Aside from sharking, give me one good reason why someone would do that? Seriously.This is almost as good as the thread by the guy who bitched about players chalking up after missing!
Aside from sharking, give me one good reason why someone would do that? Seriously.This is almost as good as the thread by the guy who bitched about players chalking up after missing!
I use both my hands to shoot so I don't know what this means.
The miss/miscue is in their head and they have to get it cleared so they can get their head right for the next inning. It's not necessarily a sharking move, it's often a tell that they are struggling mentally. If your opponent misses/miscues and chalks afterwards you should see that as a boon. They are questioning their game and what went wrong. Best to leave them a lock up safety when you see them do this. BIH is moments away.Aside from sharking, give me one good reason why someone would do that? Seriously.
The miss/miscue is in their head and they have to get it cleared so they can get their head right for the next inning. It's not necessarily a sharking move, it's often a tell that they are struggling mentally. If your opponent misses/miscues and chalks afterwards you should see that as a boon. They are questioning their game and what went wrong. Best to leave them a lock up safety when you see them do this. BIH is moments away.
I've done it ever since I started playing. I don't think about it, I just do it. I learned to chalk the cue after EVERY shot, not just the ones I made.Aside from sharking, give me one good reason why someone would do that? Seriously.
Yeah, hit me with it! See what happens!The miss/miscue is in their head and they have to get it cleared so they can get their head right for the next inning. It's not necessarily a sharking move, it's often a tell that they are struggling mentally. If your opponent misses/miscues and chalks afterwards you should see that as a boon. They are questioning their game and what went wrong. Best to leave them a lock up safety when you see them do this. BIH is moments away.
I've done it ever since I started playing. I don't think about it, I just do it. I learned to chalk the cue after EVERY shot, not just the ones I made.
Yeah, hit me with it! See what happens!
I think you'd be in the minority.
Lou Figueroa
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This video from a few hours ago is a perfect illustration of the topic.Why do most players chalk their cue when they get up when reconsidering a shot? This results in unnecessary chalking. It appears that they use it as a crutch. Do they believe it is important to chalk their cue as a last step in their pre-shot routine?
That kind of chalking is a weapon, not a crutch.This video from a few hours ago is a perfect illustration of the topic.
Agree completely.
A properly shaped, medium, layered tip (I like Tiger M or G2M) NOT USED FOR BREAKING will not usually mushroom or need reshaping often.
Gentle scuffing ONLY when the tip will not hold chalk.
I have been able to get several YEARS out of a good and well cared for tip. Even then, I just changed it because it was getting very hard and I like a medium to soft tip. The last one I changed out was still about 2.5mm thick, it had just become like a rock from use.
Both things are true. Chalk is functionally essential to prevent miscues and without it English of any kind would be near impossible.If chalk is not used to prevent miscues, what is its purpose?
To allow the player to spin the ball. Sure, no chalk will increase the likelihood of miscues, but as Dr. Dave has shown, what chalk is used isn't a significant factor, just that the tip is chalked. But how many times do you see a player chalk up, miscue, and then look at their tip suspiciously as if it was the tip's fault or the chalk's fault? I maintain that in my experience the majority of miscues have nothing to do with chalk, they are due to a crooked stroke that takes the point of contact on the cueball out of the safe zone.
Most players are at the APA 3 level and lower. Their miscues are very often because they never learned how to chalk. Drilling a hole down the middle of the chalk often gets no chalk on the tip. Most pool players drill holes -- just look at the chalk in the typical pool hall or bar.... For most players technique is far more often to blame for a miscue. ...
That is why I included this in my post:Most players are at the APA 3 level and lower. Their miscues are very often because they never learned how to chalk. Drilling a hole down the middle of the chalk often gets no chalk on the tip. Most pool players drill holes -- just look at the chalk in the typical pool hall or bar.
And when that level of player tries to hit the ball off-center for draw or some spin on the cushion, what they learn is to hit the ball in the center because they miscue.
For players who run a rack of nine ball a few times per night, you may be right, but they are a tiny percentage of pool players and likely a minority of the readers here.
There is no such thing. A routine is not a crutch...Why do most players chalk their cue when they get up when reconsidering a shot? This results in unnecessary chalking. It appears that they use it as a crutch. Do they believe it is important to chalk their cue as a last step in their pre-shot routine?
That's an obsessive/compulsive disorder, (OCD).This video from a few hours ago is a perfect illustration of the topic.
Thanks for calling me a liar.This simply isn't true. I prefer an exact nickel shape. My tip flattens consistently in the middle and slightly rounds at the edges of the tip as I play. Reshaping back to a nickel shape is necessary through the life of the tip. I need my tip to be exact and I use it exceptionally well when it is.
Tips are like tires on a car, they wear with use.
As far as chalking rituals go, who cares? Some of the best players to ever live were habitual over-chalkers. That's why master's chalk is king, it's dirt cheap and works well enough.
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This simply isn't true. I prefer an exact nickel shape. My tip flattens consistently in the middle and slightly rounds at the edges of the tip as I play. Reshaping back to a nickel shape is necessary through the life of the tip. I need my tip to be exact and I use it exceptionally well when it is.
Tips are like tires on a car, they wear with use.
As far as chalking rituals go, who cares? Some of the best players to ever live were habitual over-chalkers. That's why master's chalk is king, it's dirt cheap and works well enough.
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What you are discribing is a bit unusual, in my experience.
To have a tip flatten in the middle is not normal unless you’re doing a lot of aggressive scruffing or even worse doing the “fire starter” routine, which I’ve noticed recently is actually a somewhat common (bad for your tip/play, good for your cue mechanic) practice.
Lou Figueroa