Recent content by Oikawa

Yeah I can see it being useful for quickly grasping the angles, no need to walk around so much.

Practice strokes can have many various benefits for different players. A lot of variety in how long/short people do them, both in physical length and duration. For me, the biggest benefits are: - Opens up/removes tension in my arm, which ensures the cue moves on the correct line (natural...

24-point gap between Filler and Chua is not statistically insignificant. It's for a reason that Joshua is 858 and the 830-840s are 830-840. The way Fargo works, you can trust the rating of those with 1000s of matches in the system to reflect their average skill extremely well. It only breaks...

I've seen counter examples of this from those who put in massive amounts of quality practice, getting from 500 to 650 or 400 to 550 even at 40+ years old within a span of 5 years. The reason most don't is that they don't put in the time or take it seriously enough. 95% of those within the...

Most of those 450s not reaching 500 is due to the amount/quality of practice not being high enough, not that they are at their "genetic skill ceiling". I can see the maturing argument for 60+ or especially 70+ year olds in that it gets exponentially harder to jump class in pool past a certain...

You are comparing pool ability with height, which is miles more about genetics. Sure, 99.9% will never be 750+ even if they spend their whole life practicing properly, but below the pro level, almost anyone can improve a lot. Just a matter of how much effort it takes, thats what talent and...

I don't have anything insightful/new to say about the vision related stuff, but I'll give my thoughts on stroke straightness, which is directly linked to the improvement process OP talks about in the sense of how much you can learn to trust your vision/aim: One important aspect of this whole...

It isn't even that long... Good stuff, don't be discouraged by comments like this, just shows the attention span of some people.

Not sure why you associate open hand bridge with playing poorly, many pros use it and virtually all snooker pros use it.

Depends on the exact angle + conditions but I'd probably stun it 3-4 rails with no side.

Great and informative video. I personally use the mirror system similar to the one presented in the video, but 0.5 ball widths away from the rail, or in other words, where the ball truly hits the rail. I understand the benefit of doing it your way (on the rail instead of 0.5 ball widths away)...

I'm a late boomer (relative to my age) with this, only discovered pool in my 20s. Now nearing 30 and it would've definitely helped to start earlier :)

Very promising player. Starting young, being obsessd and getting proper coaching, which all apply here, are keys to world-class potential. I saw him play 1-2 years ago in a tournament in Oulu, he was already good but from watching this video he has matured alot, especially in position play and...

Was just coming here to post about him, winning Marco Teutcher (798), Eklent Kaci (832), Jani Uski (788) and Liu Ri Teng (785) + few other lower rated players puts him well above 800 in his performance so far.

Riku Romppanen will win