middleofnowhere said:

It's a little bit of a catch 22. If your bridge is too short it's very difficult to make those micro adjustments that you do almost subconsciously before you last stroke. A little longer bridge you can kind of dial in so to speak, again almost subconsciously.

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But if you try to do those micro adjustments with a shorter bridge on a LD shaft, the balls won't do what you expect and you'll be much more likely to miss the shot. It's important to either have a perfectly straight stroke, or to bridge at the cue's pivot point.

Asking which ball used to be a psych move so unless jocks have magically evolved, I'd suggest deciding. Learn the spiel just in case.

...ans CBL.

Jaden said:

Yeah, which means for the same amount of sidespin, you aren't going off of the original aimline as much. IOW, lower deflection...

I think you'll also notice with analysis of top players stroke that they use FAR less side spin than those in the past.

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It's a little bit of a catch 22. If your bridge is too short it's very difficult to make those micro adjustments that you do almost subconsciously before you last stroke. A little longer bridge you can kind of dial in so to speak, again almost subconsciously.

jbart65 said:

Frazer said player captains was a failure. She is desperate for the U.S. to win and will accept anything that accomplishes the goal. That’s why they brought back Johan after giving him a stiff arm for a few years.

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Player captains was, quite simply, one more step in the direction of validating the claim of many that the Mosconi selection process is not always a meritocracy.

jbart65 said:

I think MR and Frazer have finally figured this out. She is talking up young players a lot now.

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... and yet the only player that has been talked up for Mosconi by a WNT commentator all year is a thirty-nine year old. I don't think they have figured it out yet.

jasonlaus said:

SVB is an automatic loser every year - worst record in MC history

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I know you're right, but I've been hoping to see how he did in the Mosconi as the number 2, but Fedor just hasn't taken the reins.

garczar said:

Agree, its not how much but where its done. Off-table is no issue, over the table is.

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So I have a unique problem. Most players switch their cue to the opposite hand and chalk with their playing hand. I play left handed. I eat left handed and I write and draw left handed. Almost everything else I do right handed. I throw a ball, bowl, bat, do just about everything right handed. So I chalk right handed. I always wondered why other people's hands don't get as chalked up messy as mine until I was watching someone who played right handed set their cue in the opposite hand and chalk with their right hand. I thought that was so weird.

Then I realized I was the odd duck, but it makes for a messy hand and table, it's unavoidable. It's also why I never needed a glove, I was constantly chalking my fingers.

realtor1618 said:

My not so expert odds would look something like this.

Europe -400
USA +325
Europe -3.5

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Those are realistic. My point was, if Gorst plays great, which he hasn't done, I think it could lift them all up. He's so good, he's got to bring his A game to the Mosconi sooner or later.

GoldCrown said:

It might evolve into a GoldCrown....

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Doubtful

jbart65 said:

The ESPN broadcast looked like the WNT feed from what I can tell, Jay. ESPN simply may have had a truck there to retransmit the feed. I didn’t notice different camera angles or camera work. But I wasn’t there.

Perhaps ESPN lent a hand, but I have to believe WNT shouldered most of the production costs.

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That was the usual arrangement with ESPN back in the day. The event producer bore virtually all of the production costs.