Myth or real - Stroke smoothness as a requisite for certain shots

I saw Mike Masse do that on an 8 footer. I occurs to me the shot works better and is probably easier to shoot one handed jacked up. It's kind of an entertainment hustle.
If I remember correctly Ronnie used enough inside that the cueball curved and gave more of a full hit on the object ball. That kind of accuracy in the strike to whitey one handed was impressive.

BILLIARD ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES AUCTION FEBRUARY 23RD & 24TH 2026 CUES ,BALLS, CASES

Thanks for sharing - last auction that I won a cue I had to pay a 30% buyers premium over my final bid price - on top of that I was at the mercy of the company handling packing and shipping of purchased items and they were very expensive if you are not local.
I did end up with a nice cue and it actually turned a small profit on re- sell even after all those added expenses - it was a Gus forearm Palmer third catalog.
NOT BOUGHT AT KRAFT! Not at KRAFT, maybe some other auction house. Read the website.

Myth or real - Stroke smoothness as a requisite for certain shots

Ronnie Allen could execute a one handed spot shot where the cueball doesn't hit a rail. Not head spot to foot spot but out of the kitchen with spotted object ball. An accomplishment that showed a significant profit when executed with the one attempt wagers filling all the pockets of the table.
I saw Mike Masse do that on an 8 footer. I occurs to me the shot works better and is probably easier to shoot one handed jacked up. It's kind of an entertainment hustle.

Playing peekaboo

Should they? Sure, it’s the gentleman thing to do. Then again one of the most maddening things about life is that most know the right thing to do, and choose not to.

Bottom line? You just have to not let things like this bother you. I don’t care if a guy does cartwheels in my shot line with lit sparklers in his mouth and his butt.
So much here that I can identify with. 👍
I found that the best way for Me to deal with the distraction attempts was to escalate my adrenaline level. Confront them directly and to the point. My favorite confrontation came playing Lake City Red in a tournament. My words were along this line, "Listen here You Whining Crying Shark Move Mother effer.......when it's your turn you can whine and cry all you want. When it's my turn you sit there quietly and take it like a man." My fight or flight adrenaline escalation carried me to victory not only in that match but the whole freaking tournament. The residual mad carried me to my first big tournament victory.
Control the Anger!!!! And use it to advantage. 🤷‍♂️
On another occasion I offered the opportunity to Tap Dance on the other end of the table while I shoot. The fireworks out of the butt is an interesting offer I will borrow if a similar situation arises. 😉 👍

Why is running English always (or at least usually) used for multi rail kicks?

If the ball has outside english when it hits a rail, it looses significant energy, and reflects at greater angle than incident.
If the ball has no sidespin, the rail will impart some on first contact and the ball will slow down.

If the ball has just the right amount of side spin, the ball reflects <I will just use the term> "well" not accelerating, or decelerating and picking up spin where angle of incidence = angle of reflectance.
1)why would the cue ball lose energy because of outside english?
2) are you referring to the cue ball going in has the same spin that it would pick up if it went into the rail with no spin?

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