just to get any doubts about my objectivity in the open...I am reseller for the Magic Ball Rack in Germany.....
I wanted to point out that the only racking-methods that do not affect the play after the racking...is the wooden triangle and/or the derivatives from that (Sardo etc).
All the...
I can only talk from audience perspective as I am nowhere near the quality of the Finnish team ;)
Those were the things that bothered me as an audience member...
as a player I heard from many players that the cloths were extremely fast and many did not like the pockets...well at least they were...
what a nice event! Nice meeting you there Markus as well....you are one helluva cameraman!
Sure there were things that could be improved on....but overall I was very impressed...
The cloths were super-fast...sometimes it was like looking at pool being played on ice....all you had to do is to...
I will be going there armed with some cameras. Arriving Thu 4....just have not found a place to crash yet....
Was actually hoping to get a table at the Billiard Expo to sell the Magic Ball Racks there as well, but it came on too short notice....
Would be funny to meet up with whoever AZ-people...
surprised Mika is not there .....
although this is just another EU team...at the moment I think we could have 4 or 5 teams of roughly same level...nice to have a big pool of gifted individuals...
Souquet
Engert
Hohmann
Appleton
Peach
Immonen
Chamat
Feijen
vd Berg
Alcaide
Drago
Chinakhov...
Congrats to the US-team...looking forwards to some payback in 12m time in Europe...:)
I think the EU-team was just missing the character that would glue it all together at the right time....like Drago storming through the table in 90seconds or Chamat being the funny little garden gnome he is...
enter world team cup in Hannover end of January 2010.....I will be going...not to play but to watch...I will let Mika, Marvel, Aki and Petri do the playing ;)
That is going to be exciting tournament I believe...
For all fellow Europeans there..I will be handing out Foghorns, silly hats and gigantic EU-flag banners by the entrance....
just kidding....I wish I could be there....will have to set up sopcast at our poolhall and watch it there...
cheers,
Kimmo
well to be totally honest...if you want complete fairness...there are then zero wildcards....everyone has to qualify....anything else would be subjective..
Hey....does anyone here know the diameter of the "pin"-part of the rubber piece that goes to the end of the butt. Preferrably in millimeters, but any help would be appreciated...which other cue has the same diameter?
Just wanted to place an order for one now but do not know which size...and the...
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/designengineering/features/motioncontrol/article.jsp?content=20090421_161641_5152
all I can say....WTF...is internet pool enough...
some years ago I took a lesson from a established snooker-coach to see if it could help me with my pool. He told me that in snooker typically the cue touched the body in 4 places....backhand...chest, chin and bridgehand...
I try with it on occasions....but usually keep my body a few inches...
in league play in Holland...I used to play straightpool quite often....but also 8 or 9 when need arose...
So this one night...I start the game of 8b against this guy...I lose the lag and my opponent breaks. He breaks the rack really nice but does not make any balls... So I get on the table. The...
I would echo what has been said here in regards to the book "Pleasures of small motions". For myself, it is all about expectations...
I have noticed that I play far better against someone who is supposed to beat me hands down...the pressure is then off of me since noone is expecting me to...