ShootingArts said:

Linear bearings force anything mounted in them, sometimes just one but always two, to have to move straight back and forth. With the shaft having no lateral movement to speak of mounted in those bearings and no flex to speak of mounted very near the ends the effective mass of the shaft would be, well, massive.

As you know an off center hit forces lateral movement in both objects, normally significant movement in both assuming similar weight and ability to move laterally. Lock one down and it's effective mass becomes huge, basically all the movement occurs in the other object.

Nothing tricky this morning!

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Thanks - what I figured.

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BasementDweller said:

One of the things I think many of us get wrong about top players, is how long they actually improve. Yes, there are those like Filler and Gorst that come out of the gate -- playing close to their peak, but others get better and better, inch by inch for years. This gets lost in the shuffle because - overall the standard continues to rise.

Sure some of them fade as they age due to their lack of desire or health concerns, but others get better. Varner got better. Efren got better. Dare I say -- SVB has gotten better. I know he doesn't win the titles as much, but his overall game looks better to me in many respects.

Others will say, you should have seen them in their prime, then a video of them in their "prime" surfaces and they look worse. The ever increasing standard, forces players to continually improve or go home. The greats that stick it out, find ways to get better.

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This post is just superb! Yes, once in while there is an Allen Hopkins, Alex Pagulayan, Josh Filler, Wu Jiaqing, or Fedor Gorst, players that seem to have 95% of the skills and features needed for greatness by the age of 18. Still, they are the exception.

Aloysius Yapp is 29, but he is a perfect example of a player that is still improving. Relative to when he was 25, he is a better pattern player, a better ball pocketer, a better executor of the jump shot and has a stronger mental game. Bustamante improved greatly in his 30s and so did Earl Strickland and Carlo Biado. I agree with the many on this forum who feel that SVB is playing the best pool he has ever played. As we saw last week when he managed silver at the Florida Open, Shane is still one to be reckoned with at the majors. Ralf Souquet was still improving in his 40s and so was Jose Parica.

The increasing globalization of the game means that great players will continue to pop up everywhere, and young players and veterans alike who fail to improve will be left behind.

bbb said:

good post
could you give an example of a correct answer but not demonstrating understanding the answer?

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Good question.

I'll think a little on that to come up with an example more universally understandable or maybe relatable. It would be silly to present something that needs a lot of explaining. It's like having to explain a joke. It isn't funny if you have to explain it. I deal with a lot of technical biomedical stuff that just would not work well because I would have to explain too much.

So...something simple and relatable...