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KO brothers tip review.

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hello said:
I think its quite simple: You need to use draw when the situation calls for.If you cant draw the ball you will not be a good player.And sometimes you get to the table and ''have'' to execute a big draw shot.

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It doesn’t always have to be a big draw shot, what if you need to draw or follow 3" to get shape on the game winning ball and you can't be off by 1/4"? You should not be using draw or follow unless you need to for shape, just because you hit low on the cueball does not make that a draw stroke, sometimes I do that just to slow the cueball down to get shape, in golf you use many different clubs to move the ball around, in pool you have one stick, for the most part, and you use many different strokes to move the ball around .
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KO brothers tip review.

Flakeandrun
SSP said:
If the player slows down his stroke so there is no follow through then the tip can contact the cueball with no follow through, that is exactly how I hit the cueball when I was first learning to play, I didn't consciously slow down my stroke but I stopped my stroke at the cueball, thankfully some knowledgeable players taught me what a proper stroke looked like, I couldn't understand why I could not spin the cueball when hitting it with sidespin or draw/follow, in the immortal words of Yosemite Sam.....that'll learn ya 😉
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How would it move at all... even touching it is imparting a follow through. Regardless of length.
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(Un)Popular Opinion on Fargo Rate

alphadog
Wayne Crimi said:
The Florida Open and US open have convinced me that Fargo's rating approach is a tad too long term oriented. IMO it should weigh more recent efforts a little more than it does now.

Aloysius Yapp is rated 835 now. That's very high. With a rating like that he has a decent shot to win almost any major tournament. But 3 in a row is a pretty big longshot unless he was playing better than 835. I'm not sure how much the rating moved up over the last 3 tournaments because I don't have a historical list, but IMO it should be higher.

A player can have a single hot tournament and that doesn't necessarily reflect his true ability, but 3 Matchroom tournaments in a row against the best competition in the world should say a LOT about his current level and imo have pretty significant impact on his rating.

If I was gambling, right now I'd make Yapp the favorite over anyone other than Filler and Gorst and I'd need better than even money to be truly comfortable I had an edge with those guys. It's probably pretty close to even money. I realize that other players have sustained their elite form longer. That's useful information and should be part of the historical record also, but if we are trying to determine who is the best player right now, it's at least arguable that it's Yapp. We'll see in 6 months if he holds this form, but if he doesn't that should also be reflected a little quicker.
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So the flip side is did the opponents Yapp beat play under their Fargo?
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KO brothers tip review.

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Mensabum said:
Watch his wrist.
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Snap of his wrist and his speed of stroke, I was at SBE one year and they had a radar gun to test break speed, my friend hit 26mph, I tried several times and my best was 14mph, some people have more natural speed of stroke, just like some people can punch faster than others, I believe the formula is speed x mass = force, so I went from using an 18.5 oz cue to using a 22.5 oz cue, did it help? Like night and day, there was nothing I could do about my speed of stroke but adding the weight helped me move the cueball around the table, not just draw but follow as well, I use that little snap of the wrist on those shots too, that's what they mean by timing, you have to time the snap of the wrist a split second before contact with the cueball, that little snap speeds up your speed of stroke, when done properly the cueball seems to stop for half a second and then rocket backwards, that has been my experience, your experience may differ.....
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I've been absolutely enjoying my Jacoby Elements cue with a Bulletproof CF shaft & Recoil medium tip.

Sir Scratchalot
I received both at roughly the same time and have spent most of my playing with this combo. I have another cue with a radial pin and a couple of CF shafts, so there's been some swapping around. This combo yields the best synergy though, in my opinion. Everything works well together.

I like the balance here. The hit, accuracy and control all align excellently with my skill level and gives me some solid confidence at the table. I think they look great together, as well.

Now, I have also ordered a deep brown dark roasted shaft for this. I'm very interested to see how actual wood plays here (The standard maple shaft that came with it hits good, but I can't stand 13mm tips anymore). I have a PureX inFUZEd (in a different joint) and really like it a lot, so I'm thinking Kielwood will be nice here, as well. I chose not to go with PureX, however, because I wanted a deeper brown that I think will look exceptional on this cue.
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