Top 10 sweetest strokes of all time
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Impossible, not to be included...
There are a lot of good strokes out there. However, if you combine, powerful, raw talent/skill at many disciplines, and "poetry in motion"....the list really shortens up.
I think many of the responders who didn't list the following three gentlemen, simply never saw them play...could be a "generation gap" thing.
Buddy Hall is the only contemporary player who even comes close to them, and I'm sorry but Buddy would admit, he'd come in fourth. Mosconi would be well down the list IMO.
I'm talking about, Ed Kelly, Marvin Henderson, and Harold Worst. (in no particular order)
Dick
PS as I said, there are a lot of top player's with very "effective, get the job done" strokes... but those guys (many of them) will look like Lee Trevino or Arnold Palmer, flailing away next to Fred Couples or Jack Nicklaus when compared to the three I mentioned.
There are a lot of good strokes out there. However, if you combine, powerful, raw talent/skill at many disciplines, and "poetry in motion"....the list really shortens up.
I think many of the responders who didn't list the following three gentlemen, simply never saw them play...could be a "generation gap" thing.
Buddy Hall is the only contemporary player who even comes close to them, and I'm sorry but Buddy would admit, he'd come in fourth. Mosconi would be well down the list IMO.
I'm talking about, Ed Kelly, Marvin Henderson, and Harold Worst. (in no particular order)
Dick
PS as I said, there are a lot of top player's with very "effective, get the job done" strokes... but those guys (many of them) will look like Lee Trevino or Arnold Palmer, flailing away next to Fred Couples or Jack Nicklaus when compared to the three I mentioned.
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I saw 'em all and when you talk about beautiful looking strokes, the first players that come to my mind are Marvin Henderson and Ed Kelly. I know most of you know very little about either of these guys, but trust me they were serious players.
Interestingly enough both were lefties. To say their strokes were sweet is a vast understatement. Both players could caress that cue ball and glide it into position ala Efren Reyes. I wish I could frame their strokes and put them in the Hall Of Fame. That's how good they looked. Long sweet gliding motions that had a rhythm all their own, in perfect harmony every time.
When Marvin and Kelly played it was like a ballet, so beautiful the way they moved around the table. They would softly dance from one ball to the next, melting into a fluid stance, and the culmination was this rhythmic movement of their arm and cue resulting in another perfectly executed shot. I could watch these guys play for hours and be entranced the whole time.
Jimmy Moore also had a very pretty long stroke, but he couldn't move around the table like Kelly and Marvin.
Wow, that is amazing. My post and Dick's came up at the same time! INCREDIBLE!
Interestingly enough both were lefties. To say their strokes were sweet is a vast understatement. Both players could caress that cue ball and glide it into position ala Efren Reyes. I wish I could frame their strokes and put them in the Hall Of Fame. That's how good they looked. Long sweet gliding motions that had a rhythm all their own, in perfect harmony every time.
When Marvin and Kelly played it was like a ballet, so beautiful the way they moved around the table. They would softly dance from one ball to the next, melting into a fluid stance, and the culmination was this rhythmic movement of their arm and cue resulting in another perfectly executed shot. I could watch these guys play for hours and be entranced the whole time.
Jimmy Moore also had a very pretty long stroke, but he couldn't move around the table like Kelly and Marvin.
Wow, that is amazing. My post and Dick's came up at the same time! INCREDIBLE!
On the women's side I would have to go with.
Our own AZer 1. Robbin Dodson (Bell)
2. Ewa Laurance
3. Loree Jon Jones
I saw a match on ESPN Robbin vs Jeanette. It was probably 15 yrs ago. I think it was Gordon's of Boston. She was in dead stroke and it was a thing of beauty. Smooth, flowing with a nice follow thru.
Our own AZer 1. Robbin Dodson (Bell)
2. Ewa Laurance
3. Loree Jon Jones
I saw a match on ESPN Robbin vs Jeanette. It was probably 15 yrs ago. I think it was Gordon's of Boston. She was in dead stroke and it was a thing of beauty. Smooth, flowing with a nice follow thru.
Great list, but Mizerak is #1 in my books. Also, the omission of Jack Colavita from the top ten is, in my view, inappropriate.
Strokes
Buddy had a sweet stroke, but it has changed a little over the years. I played him some when he was still a road player right before he turned pro.
Most of the sweetest strokes I have seen are usually lefties (must be that missing rib thing!). Marshall 'Squirrel' Carpenter had a pretty sweet stroke.
Buddy had a sweet stroke, but it has changed a little over the years. I played him some when he was still a road player right before he turned pro.
Most of the sweetest strokes I have seen are usually lefties (must be that missing rib thing!). Marshall 'Squirrel' Carpenter had a pretty sweet stroke.
It's an interesting observation about lefties. Two of the best players in Arizona have extremely pretty strokes and they are both lefties...Scott Frost and Mitch Ellerman.
While Sigel is my favorite, the Miz' stroke has always been my favorite to watch followed by Buddy Hall's. THey would be my top three.
10. Angel E.
9. Tricia B.
8. Aimee B.
7. girl from Nowhere Bar, I think her name was Lisa
6. Amanda L.
5. Brandi F.
4. Cara B.
3. Blair S.
2. 2 girls from Biloxi, they played scotch doubles
1. Amanda M.
9. Tricia B.
8. Aimee B.
7. girl from Nowhere Bar, I think her name was Lisa
6. Amanda L.
5. Brandi F.
4. Cara B.
3. Blair S.
2. 2 girls from Biloxi, they played scotch doubles
1. Amanda M.
OOhhh, good one, Grady.
