the belly slurp!
Gotta watch those big bellies! Somebody noticed I think it was titanic thompson playing shape so that the next shot was down by the foot rail. He had gotten in the hole and did the usual pennies on the rail when you don't have balls to spot. Hooking his belly over the rail he was dragging off pennies when he moved off of a shot! Deep knowledge or not, weaponizing a belly is an interesting twist!
Hu
Many activities, such as pool, are as much art as they are science.
Yes, the round objects and the flat surface are subject to the laws of physics. But then come the variables such as cloth, cushions, pockets, conditions (such as humidity), the idiosyncratic physical mechanics of the player, and the mental gymnastics he is able to accomplish with varying degrees of composure under different circumstances.
That is not to forget tactics and strategies that can be deployed with great variety, timing, and aplomb. In his book on Louie Roberts, MO writes about being put in an incredibly difficult 1pocket table position by his opponent, Big Jake. And then it comes to him. He rolls the CB to a spot where Big Jake is jacked up over a ball AND belly hooked. Just a little facetiously: if having awareness of your opponent's girth and that a particular CB position will turn the worm because of the size of his gut ain't deep knowledge, then I don't know what is, lol.
Lou Figueroa
Gotta watch those big bellies! Somebody noticed I think it was titanic thompson playing shape so that the next shot was down by the foot rail. He had gotten in the hole and did the usual pennies on the rail when you don't have balls to spot. Hooking his belly over the rail he was dragging off pennies when he moved off of a shot! Deep knowledge or not, weaponizing a belly is an interesting twist!
Hu