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j2pac said:

Once you adjust your aim slightly, you'll be just fine. I don't know that the shaft in and of itself will "improve" accuracy. The accuracy improvement will come from dialing in both your aim, and your stroke.

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That's true, however, for a player who mainly uses feel to adjust for cueball deflection, a ld shaft will help by having the stroke line being closer to the intended cb travel line. The less you have to deviate off of that line, the less the chance that you over or under compensate for squirt/cb deflection. Or rather, any deviation will be of a smaller percentage because you aren't having to adjust as much to compensate for the squirt.

gregcantrall said:

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straightline said:

In golf - table golf, there are deductions if you don't hit your ball. I think its back one hole per foul. In snooker I recall when all the reds are gone, fouls are assessed according to the point value of the ball in play.

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In snooker the minimum foul value is 4 points (awarded to the opponent). So if you are on a red (worth 1 point) and don’t hit a red it’s 4 points. If you are on the yellow (worth 2 points) and foul it’s 4 points. If you foul a ball worth more than 4 (the blue 5, the pink 6, the black 7) then the foul is worth the value of the ball. So if you hit the black by accident it’s a 7 point penalty.

I believe the ins and outs of that are on his pages. One trick about follow is by shooting slightly downward, the tip pinches the ball into the cloth. More relevant friction, quicker hookup.

Nature Boy said:

How high or low do you cue the ball when attempting maximum spin?

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Hitting at the "miscue limit" - halfway from center to edge on the CB - produces maximum spin.

Nature Boy said:

... for maximum backspin, you want a downward strike.

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I don't think that's correct for most shots.

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i would be all in for a true all around tournament. as that is the real test.
although a long race does include stamina it gives a more reliable sample .

true many had stake horses but most when they had money would bet their own. unfortunately for them they were not good game makers but had big heads and usually went broke shortly after. cooney wasn't a big all time money winner. he actually was on short money most times.

he was very conniving though and did take off some nice scores. most times he just beat very good players even up.
and since he spent time setting up some scores got his rep.

actually guys like uj pucket, and amarillo slim, ty thompson far outclassed him for hustling. and many road players from the south, were good hustlers but few could keep the money for long.
i knew many or most of the old time big gamblers of all kinds and almost all ended up broke or close to it.

GideonF said:

What are those?

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In golf - table golf, there are deductions if you don't hit your ball. I think its back one hole per foul. In snooker I recall when all the reds are gone, fouls are assessed according to the point value of the ball in play.

I'm glad to hear you like the Sniper tip. I've been planning to order the cue with a Sniper.