Joey:
Actually, Pat has a point. All too often (but not necessarily in Lee's case), marketing folks "trying to invent a new mousetrap" will invent new lingo to describe something that already has well-founded and understood terms to describe it. But people will "bite" on the new lingo, thinking the item/issue it describes as something newly-discovered / newly-tagged. It's the same ol' marketing exploitation all over again. As a sales guy yourself, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
In Lee's case, however, it's more a case of different lingo used by Brits vs. Americans. I certainly don't attribute Lee's lingo to be malicious/exploitive marketing as I've described or as Pat suspects. In the UK, they say "getting through the ball." Here, we say simply, "follow-through."
And, Lee's DVD is excellent! I have it, and I'm still going through it as I have the time. He does use different lingo, but I'm familiar with that lingo, being an ex-Navy man that'd spent some time in the UK and their "colonies."
As for what I see Earl doing wrong in that match (I watched the whole match, btw, not just the missed 10-ball), he did two things wrong: 1) he didn't step correctly into/into the shot line, and tried to adjust later; 2.) exaggerated elbow drop -- it's one thing to utilize elbow drop; it's quite another when you don't stroke the ball properly and kinda just "drop your arm into the ball." If you watch Earl's stroke carefully in that one, you'll see point #2 in all its glory. He just kind of lazily dropped his arm into the ball, instead of actually stroking it. I don't think the cue tip went more than an inch into the space formerly occupied by the cue ball.
-Sean
Dub, We have forum rules that specify that posters will not be attacked, insulted or called names for expressing a opinion. Even with those rules in place, certain members especially from the so-called yeahsayer camp oftentimes take liberties in violating the forum rules.
As a "sales guy" I know that some people will respond differently to the same piece of information, when it is expressed in a different way AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. It's why author's continue writing books and why new videos are coming out every day in addition to making a dollar. :wink: You can stop the tide, Sean. You will be assimilated.
Yup, when you point out stuff like this, I'm sure a LOT of folks check it out -- I know I do. And as soon as you used the word "painful" -- even though I'd not clicked on the video link yet -- I knew the shot you were talking about, because I had already watched the match previously.
Like I said, Earl did two things wrong: 1.) didn't situate himself correctly on the shot line and tried to correct after already down on the shot; and 2.) he "dropped his arm into the cue ball" rather than *stroking* the ball.
See? Thank you, Joey. You even helped illustrate -- inadvertently on your part, because sales/marketing is so ingrained in your psyche -- what I was trying to say. Sales folk use the "different people responding differently to different lingo" as a defensive and evasive shield when called-out on this tactic. That's all it is. At the core, it's just trying to invent new terms or phrases to describe well-known issues that already have established names, specifically for the purpose of "renewing" or "reinvigorating" a sales pipeline into that issue. Classic examples? "COPD" and "PAD" invented by the pharmaceutical companies.
As for me, I'm not trying to stop it. I just step aside and let it whiz past me, pointing my finger at it and laughing all the way.
-Sean
