Recent content by nataddrho

Blue and green are both the most common colors for humans to look at, jungle/grass and sky. They are both provide similar levels of contrast and mood, and it is very subjective even scientifically to determine which one is better. Evolutionary science is has a lot of blurry edges. Grey/tan are...

I would think that a slip stroke would provide the advantage in that it can cause the tip to close the set point gap perfectly straight. For players who aren’t aware of the importance of tip position accuracy, a slip stroke would provide them more predictable results. Old era players cued...

here is the same subject as a counter example…

How do you play one cushion? Not rhetorical, genuinely curious. Maybe you have some tricks that would be very useful for me. Also I am curious about what you meant with the spread being 18 when you hit a high spin ball orthogonal into the long rail on short table shots. I play these often and...

Thanks. I think I got what I was looking for, which is verification that I am in the right track by focusing on my natural game, and this seems to be beneficial because I never notice problems switching from table to table, 9’ or 10’, heated or unheated, etc. I’ll add tools but will keep things...

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I never met him but I’ve talked to his students.

about mid table I hit like how I said. If it is lower to the end rail near the third ball, I have to adjust to avoid the kiss after the second ball banks once on the opposite long rail. If it is further nearer the far short rail, I also adjust for the immediate kiss. A lot of the time the second...

I have an idea that rather then test shaft deflection by hitting balls on a table, the end mass of a cue is measured directly and compared to a standard. This maybe can be done with a vibrational frequency sweep, and can be a small device that anyone can buy, compared to an expensive table and...

Don Owen was working on this idea 10 years ago with a material that simulated gecko feet. He said it didn’t work well.

You are the history of the progression of small games in the US?

Yes this is very common in clubs in Europe. And you start with the free game and progress to ball line and then 1c and finally 3C, then go to the big table. Americans don’t like being bad at something for a long time before they get good at it, lack of patience. So they just jump right to the...

Very nice work

Yes, just feel. For three rail shots I feel how much object ball I need to take. When OB and cb are parallel to rail about 1 1/2 diamond from long rail, To get to the corner I hit about 1/3 object ball with 4:30 English 30 percent from center. To get one diamond from the corner on the short rail...