Recent content by uk_9_ball_convert

I remember Andy Goldstein mentioning that Jayson told him to make the 1 on the break just to imaging you are potting the 1 as if nothing was behind it. I think that's a decent starting point from where to aim. Though it does change depending on the speed you hit it, what spin you put on the cue...

I think the complete skill sets is a key part of it. Feel often in the early stages of the Mosconi the differentiator has been Europe being better in safety battles. I know there have been some big American misses at key points, but those are normally after they are already behind and under...

Feel bad posting this as I did feel for Tyler at the time and I'm sure he'd prefer everyone forgot this moment, but Mouritz absolutely was there for the taking in his only singles match. Deciding frame 3 balls in the open, Tyler leaves himself a bit straight in the 8, which results in a bit of a...

even when the team scoreline is quite lopsided I still think the individual matches have often been close and quite exciting. But there is definitely a negative air about the Mosconi because it's been so one sided in recent years. I definitely understand your fear, and I think it's a great...

I get your argument, but Neuhausen was a debutant who really should have been beaten by Styer if Styer's bottle hadn't crashed, presuming the rest of the match goes the same way there is no way Gorst or SVB wouldn't have let him off the hook. Opening day had doubles matches between FSR &...

I was going to say I stopped using Amazon after I read that if they have multiple sellers selling the same product using them for fullfillment they just store them all together and pick one at random when you order, meaning you could order from a good store with good reviews and actually recieve...

I feel like the U.S always puts up Gorst and SVB up early against Europe's best players where it's 50/50 who wins and if they lose it starts to look terrible for America. Most pool captains seem to have the convention to put out their best players first. When I played in a team if we knew our...

I wonder if it's the better jumpers that are at an advantage. I know if I was Gorst I'd certainly be leaving a jump shot if I was pushing out knowing I'm better than my opponent at jump shots.

With snooker I think the boom is just local to China rather than the whole of Asia, but according to this article there are 300,000 snooker clubs in China and there are apparently 50-60 million snooker players in China...

if we're talking about Asian cue sports in general snooker has went from never having an Asian world champion to it being won by Chinese players 2 years in a row. About a third of the top ranked players are now Chinese in a sport that's traditionally been dominated by British people. The debate...

I watched a bit of a Chinese 8 ball tournament and I don't know if I was unlucky with the game I happened to see, but there was one frame where neither player wanted to take the finish on and was hoping the other player would go for it and they both just kept playing nothing shots in the hope...

yeah definitely better to go direct to source, my googling skills let me down as don't think that page came up in my search, but looks like it says the same thing as the scribed page. Which begs the question did Pinegar get docked a rack, or was Elliot mistaking thinking he had two warnings or...

well he did get warned by the ref twice according to Elliot though he didn't specify what for. Though according to WNT's rules (presuming the warnings were for unsporting conduct) the 2nd warning should have resulted in the loss of a rack. Did this happen or did they not follow their own rules...

That's very interesting, thanks for taking time to do that. Would suggest the break isn't really the differentiating factor between winning and losing, though that might just be because it's so important they've all got as close as possible to perfecting it. Off course these stats are all for...

From Elliot's Facebook post: " Played a 2 and a half hour match and the abuse and sharking went on the whole time. Constant remarks telling me I couldn’t beat him, your in Texas now Mother F****r, brushing the cloth towards the pocket while he was playing, throwing his cue on the floor in the...