Recent content by td873

For those interested: I grabbed all of the tourneys reported here on AZB by AtLarge, assembled the data, and created some summaries. The data is all out there an knowable if anyone else wants to look into it. It's pretty interesting. Overall, 1-on-the-spot vs 9-on-the-spot is a 1.7%...

Glad you made time to report! Excellent as always. Thanks! -td (great to catch up with you, even though it was brief!)

Maybe a projector system or a breakrak? Diamond ball cleaner? New spectator chairs? Another set of balls? -td

It’s from earlier this year. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/john-schmidt-runs-820.585407/ I watched it over a couple days. It was pretty good, actually. SSOP has a nice video on it also. -td

And the same holds true if you get the last 3 and he misses on the 8. You still have to make a ball on your turn to win. -td

Dr. Dave has collected and presented empirical data and video for many years. This is knowable information for anyone that actually desires to understand it. Your anecdotal evidence is factually irrelevant unless it was done scientifically and presented for review. To be honest, I'm not sure...

Silly response. Sponsorship is disconnected from any issue anyone raised. Taom has fewer kicks regardless of sponsorship opportunities. [put differently, your prior statement that the differences are minimal is still valid from a tip offset perspective but also still invalid from cleanliness...

Considering only the amount of applied English, this statement is true as Dr. Dave has shown. But it is demonstrably false for cleanliness, including chalk residue on the cue ball and resulting kicks. That’s one of the reasons the “new” chalks are preferred in snooker. The same holds true for...

Your point is a great one. I might move the "break" to a better position in the list for this reason. Not that it gives the recipient a big advantage, but in the situation you mentioned, it would take AWAY a big one from the spotter. -td

Respectfully disagree. @King - You've been here a while so you know this topic has been discussed many times. I'd be interested to know how you would put the last 2 in the list below. In my mind, the last 2 isn't much of a spot at all. There are a lot of spots in 9-ball and IMO, getting the...

"Last 2" is one of the weakest spots in 9-ball. It means you win if you make one of the "last 2" balls on the table - regardless of what those 2 balls are (obviously one will be the 9). Say that the 6-7-9 are on the table. If make a 6-7 combo - there would still be 2 balls left on the table...

I think he means using the shaft with either the middle part of the JB or removing the middle section and using the "back end" connected to the shaft. -td

This is EXACTLY the advice I give to all my opponents. -td

Nothing significant should change in terms of angle and contact on the cue ball. My recommendation: get out your phone and record from the side. Pay attention to the contact/angle on the dart and then check the difference when you shoot side arm. It takes some practice to get it right. But...

If it jumps a close ball with a dart, then you can jump without a dart. Your symptoms seem to indicate technique issues and not equipment issues. I also suspect a perception issue between contact point when using normal vs dart method. IMO, I little coaching for $100 would be much better...