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Does it really matter that much? I have played eight ball where, after lining up for the shot, all the players closed their eyes for the stroke. I've also made shots and realized afterwards that during the stroke my eyes weren't really focused on anything specific.

It helped me when a coach said to just keep your shoulder stationary during the stroke.

Bob, I've wondered about chess clocks. Where you've used them, are there instances of Player1 getting short-on-time, and Player2 playing safeties when they don't have to, or otherwise adding more time pressure to the Player1?

I've done simple data projects for others using Google Sheets and Google Docs as the zero cost storage, with an Android and Windows app to read/update. It's a low cost solution that doesn't cost a lot to develop.

My Digicue worked fine, and did what it said it would do. Looking forward to getting a Digiball.

You keep spelling that wrong. A common problem when you use terms you're really not familiar with.

In TCOM, "Vincent" was a role played by an actor. Tom Cruise played the role the way the director wanted it played. He was supposed to be a 'flake', and he played it convincingly. (Very similar to some of the 'flakes' i see at the pool hall every week.) Fast Eddy made it clear that he only...

Where's the more academic post you promised?

There's also 44.1 where there's 15 balls racked on the foot spot, head spot, and also in the centre. Not to mention 5.1 where there's six balls racked on the foot spot. I've even seen 2.1 with three balls racked on the foot spot. Big money game sometimes.

I'm not sure. Judd Trump is a great shooter, and did a credible job playing 9-ball, but wasn't anywhere near his capabilities in snooker. In the same way Corey Deuell or Alex Pagulayan didn't perform to scale when they tried Q-school in snooker. Thinking about these three players where we...

Exactly this. With good imagery, to scan a table and fix a position for each ball isn't difficult. To determine makeable shots isn't difficult. To pick the easiest shot isn't difficult. Picking which of the makeable shots is best for position on the next two balls starts to get complicated...

I second the idea of a time-series graph of a player's rating, say one point at the first of the month over two years. It would be nice to see if players are getting stronger.

I always thought the whole point of drills is to practice normal playing situations in a structured way. What drills are you thinking of?

See ENIAC, MANIAC, IBM 601, 602, 701. CDC 6600. They were doing calculations for thermonuclear weapon design among other major problems of the day.

Found it at Edit: Actually, this video is one of those cropped videos where they just crop out the center of the screen.

His first video on this channel, with Mark Williams, had 150K views in four days. His second on cueing mistakes had 93K views in 2 days. He's a popular commentator on snooker tournaments, and his channel seems to be well-received so far.

I spent decades away from pool but when i decided to get back into it, i decided to start over from scratch and focus on fundamentals. I've also spent a lot of time developing training systems, so I took a few lessons to see what modern training was like. I took a lesson from two different...

It must be a complex undertaking when you consider keeping straight the players. In some major tournaments it might be easy, but others would lead to problems distinguishing between Jayson Shaw, Jay Shaw, Jason Shaw, J. Shaw. If tournaments and leagues want to have their data entered into...

It was common for the commentators to talk over each other. When there was a third person in the booth, it was common for all three people to be talking over each other. It didn't help that the commentators were so often wrong about what the player was going to do next. I've grown to like...

I don't think this qualifies as a 'campaign'. When you look back at this thread there's only a couple of people pushing the idea that Hogue is underrated. As you've pointed out, Hogue is known as a good regional player, but few if any people would consider him a top player at the national level.