Jayson Shaw in the Hunt for Another 14.1 Record

realkingcobra said:
What happened to all the other world class players like Filler, and a dozen others taking a turn at the high run record? Has everyone just conceded to only Jason Shaw having the skills to beat Jason Shaw?
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First off, there was the remodeling and build-out for the new space for our table that put things on hold.

Second, Jayson gets first crack at his own record.

Third, we're not on anyone else's schedule or timeline. There will be other world class players, most likely later this year.

Lou Figueroa
 
Table Spec complainers: Why should Jayson or anyone else do the 14.1 on anything different then Mosconi used.
They were big pockets for him and big pockets for the cheater John S. and big pockets for Jayson. All attempts should
be on similar pocket size. There is nobody going to come close on a Diamond or Predator with 4" pockets. So quit your crying.
I hope Jayson runs 1000!
 
Fatboy said:
I’d be dead if I played that much in a day
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i used to play 12-15 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week. When I was in Georgia for work, there was equipment receipt problems and I was getting paid 8 hours a day to do nothing, so I was at MBC every day.

One night Johnny Archer calls me over and says "Jaden, you practice more than anyone I've ever seen".

I replied "What about Shane?".

He says "Yeah, true...".

I know you're friends with Johnny next time you talk, ask him about it.

One of those nights, I think I played like 13 hours only stopping for one bathroom break and taking a bite of a meal between racks. I'm quite literally addicted to the game. I once "one more gamed" myself for 5 hours.

Jaden

^^^^--- For many years since, even when I was doing well on the Mezz west state tour those first couple of years, I wasn't practicing hardly at all. I just recently started to practice consistently again and my game is starting to show it.
 
Jaden said:
i used to play 12-15 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week. When I was in Georgia for work, there was equipment receipt problems and I was getting paid 8 hours a day to do nothing, so I was at MBC every day.

One night Johnny Archer calls me over and says "Jaden, you practice more than anyone I've ever seen".

I replied "What about Shane?".

He says "Yeah, true...".

I know you're friends with Johnny next time you talk, ask him about it.

One of those nights, I think I played like 13 hours only stopping for one bathroom break and taking a bite of a meal between racks. I'm quite literally addicted to the game. I once "one more gamed" myself for 5 hours.

Jaden

^^^^--- For many years since, even when I was doing well on the Mezz west state tour those first couple of years, I wasn't practicing hardly at all. I just recently started to practice consistently again and my game is starting to show it.
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Funny you mention this. We just spoke about this a couple days ago. When Shane used to stay at my house in Vegas-which was a lot of times and for long periods of time. I never saw him not playing. He works harder than anyone I’ve ever seen.

I’ll tell JA you said hello later today.

Great story, I never played that much but 35-50 hours a week (7 day week) was normal for me. If I don’t play at least 25-30 hours I’m going backwards. I attribute that to lack of talent for pool. No complaints I love to play

Best
Fatboy 😃😃
 
Fatboy said:
Again……we agree. It’s amazing Stu. We see so many things alike.

Let me ask you, if he had a month. Clearly he would need a day off here and there. But a month. Think he beats 714? I do, I think he’s a big favorite

Best
Eric 😃😃
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An interesting oddity occurs to me about pool that so-radically differentiates it from just about any other imaginable sport when an athlete is on a quest to surpass an established record.

I know enough about all minor and major sports to have seen and read about expert coaches developing time-tested nutritional recommendations as well as specific approved vitamin and dietary supplements that aim to maximize the athlete's mental acuity and the appropriate body fitness for his/her sport when going after an established world record.

It does seem so unique that none of the above well-defined and scientifically targeted techniques and nutritional regimens have any formal or idealized relevance for pool athletes with world-class skills reaching or exceeding high-run records.

Clearly with pool, the elements of extraordinary passion & determination alone -- with no specific nutritional regimen -- can somehow meter out sufficient adrenaline & endurance to enable the entry into, and sustaining of, a quieted-mind, in-the-zone, virtually auto-piloted performance in a manner not applicable, appropriate, or seen with any other hours-long sports performance.

Sort of quiet-mind long-distance "running" (in both senses of the word) with however, 14.1's crucial added factor of the quieted-mind fascinatingly making (and enacting) literally many thousands of micro-decisions before the "runner's" aspirational goal line is triumphantly reached.

Arnaldo ~ Truly unique, addicting, and mesmerizing are all aspects of 14.1.
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arnaldo said:
An interesting oddity occurs to me about pool that so-radically differentiates it from just about any other imaginable sport when an athlete is on a quest to surpass an established record.

I know enough about all minor and major sports to have seen and read about expert coaches developing time-tested nutritional recommendations as well as specific approved vitamin and dietary supplements that aim to maximize the athlete's mental acuity and the appropriate body fitness for his/her sport when going after an established world record.

It does seem so unique that none of the above well-defined and scientifically targeted techniques and nutritional regimens have any formal or idealized relevance for pool athletes with world-class skills reaching or exceeding high-run records.

Clearly with pool, the elements of extraordinary passion & determination alone -- with no specific nutritional regimen -- can somehow meter out sufficient adrenaline & endurance to enable the entry into, and sustaining of, a quieted-mind, in-the-zone, virtually auto-piloted performance in a manner not applicable, appropriate, or seen with any other hours-long sports performance.

Sort of quiet-mind long-distance "running" (in both senses of the word) with however, 14.1's crucial added factor of the quieted-mind fascinatingly making (and enacting) literally many thousands of micro-decisions before the "runner's" aspirational goal line is triumphantly reached.

Arnaldo ~ Truly unique, addicting, and mesmerizing are all aspects of 14.1.
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Jayson's
supplements when he ran the 714 was vitamin water,snickers bars and advil.lol
 
arnaldo said:
I differ. IMO 90% of the superb world-class players who posted noteworthy high-runs there would not even come close to Jayson's current and likely future mega-runs.

The capacity to sustain the relentless requisite passion, sheer determination, endurance, and instant subconscious navigational instincts he exhibited in his 714 is so rare in my spectating experience that there are few players I'd reasonably predict for equaling and surpassing what Jayson is capable of no matter the size of monetary and prestige expectations of the players who'd ever be contending in the quest here or elsewhere internationally. I would however love to be surprised by, and be watching someone -- from somewhere -- coming very close.

Arnaldo
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I likely agree. It was quite a rude awakening when I went back to playing pool in my 40s, and finally realized the athleticism required to play professionally in the modern era (that boat had sailed for me).
 
Texas Carom Club said:
Hi how were they? Any records of the runs to see how many they were and is there documentation on the pocket size used ? Super clean conditions help big runs just as much, just Nick the rack and a few will pop out
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I assume the tournament stats must be online somewhere (I seem to remember there were some 150 & out games?).

Tables looked like standard Diamonds, and cloth played like 760 (?).
 
rjb1168 said:
Table Spec complainers: Why should Jayson or anyone else do the 14.1 on anything different then Mosconi used.
They were big pockets for him and big pockets for the cheater John S. and big pockets for Jayson. All attempts should
be on similar pocket size. There is nobody going to come close on a Diamond or Predator with 4" pockets. So quit your crying.
I hope Jayson runs 1000!
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I don't really care what the 14.1 High Run Table Standards are, I just think they should exist - including max pocket size and min facing angle.

pj
chgo
 
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