sudocrushms
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Do you have issues with other tables, walls, setee tables, etc when you're near the rails? Obviously cue length and stroke are part, but depending on your stance i could see that interfering with your feet more.
Does Being Tall Offer Advantages in Pool?
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first of all bill doesnt count. sure he is tall but he was always a top athlete. so none of that shit bothers him. and he could play super too.
and fats when younger got down a lot more on his shots. what you see on tv he was way over his prime . when young he could play with most all of them. and certainly bank as good as anyone in the world at the time. and mosconi got down more when he was young.
as far as the bridge i hardly ever use it. just shoot opposite handed or one handed. if your stroke is straight you dont need a second hand on the cue and with hardly any practice you can transition to opposite handed and play 80 percent of you speed.
and fats when younger got down a lot more on his shots. what you see on tv he was way over his prime . when young he could play with most all of them. and certainly bank as good as anyone in the world at the time. and mosconi got down more when he was young.
as far as the bridge i hardly ever use it. just shoot opposite handed or one handed. if your stroke is straight you dont need a second hand on the cue and with hardly any practice you can transition to opposite handed and play 80 percent of you speed.
Appendages being longer tend to get you in trouble when pulling away from the shot, more than the 30'' ers.
Nick Varner has Long arms.
Nick Varner has Long arms.
Shaw said.... at the beginning of the video.... When I get down, I look at the object ball.
That's Not what I do.
My pre shot routine walk up/waggle to the shot, has already created my shot line to the obj. ball.
So.....
Walking up, I walk up to my ''cueing''.... allowing it to swing straight thru my cb, then I look up and back and obj. ball last.
bm
I like to see a power shot contest!!To quote Bob Lilly (I think). "It ain't the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog. "
Our boy wonder athlete that ended up playing pro football with uh the Packers, was 6'1" and 215 ish. He did everything athletic well the first try. Well except Bull Riding. The little monkey built guys were the bull riders.
His mass and longer levers made it too difficult.
In pool I surmise that longer levers and greater mass can deliver the most power. Mike Massey is my contender for any power shot contest. Efren still gets my vote for cueball precision.
Place a meter on the back of a pocket and let er rip!!
That's a good question for the good Dr or perhaps Bob or PJ.
It's hard for the tall players to stay in the shadows, so to speak. Everybody remembers that big guy who cleaned the place out last month.
Definitely have to bend the knees. I look like I'm squatting when down low on a crucial shot.
That's why we all took mother's little helper.
My dad was forced to stand up straight while playing after taking a bullet to the hip while in service to our great nation.In honor of this thread, I will execute my morning fitness routine (about an hour) to shooting standing up right. Well left vs right .... Right?
So step 2 perhaps.
Step one is set up to shoot one handed (always Jacked up). Then step is stabilize the structure further with the tri pod base. Well stand ing is a bi pod....right?
As an under size lineman in high-school football, I was required to employ a 4 point stance. A technique that had me getting under the larger opponent and moving his weight with my largest muscles in the legs.Through balance control became easy. Well after practice practice practice.
Each of us has different strengths and or abilities. Different strengths can make for a stronger team. I welcome neighbor that's of different culture. I look for the strengths and weaknesses in a new opponent.
Oh well back to the upright stance.Willie did pretty good with it.
As I age, I'm finding myself examining the potential +s & -s of shooting upright. He still had the stroke, but his alignment had changed. I use my bridge hand to help take some of the pressure off my back by bending the knees and locking my arm b4 shooting and I don't stay down long. I'm 6"4'.
You misspelled that G man.I was gonna say Minisota Fats. You beat me to it. Cheers
It's Mini Soda Fats.
Imo, rails were too skinny for straight pool. Nice tables otherwise.
They never forgot Keith or Parica either!
Does it matters?
I mean, if being short is better, a tall person can’t be shorter and vice versa.
And I’m sure that there are pros and cons to either way.
For me being 6ft and being a big guy with some back issues it’s hard to get down on the shot but on the other hand I have a better reach and don’t need the bridge or extension that much.
In one club that I play at, the tables are a bit taller, makes it easier to get down on the shot but harder to reach. If I had to choose, I prefer reach over getting my chin on the cue.
I mean, if being short is better, a tall person can’t be shorter and vice versa.
And I’m sure that there are pros and cons to either way.
For me being 6ft and being a big guy with some back issues it’s hard to get down on the shot but on the other hand I have a better reach and don’t need the bridge or extension that much.
In one club that I play at, the tables are a bit taller, makes it easier to get down on the shot but harder to reach. If I had to choose, I prefer reach over getting my chin on the cue.
I'm guessing, but there's probably not allot of top snooker pros only 5' 4''.
Ty.
Very true!!They never forgot Keith or Parica either!
BTW, if I was 6'4'', I would go and play basketball and not pool, more money in it.... hehehe
One of the best basketball players over here is 6'4'', after he retired ans started coaching (now the top coach in the country) he picked up pool and for a couple of years he competed and became one of the best in the country.
So I guess tall people can play pro pool at the highest levels and become world championship but it would take a greater effort from them to be in top shape and have strong back muscles, their career as top players still might be shorter than short players.
I think being taller is a mild advantage, but far from a necessary tool (like it would be in basketball). Being able to comfortably reach more shots is an advantage. However, once you get too tall, then many shots start becoming uncomfortable. Of course, there are many more people of around average height (5'9 for men in the US) than those even a few inches taller (6'+), so I don't think it should be a surprise that many great American players are in the 5'10-6' range, seemingly moreso than the 5'6-5'8 range.
The average male Filipino height is 5'4. Efren at 5'8 is quite tall by those standards.
I think the best way to actually answer the question would be to somehow catalog heights of top players and see how the distribution looks. I would bet a lot that there is a mild but clear clustering in the near-above-average range, 0-1 standard deviations above the mean for American players, and perhaps even a little more pronounced amongst nationalities with shorter average heights (that is, more of their top players are above-average height since the average is lower).
The average male Filipino height is 5'4. Efren at 5'8 is quite tall by those standards.
I think the best way to actually answer the question would be to somehow catalog heights of top players and see how the distribution looks. I would bet a lot that there is a mild but clear clustering in the near-above-average range, 0-1 standard deviations above the mean for American players, and perhaps even a little more pronounced amongst nationalities with shorter average heights (that is, more of their top players are above-average height since the average is lower).
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