What might feel like an over exaggerated pause to the player, is almost invisible to anyone that’s watching them. Just like what’s taught with the golf swing and putting. Back, pause, thru.
It’s the ‘and’ in peanut butter and jelly that Samm diep teaches.

jbart65 said:

Exactly. Filler accepts more distance than any top player to make sure he’s on the right side of the ball. But also to not risk a miss to try to get better position.

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Yes, very well said, but don't fail to appreciate that in doing so, he sometimes increases his likelihood of finding the right side of the next object ball. The most aggressive position players, the best of which I named, who have generally played tighter to the next object ball than Josh, sometimes pay a greater penalty than Josh when they overhit the speed. In other words, there is a tradeoff in play here, and the Filler/Strickland style should not be viewed as evidencing a lack of ambition in position play.

jbart65 said:

He has also said he doesn’t like to use a lot of spin on long shots or to try to get better position if it sharply raises the odds of a miss. He is as a good as a percentage player as there is.

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Again, like Earl in his prime, he is super-comfortable with spin but knows when he doesn't have to chance it.

sjm said:

I don't really feel that Josh plays position as aggressively as any of Buddy Hall, Ralf Souquet, Darren Appleton, Jim Rempe or Fedor Gorst.

I think Josh is a bit more willing to accept a little more distance from the object ball than the others, and in this sense, he reminds me of Earl Strickland in his prime. Josh and Earl enjoyed such supreme confidence in their pocketing skills that they sometimes opted to focus more on getting right side of the ball than getting really near the next object ball. George Fels used to describe this practice as "cinching the angle."

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Exactly. Filler accepts more distance than any top player to make sure he’s on the right side of the ball. But also to not risk a miss to try to get better position.

He has also said he doesn’t like to use a lot of spin on long shots or to try to get better position if it sharply raises the odds of a miss. He is as a good as a percentage player as there is.

Chopdoc said:

OMG you are making me weak in the knees.

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There are regions where this wood is highly prized.

I semi regret selling the pieces that I had.

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Whenever I have a shot like this one where you have to go around three rails to get from the 3B to the 4B I almost always will run into the 8B. No matter where the 8B (or whatever ball it may be) is I usually seem to find a way to make contact with it.

Any tips or ideas on how to avoid the 8B in this situation?

r/DCP

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Didn't you just get new cloth on both tables?
It might not react like most people's tables.
Which table were you playing on?

Mensabum said:

C'mon guys...

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Problem temporarily solved.

GideonF said:

This is dealt with in 1.8 of WPA rules. In your example it gets spotted and play continues.

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I think you mean put back close to where it was.