Nice , looking forward to seeing this one and thanks for sharing !

hello said:

You are very welcome.

Are you going to donate?

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hello said:

Nothing has become clear, you just assume.What if all the money goes to Martinez?

And we know you won't donate to no one, so you don't have to make up more reasons why you don't and others shouldn't.

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If anyone ever sets up a GFM for my family when I eventually die, please DO NOT be a spokesperson for it.

The only time I ask a student to have a true pause at the end of the back stroke is if they punch the ball with a very, very short back stroke. Often they have nice long, smooth warmup strokes, and then JAB! The pause forces them to have a controlled backstroke.

I never really learned a pause. I can demonstrate it, but I can't play with one.

I do think a pause is needed at address, with the tip close to the ball.

Frosty said:

It seems to be revered by a large number of instructors such as Mark Wilson from your area.

Personally I would consider it a hindrance. To me a truly beautiful stroke is fluid, it just flows naturally, a pause is an interruption of that. I think it might be right for some mid level players that tend to get “too quick” in their transition, a common cause of misses in that level of player.

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I don't know why, but your post made me think about what the "stroke" actually is... It can be considered just the forward motion of the cue. I think the pause is just a way to settle yourself before you stroke the ball.

fastone371 said:

Retard!!!!! ...

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Who are you calling.... Nevermind.

jay helfert said:

Reminds me of Lassiter, who was only satisfied with perfection. 2-3 inches off and he would shake his head and make a disgusted face.

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I'm a little surprised here. 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. As noted previously, I never saw Lassiter play anything but straight pool.

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."

Don't get me wrong, for both Josh and Earl qualify as elite position players, but the position play percentages for them are just a bit different because of their absurdly straight shooting. They play position exactly as they should, given their respective skill sets, but it's a bit less textbook than the other five players I mentioned.

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