maha said:

still haven't said how carbon fibre can transfer more power.. and you don't have to hit as hard. meaning cue speed is less.

show where Becue says it does please.

so what amount like 20% more power?

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I did say how, when striking the cue ball, your cue and therefore shaft will lose some of the force YOU applied during your stroke, compression of your tip then ferrule then shaft then butt all contribute to this lose of force as well as cloth ect. I was just focusing on the cue, that's why the engineers at Becue spent 3 years of R&D working on reducing that loss of force in their cues, notice I didn't say eliminate, it is impossible in physics, there are some very good wood shafts that are probably equivalent to a Becue shaft but how do you know which wood shaft is? Wood is not a consistent material, by having a consistent material to work with you get more consistent results, it's why some guitars made in the same factory sound better than the one that came off the line right behind it and why good players insist on playing them before buying, a cue is more of a tool, the magic happens in your ability to analyze layouts and control the cue ball , in my opinion having a tool that offers consistent results is a bonus

Can you still buy these somewhere? Are they sold outside the website?

chrislill-rastern said:

In classic psychology research, mental rotation is one of the spatial abilities where male–female differences have been reported most consistently. Large sex differences are especially found in mental rotation tasks, more than in many other cognitive domains.
For pool, this could matter because the game constantly requires players to imagine rotated table layouts, cue-ball paths, object-ball lines, tangent lines, cushion routes, and future ball positions. If these abilities are linked to performance, then persistent differences in mental rotation could be one of the reasons why female players, despite serious training and high commitment, are still rarely successful at the very top level in open competition compared with male players.

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You think thats why Jasmine is having a hard time to beat Albin?

Nice one

Champions, Heraklion Crete

Not an elk master. The color is wrong. I'm legit colorblind and can tell.

Something doesn't add up. You said you bought a "new" cue. Brand new they come with a Sniper laminated tip, which yours is clearly not.

chrislill-rastern said:

My study investigates whether neurocognitive abilities can predict performance in pool billiards. The central hypothesis is that successful pool players differ from less successful players in specific cognitive skills that are directly relevant to the game, especially mental rotation, spatial reasoning, motion prediction, visual anticipation, and intuitive physics.

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These are innate qualities you seek? Do you think they can be taught/learned/developed?

Rocket354 said:

I would have thought Chohan and even Morra would have gone higher. But I was not aware of Gomez' impressive 1p resume.

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chohan usually does. gomez often not far behind tho.

i think lunda and garcia were bargains. could be argued fedor is overvalued. he is the betting favorite of course, but total pot is like 50-60k lower than last year. he has to final for ROI?

straightline said:

Mind stating a hypothesis?

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My study investigates whether neurocognitive abilities can predict performance in pool billiards. The central hypothesis is that successful pool players differ from less successful players in specific cognitive skills that are directly relevant to the game, especially mental rotation, spatial reasoning, motion prediction, visual anticipation, and intuitive physics.

Bob Jewett said:

Since few people here have ever researched a technical topic, you might consider giving us an overview of what people have discovered in the last 40 or so years.

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In classic psychology research, mental rotation is one of the spatial abilities where male–female differences have been reported most consistently. Large sex differences are especially found in mental rotation tasks, more than in many other cognitive domains.
For pool, this could matter because the game constantly requires players to imagine rotated table layouts, cue-ball paths, object-ball lines, tangent lines, cushion routes, and future ball positions. If these abilities are linked to performance, then persistent differences in mental rotation could be one of the reasons why female players, despite serious training and high commitment, are still rarely successful at the very top level in open competition compared with male players.