7stud said:

False advertising!! The only available shafts bump the price up to $619.

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I did pay and extra $120 but got the centro shaft and I wanted one. I’ve held back on the centro because of the $479 price but I feel that this was a deal I could not pass up. I also got an extension for $79.

3kushn said:

If I walked into a room with Diamonds, Brunswick's, and Schmidt, I'd want the Schmidt.
For old times sake mostly.

Back in the day, when you would miss a bank, the ball coming off the 2nd rail would not reverse, normally.

If I were in the market, I'd choose The St Louisian.
Again for nostalgia. It also looks the most substantial build. ..

Too bad they don't offer this one standard anymore.

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I think some of the first tables I played on were AESchmidts. They were very old, ten feet I believe, and built like a Mack truck. Those solid old tables, thick cowhide pockets, and thick slate influenced how I thought tables should play and feel. Around an inch of slate is the standard now but I ran into two and even three inch slate way back when. As soon as you rolled a ball you knew you were on heavy slate. I don't know if it was vibration or what, as far as I know all tables made today have inferior beds.

One of the things I think needs improvement in the pool world is table beds. Might be time to get away from slate. I don't know if it is a step in the right direction or not but there were some beds made from granite, maybe marble. I'm sure weight was an issue but two to three inches of those stones would probably play awesome. Today we should be able to build something light and stiff out of some synthetic though.

You are somebody that might remember: Wasn't there a Schmidt and somebody or somebody and Schmidt table? Seemed like they used to be some in one of my old hangouts. These are all memories in the neighborhood of fifty years old, minor details have faded a bit.

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7stud said:

False advertising!! The only available shafts bump the price up to $619.

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Go to Seyberts, they have 314 shafts and your out the door for $499

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garczar said:

If that's Joe Friday's real badge then he was one small sob.

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Just the facts ma'm

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the feedback.

At this stage I'm just proving my app through and helping out by offering some free feedback to players of any level. I'll be looking to make it a more formal thing in the new year once I've added some more features in the app for myself.

I'll also be looking to pair up with some high profile world class coaching brand, can't say anything else about that yet though.

I've had a few other messages and I'll be running the video on some more shots for them soon.

If any one else is interested in learning more about your game just let me know and i'll still provide some free analysis for you.

IF you have a particular shot you always struggle with maybe?

Thought I'd update this because I figured it out.

I was/am actually coming down on the shot perfectly aligned (or very, very close to it), but I was sabotaging myself with my warm-up strokes because they were an unconscious, automatic attempt to "straighten" my cue/"find" center ball when neither of those needed to be done. Both of those are holdover habits from a time when my alignment was poor and I needed (or thought I needed) to "fix" things while down on the table.

When I was getting down on the shot and shooting straight with no warm-up strokes, I wasn't giving myself a chance to take my cue off the shot line.

Now I'm getting down on the shot and simply observing/double-checking my cue/tip position at the cue ball during warm-up strokes without trying to "straighten" it (because it doesn't need to be straightened). It's really coming down to trust at this point because sometimes it doesn't look perfectly straight, but then I hit the cue ball, and it's a pure, clean hit with no sidespin whatsoever.

The exciting part is that this feels like a massive breakthrough because not only am I shooting straighter WITH warm-up strokes (which naturally feels 'safer" than doing none), but the trust factor in my brain is freeing up my stroke, resulting in far less steering and much more powerful, free-flowing cue action.