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I would have to disagree. What you're describing is the symptom, not the cause. It's like looking away when you're driving, you tend to steer towards where you're looking. If you stroke true and are lined up properly, you can close your eyes and still shoot the shot. I was playing in either...

Jacking up creates more friction with the felt which causes the ball to catch and change course quicker. That's how masse's work. Jacking up always induces more friction with the felt, that's why when I use BHE, I try to elevate and lower my bridge for follow and draw to minimize that effect...

The things to do to avoid unwanted sidespin. 1) Line up at the base of the CB or over the top of it to ensure that when lining up the shot you are directly on the center axis. 2) Do stroke drills to ensure that your stroke is straight and true (bottle stroke drills, stop shot drills, etc). 3)...

The funniest thing about this is that this ALL stemmed from a comment I made to a person who was struggling with missing because of a lack of ability to use sidespin. If I was teaching someone and they asked me about that. I would teach them BHE or FHE if they were using LD tech. If I'm teaching...

You just watched Duong in an alternate universe? How did you pull that one off? Jaden

I can use a tip or more on every shot and no side spin on any shot and play close to the same. Using Depends on the angle of the shot. You DO understand that you can induce side spin with draw and angle without hitting off the horizontal center, right? Jaden

Koolkat9lives... Yeah, I remember now. I just looked him up and found the thread about pinklady's passing. I hadn't known... Now I'm sad. I stayed with them at Koolkat's place when I was in town. She always called me Brad Pitt, didn't know why. Jaden

It comes down to technique and knowledge Eric. I surprised this older gentleman when I was playing with an AZer in Virginia. I can't remember his handle, he used to date and live with Pink Lady. We went to his local pool hall and there was an older gentleman there who had an older Tasc. I was...

Why don't you watch Filler play for a bit and see how much side spin he uses on most shots? BTW, you can probably EASILY find posts of mine where I state that I use side spin on almost every shot and of me showing VERY similar sentiments to those I quoted of you above and while it my be true...

I think one problem stems from the coolness factor. For many years I never used ANY sidespin. Then Efren taught me BHE. Regrettably, I didn't even try it for 3 years after he taught it to me, but once I did, I may have overdid it a bit. When you can reliably use 3 tips of sidespin and accurately...

Well, snatch the lollipop and run, but definitely don't get in the van... Jaden

I didn't say center ball, I said no sidespin. You can actually induce side spin at an angle with draw or follow without hitting off center horizontally. By using speed, angles and follow and draw, you can get almost anywhere on the table. Jaden

Easy way around that. Don't use side spin and make sure you're truly aligned on center ball. Almost anything and anywhere you want to get on the table can be gotten to with speed control. Focus on that. There are many high level players that use only very minimal sidespin. Jaden

It is nice to see the pinoys starting to adjust to the conditions though, because, let's be honest, they haven't been doing all that well as of late. Jaden

There's actually no contest, shots are most often missed due to lack of acceleration, or even deceleration through the CB. Now, you can argue the cause of lack of acceleration through the ball: missalignment, head movement, pulling up, turning in your wrist, poor mechanics. It doesn't really...

I call a Big Ko, Johann final with Ko pulling it out. Jaden

He did well, but was VERY lucky to get past Shane and needed uncharacteristic mistakes and bad rolls on Shane's part to get there. Jaden

Yeah, I've played all over Florida and have never noticed a difference in play. Jaden

I line up over the top of the ball and that's for a couple of reasons. 1) to make sure I'm aligned with dead center ball, 2) to ensure proper contact. Let me explain that 2nd one. Many instructors talk about acceleration through the ball and will warn against punching your stroke or...

He hasn't proved himself there yet. I was just commenting on the level of play I've seen in the last several tournaments that I've seen him in. The first tournament I watched with him in it, in the first match I saw him in, I said to my best friend, watch for him to win this tournament. That was...