Recent content by uk_9_ball_convert

that's a massive factor for growth, if your not interested in pool you aren't going to buy a streaming service to watch it, but if it's on a service you already have there is a chance you turn it on and think I actually like this, only way to get new fans. I first watched 9 ball when it was...

He had a slightly different technique, but there was an impressive player with no arms in Ultimate pool too

Not sure you can compare to athletics, running 100m adrenaline will improve your performance. Playing pool where there is a mental aspect to the game, adrenaline can have a negative effect on a player's performance. Think it depends on personality, experience and confidence whether adrenaline is...

Found the clip, it was Filler v Albin. Was the 2nd foul he went in off, 3rd foul he got the escape but didn't hit a rail. First foul he managed to miscue breaking and didn't hit a single ball. Not sure what the final score was, but would take a good mentality to put that frame behind you and...

Pretty sure Joshua Filler won a frame on the 3 fouls rule once when the first foul was the other player miscueing on the break.

Just when you are mentioning cushions for position reminded me one extra thing I'd say to learners. If you come of a cushion at a shallow angle, then side wont have much of a chance to take effect. If you are coming off a cushion at a narrow angle for a 1 cushion escape from a snooker you have...

Your making a valid point and maybe relevant isn't the word I should have used. But if you play a soft shot even centre ball it's going to leave the tangent line pretty quickly. Ultimately when your starting to learn position you need to know the ball goes at 90 degrees from the potting angle...

I played for longer than I'd like to admit before I realised the tangent line is only relevant for stun/stop shots. Also when I was learning I wanted to develop a draw and follow shot, but never occurred to me a stop shot would be something I'd want to practice.

I always just associated Matchroom with Rasson, but just looked back at highlights of UK Open and realised it was Diamond tables and their announcement of Rasson as their table partner says it's for single table events. TIL

Different pocket sizes and shapes make potting balls harder/easier. Speed of the cloth can make a big difference (though at pro level I think all tournaments will have pretty fast cloth no matter the brand). Ball can bounce of cushions/rails different on different brands. Personally think a...

I got the impression the players only got to see the balls for the first time in the morning of the tournament, which is a bit poor IMHO. Quite like the new blue 2 to be honest, but apparently an old Dynasphere set used that colour for a different number so maybe Jayson was familiar with that...

I think getting on the 2 is a combination of luck and skill. If you can leave your white near the centre of the table you have far more chance of getting on the 2. Personally doing the Matchroom cut break I find it fairly easy to pot the 1 of the break when I put my cue ball towards the edge of...

That's easy, it's pronounced the martian :D

So Shaw is certainly a "character", they let him commentate on a bit of the Scottish open a few years ago. Within 5 mins he'd swore live on air, tried to get the other commentator have a bet on the match with him and when the other commentator mentioned the Maldives open So Shaw replied "I was...

He must just be good at every sport. At the Scottish Open Jayson's dad challenged Felix to a game of darts and he was ridiculously good at that too. They were trying to see who could throw closest to the bullseye and Felix hit the bullseye twice.