contact on the 1B and/or the CB, it can result in a less than favorable outcome. At the end of the day it's not an exact science and results will vary, but top level players are playing an intentional shot. Pool is hard and we are not robots, so even the best players in the world will not have a favorable spread after the break at times.
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

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Roy Steffensen said:
Have wanted to go to the Mosconi Cup for 20 years, and finally I had the chance. Only went one day though, but it was awesome, and will definitely go back another time. (But hopefully they will find another venue than Ally Pally, which is far away from everything)

The atmosphere and noice is NOTHING when watching on tv compared to feeling and experiencing it inside the arena.

I was blown away of how loud and tense it was.

Hats off to the players who manage to make balls in that setting. You can see they are very nervous and feeling the pressure on every single shot.

All in all a great experience, but it was definitely poor sportsmanship from the crowd on the 9-ball the seconds before Tyler missed against Moritz.

On all other shots the crowd quieted down, but I think it just got out of control on this 9.
I see people blame the ref, but he actually tried a few times to calm down on that show but with no luck.

I guess it would not have happened with any other players, but when the crowd saw the awkward position on the nine everyone felt that this was another miss coming from Tyler.

It was not an option for the ref to reset clock, stop Tyler and ask the audience to be quiet, and then let him shoot. Had he missed then everyone would definitely have blamed the ref.

Just poor sportsmanship from the crowd - on that particular shot. Otherwise I felt it was all good.

The level of play has been great, and the score could and should have been closer. Three matches ended 5-4 to Europe, after USA missed. So instead of 8-3 Europe it could have been 5-6 USA.

I am all Europe, but I really wish USA will win next year.

The Mosconi Cup is great, but if Europe keeps winning every year people will lose interest
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nice writeup. ref was out of picture for a good part of that sequence, and i agree with your reasoning on stopping play there
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

jeephawk
xX-Wizard-Xx said:
Just a vacation for team usa ....
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I'm jealous - they'll have more time to experience Christmas in London the way things have gone. We've now been lucky to visit each of the past two springs (making up for lost time for decades of work and little or no vacations) but we just can't ever make sense of not being with family here just to fly to some European city in the winter.

If any of the players (who I'm sure are hanging on every piece of advice here on the forum) or visitors want ideas for some good restaurants or pubs . . . . .
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Predator Fanboys

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skor said:
According to the P3 specs on Predator website, the P3 butt is thick.
If you consider it thin, I don’t want to know what their thin butts feel like…

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P.S. from what I remember hitting a few balls with a P3, it did feel on the thinner side, so I guess it’s all a matter of perspective 😉
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So that’s the weird thing about P3’s. The original black had the thick grip diameter. If you look at the special edition ones, like the current aura, it’s listed as medium. I remember others, like the REVO editions, were listed as thin. They varied the thickness and I sort of agree the original ones were a little fat.
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What kind/brand of Mechanics Level to level a Pool Table

boogieman
trob said:
Honest question. Why do you people need to level your table so much? Is it because of the flooring you have them on? I had my diamond delivered almost 3 years ago and it still rolls absolutely perfect. It’s in my garage that has carpet over a concrete floor.
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My basement floor has a crack in it. Nothing that leaks or anything but when seasons change I have to adjust one leg. It's not a huge adjustment, at most 1 full turn on the leveling leg. I generally re-level about every 2 months and check the rails are still torqued at that point.
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