Rackaday said:

I 100% agree with you. Unfortunately, the guys that have all day to read all of these posts and reply aren’t on the road slaying pool rooms for cash. As a matter of fact, I would imagine most leagues have a rule about showing up on time for a match, because people have lives outside of pool leagues and/or wives and kids to raise. Many older writings are not a 1:1 translation within modern society or even 1 stoplight towns.

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Jaden said:

Not even close. The higher skilled player often doesn't walk out with the money. The person walking out with the money is often the most skilled sharker or most skilled negotiator, maybe the most skilled under pressure, they are not necssarily the most skilled at playing pocket billiards.

It's funny this goes back millenium. If you haven't and you get the chance, read the book of the five rings. It's about combat and sword dueling. In it Miyamoto Musashi speaks to showing up late to the duel to get into your opponents head.

You can see this today with Magnus Carlsen doing the same thing even sacrificing time advantage to do so. That isn't what makes him more skilled at chess, but it allows him a mental advantage that often ends up with him walking away the winner ( and it helps that he's often the more skilled at chess).

Skill at playing pool is exactly that, getting the balls to do what you are trying to get them to do is the only thing that is skill at pool. The rest and walking away with the money is skill at walking away with the money, not playing pool.

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SSP said:

All players miss, so what do you do when you miss? When I miss when playing league I try to solve why I missed, I can usually attribute it to not focusing on delivering the cue in a straight line properly during the shot, trying to change my aim while down on the shot, and thinking about the results of the shot, the only thing I can truly control is delivering the cue along the proper shot line, sometimes I use the wrong English, I don't beat myself up, I keep my head in the game and take advantage of my next opportunity to shoot.

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SSP said:

All players miss, so what do you do when you miss? When I miss when playing league I try to solve why I missed, I can usually attribute it to not focusing on delivering the cue in a straight line properly during the shot, trying to change my aim while down on the shot, and thinking about the results of the shot, the only thing I can truly control is delivering the cue along the proper shot line, sometimes I use the wrong English, I don't beat myself up, I keep my head in the game and take advantage of my next opportunity to shoot.

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straightline said:

The pre-spun masse but I suppose any bizarre cue ball action. Kinda groggy and can't visualize the spin.

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straightline said:

While I'm thinking about it, how many oscillations (spins) can a moving object carry? Is it infinite?

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Smutzc said:

Great Video Dr Dave !

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Smutzc said:

I’ve always wanted to see you do a video on cue ball effects to properly measure a two rail bank shot like the infamous Z shot by Efren. That shot comes up every now and then and it is one I always guess at. Help a brotha out ! As always, enjoy everything you do !

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Rusty in Montana said:

You can however the current doesn't flow as well through the wire when it's coiled that way .
There also can be static within the cable when unplugged , yes I know that sounds crazy but a tech was adamant about it so I let it go at that .

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straightline said:

Technically, pocketing the ball is major to the degree it should be developed to flawless. More important, that and all execution must be flawlessly consistent. For the not so ambitious, do what you can.

Still, people tend to depend on notions that nobody plays perfect which begets notions like just relax and do what you do and ultimately, not everybody is gonna be a champ anyway etc...

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dr_dave said:

What shot are you referring to?

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GideonF said:

This is a great clip of why it’s not a double hit but it doesn’t show the difference between a legal shot into a frozen ball and an illegal push shot. Lots of people apparently (including Karl Boyes it seems) think it’s a push. Do you know of a clip showing the actual illegal push technique?

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3.8 PUSH SHOT
It is a foul to prolong tip-to-cue-ball contact beyond that seen in normal shots.

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