Recent content by Oikawa

This is the best answer so far. The system presented is clearly geometrically inaccurate, which has been shown multiple times. Yet, I don't think anyone has reasons to doubt that it works for Mensabum, so then the question becomes why it works for him if it's geometrically inaccurate. And the...

I agree with you 100%, I oversimplified my post for the sake of not having it be too long. Should've not used the "at all" phrasing there.

Just giving my two cents on this, while I agree with the general premise about fully committing to one intention (that is, the singular shot outcome that you chose), I wouldn't generalize it into avoiding two-way thinking as a whole. It is often useful to select a shot with such a cue ball...

That's gotta be one of the worst missed 9 balls this deep in a matchroom tournament. Straight in at a medium distance. Tight pockets make it missable at that angle, but still...

@mikepage Would be interesting to see the effective Fargo of Arseni Sevastyanov since he has played exceptionally well for his Fargo in the past few big tournaments (winning Shane, Ruiz and now 4 big names in this one tournament in a row), not sure if that data is easy to see or if you are...

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.