How good is Gareth Potts?
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Interesting what he was saying about the break and getting the balls behind the head ball to fall in the side pockets. Something along the lines of:
-two breaks with equal pace
-one hitting down slightly at impact (I.e. pop break)
-2nd more level through the cue ball
-even though both breaks come into the head ball straight on, the pop in the first break will affect how high or low the balls tracking to the side pockets come in.
Thinking in terms of the 10 ball pop break. It seem players advocate coming down slightly at impact rather than a more level cue action. I wonder if that is because it’s harder to predict the landing zone on those larger tables or maybe it’s a result of the added bulk of the full rack behind the head ball?
-two breaks with equal pace
-one hitting down slightly at impact (I.e. pop break)
-2nd more level through the cue ball
-even though both breaks come into the head ball straight on, the pop in the first break will affect how high or low the balls tracking to the side pockets come in.
Thinking in terms of the 10 ball pop break. It seem players advocate coming down slightly at impact rather than a more level cue action. I wonder if that is because it’s harder to predict the landing zone on those larger tables or maybe it’s a result of the added bulk of the full rack behind the head ball?
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obviously he's extremely good, he would be a top top player if he played american pool. but that could be said of other players in the chinese game, we saw mi le play in the bali 10b event, and he made the final.
my break is the weakest part of my game at end pocket lol, i hit it pretty level and the cue ball just kind of sits there and nothing drops. i never really tried coming down on it a little like that pop break, do you guys find the pop break actually helps the balls behind the head ball find the side pockets or is it mostly just for keeping the cue ball in the middle
i think he's still competitive and getting fairly deep. he's no spring chicken tho. around mellings age? lots of young chinese talent coming through now
Potts is a stone-cold killer, perhaps a cross between prime Darren Appleton and Mark Selby, but a bit less elite than either. Perhaps more comparable to Jayson Shaw in pedigree. He reached the late stages of some very tough events over the years and won some big titles.
Flakeandrun
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very, very good
ah that makes sense, i never really thought about the airborne part lol. i hit it pretty level at end pocket so i guess i am missing that bit, do you pop it on purpose every break or just on the big ones