I've seen that. Thought it was funny. lol
Chalk Habits and A Doozy of an AccuStats
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Looks odd. As soon as you try it you quit caring if it looks odd. People think they have set up a low percentage shot then find that it is a duck. It is a shot that has made me a nice chunk of change.
Hu
Just accidentally brush the chalk off the rail during your stroke, then accidentally step on it.
Looks like the shot or a very close cousin. They seemed to be struggling a lot then I noticed the table pockets! On a pool table those shots aren't particularly difficult.
Hu
Mark Williams seems to make these all the time when he actually plays them in a match.
I know a couple of Canadian pool players who play this shot, most notably Erik Hjorleifson.
Learn to switch boys and girls.
I like this guy. Chalk up is so easy. You've never cleaned rails before if you put chalk down.
Mike is so hard to like.
Clearly it’s not, but I also think there’s no great advantage gained by using these $20+ chalks over standards that have been around for a long time such as Master, Triangle etc.
I truthfully believe most of the exorbitantly priced chalks sales are driven by buzz of being the “hot new thing” than performance. At the end of the day, just have some courtesy and use a chalk of the color of the cloth you’re playing on out of respect of the room owner, seems simple enough.
I clean rails at least once a day at the pool hall. I don't have a kitten if somebody else puts chalk face down though. As already mentioned perhaps the GOAT puts the chalk face down, deliberately. Has for a lifetime. I sometimes wonder if it is tongue in cheek towards all the people making a big deal out of face up. It certainly hasn't hurt his play!
Look at typical street play from the Philippines. A quarter cup or more of powder on one rail, chalk turned every which way, third parties jumping in to mark ball locations, hollering and whistling, bets shouted back and forth across the table while somebody is shooting, the list never ends. Doesn't keep the Philippines from turning out monsters, I think encourages it.
I think the US players being hothouse players that expect everything perfect and exactly the same as everywhere else they play has hurt their competitiveness worldwide. It doesn't take a Diamond in perfect climate control to play competitive pool. However, people who panic when conditions aren't exactly what they expect hurt their own chances and improve everyone else's.
I am a hothouse player just like most US players now. I expect conditions exactly to my taste. I have been this way for years. I think it is a serious handicap if I step into a ratty old place or just one with conditions I am not used to. I think playing in all conditions makes a more rounded player.
Hu
I agree that most of the sales are for that reason. I've had a home table many times over the years, and they stay much cleaner with the Taom. To each their own, but $20 is nothing nowadays when everyone seems to have thousands of dollars worth of gear. My current piece has lasted me several months now and it's maybe halfway done.
A home table is a good reason for cleaner chalk and with what I have spent on other equipment I sure wouldn't grudge spending on equipment that made for better success competing if I still was. I have spent over a thousand dollars to gain less than a tenth of a second or a hundredth of an inch smaller groups.
I ended up with six pieces of one super chalk or another in my case. I kept using the Master. After toting the other stuff six months or longer I gave it all to a friend. Master has never seemed to handicap me. Some of the other classic brands seem more inclined to cause miscues so I don't use them.
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Yep, that's why I use it. It doesn't do anything magical to my tip or the cueball action, but it makes SO much less mess. Don't have to clean the balls or vacuum the table nearly as often.
I don't think there's a correlation between messy players with bad habits and world champions. If i owned my own pool hall, I'd ask any player doing that to kindly stop. I don't own a pool hall and I still do if it's my opponent. A simple correction helps keep everyone's equipment clean. Do you want your shafts blue in one session? It's a respect thing.
When I played in the Philippines my opponents were chalk up. I've seen both everywhere except snooker and 3 cushion places. They have some class.
Any local can do what they want. It's not going to shark my game. It's just objectively stupid. People develop bad habits, even world Champs.
Chalk down people are like slow drivers in the left lane. They're not speeding or breaking laws, but they are inconveniencing everyone else on the road. Same with chalk down people. They are not acting very considerate. That's all.