Recent content by Bob Jewett

From Accu-Stats: Notice the comments about the dead wing ball. This was a long time before templates or The Sardo.

The Moritz/SVB match is in the second half of this video, starting about 3:48:00 in

The video production is mostly OK, but the director needs to time his camera changes better. On the break shots, the camera switches from foot rail to overhead when the cue ball is half way to the one ball. This makes it very hard to track specific balls. There are a few other camera choices...

In the video posted above, the efficiency of the various sticks tested was from 71% to 85%. Those numbers are probably accurate within a percent or so. The most efficient cues were break sticks. The playing sticks didn't vary a lot but only a few were tested. The test was for full sticks, not...

There are ways to do the draw where the players won't know exactly who will be in their group. Also, if the event is handicapped, who you're playing isn't quite as important.

You don't have to hit the ball as hard for each shot. You have a higher comfortable high end speed. One example would be long distance draw or stop shots.

If the two formats are the same race, then DE improves the odds for the top players. An interesting question is how much longer do the SE races have to be to give the top players the same odds of winning. Maybe 50% longer? That would still be a time win. While we're on the subject, I'll bring...

Some people actually study that stuff and find it useful. You're not one of those people. Wood can be "lively" or "dead" along the grain. If it's dead, it absorbs energy and a given speed of stick won't propel the cue ball as fast. You have to hit the ball harder for a given shot than with a...

In 1992, there was a rebreak, but the rules were still spotting balls and the cue ball was in hand behind the line. By 1997, the official rules were ball in hand anywhere for an illegal break with no rerack. So.... The potential 3-foul from the break situation has been official for about 30 years.

Either I don't understand that rule or (b) allows most jump shots that are seen in pool. (Also, in (c) I think they mean "another" rather than "the other".)

There was another one where the breaker was not so well known. Maybe on the stream chat, someone said he was cheating with the initial miscue to get out of breaking -- strange comment. And then he lost. I think the rule is a nice reminder to learn the rules, and it doesn't come up that often...

There is a video of Bill Werbeniuk miscuing over a red to pot a red by mistake and no foul was called. Of course that was long ago and maybe the rule has been tightened. And it's legal at snooker to jump over a ball after the cue ball has struck a ball, which is sometimes used for position play...

One went by about a year ago. There was a lot of confusion and comments. As I recall, the breaker kicked to a good hit on his third shot but scratched.

Usually, if you are watching a YouTube video on your laptop/desktop you can copy the link text and then paste into the posting. Maybe there's a way from your phone.

Which give away is that?