Bob Jewett said:

What would he have brought to, say, CSI or APA? What would they get from the partnership?

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Remunerative for him, not them

I'm thinking of Jeannette Lee's link with APA - you see a lot of posters with her image. Of course, the Black Widow is much more famous and marketable than Sigel.

skip100 said:

It would have been a lot easier (and likely more remunerative) for him to partner with an existing league rather than try to create his own.

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What would he have brought to, say, CSI or APA? What would they get from the partnership?

sjm said:

....if your stroke is 100% repeatable, even if it is not orthodox, you are set up for success.

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Yes, the unorthodox styles can be made to work, but I think they will take longer to make work and are less reliable under pressure/fatigue/ageing. In my view, players should put in a reasonable effort on orthodox mechanics before they wander off into the world of amazing idiosyncrasies.

Should Willie Hoppe have changed from a sidearm stroke to a standard pendulum? Would he have played better? Impossible to tell. When Welker Cochran was a teenager, he got a coach who changed his arm to vertical and his stroke to perfectly straight. Did that help or hurt him? Also impossible to tell. According to legend, Hoppe learned as a pre-teen to make what he had work because his father would beat him if he missed. Also, his family was supported by his billiards, which was a pretty good incentive to make shots.

For learning the game, I think simpler is better. Many players fix one problem by layering on a compensating problem.

It would have been a lot easier (and likely more remunerative) for him to partner with an existing league rather than try to create his own.

lockwood said:

How Sniper some Caiden

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And you are sure your getting legit products?
What's your procedure for installation?

trob said:

Mike Davis has the worst see saw stroke I’ve ever seen bit he does nothing but run out lol ...

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He made a conscious decision to use that stroke.

kingwang said:

In the finals of the 2000 US Open between Takeshi Okamura and Earl Strickland, Okamura places a towel on the rail/pockets several times to block the glare from the lights.

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At 17:47, he does it for the first time. At 59:31, he does it again and the ref comes over to discuss and deems it legal.

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Doing what you can to fix a broken situation. Maybe it was an unusual kind of lighting -- I've never seen a problem with pocket casting glare before.

And Scott announced the match.
Saying....
Next match up is..............
''TKO from FLA.''
The ko was attached as the ''knock out'' punch stroke he threw at the field.
It is quite different.
But he hit em square that day/week.

In the finals of the 2000 US Open between Takeshi Okamura and Earl Strickland, Okamura places a towel on the rail/pockets several times to block the glare from the lights.

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At 17:47, he does it for the first time. At 59:31, he does it again and the ref comes over to discuss and deems it legal.