Here's a shot I've been demonstrating for over 30 years in Clinics & Exhibitions.
A Very difficult position facing the shooter.
The CB (Yellow ball) is only 2-3 inches from the short cushion, the angle into the 2nd rail has to be 'Manufactured' with Draw!
In the video you can see the CB start...
A name I could attach to the list in post #1 is, Curt Johnson from Chicago.
He made 'Perfect' duplicates of Herman Rambow cues!
He even had the same guy (Charlie Kimmel) do the 'Calligraphy' on his cues as Charlie did it for Rambow.
He also owned 'Johnson's Billiards' at Damen & Roscoe in...
For years until WW2 Brunswick Carom/Pool tables used 'All-Natural rubber' (from trees).
The first rubber to succeed that with the closest 'Angles' to the '1845' rubber was K43, it was a little faster because it was a 'Synthetic' material!
Brunswick introduced K66 for the 'Gold Crown' line of...
I just found this diagram that was given to me about 30 years ago.
Jay Bozeman a Top 3C (He finished 2nd or 3rd in more World 3C tournaments than any other player) player in the 'Golden Age' of 3 cushion gave to the person He signed it to.
I'm assuming these were 'His' thoughts on the '5'...
A Top All Around player from the mid 60's - mid 80's was Mexican Johnny!
He Only played Pool to fuel His racetrack habit!
He didn't drive, took the bus to all the spots with a 'One Piece cue' wrapped in newspaper!
That's Not what You typed, You basically threatened the guy by saying You'll spew Your comments 'Louder & Louder'!
On the other hand, if the guy's "Shark' was so weak you snapped on it right away, he was an amateur anyway!
The 'Most Accurate Interoperation' of the '50' or '5' Corner Diamond System and how to 'Correctly Calculate' the CB's position and the 'Allowances for 4 or more cushion shots' are in Raymond Ceulemans book, "Mr. 100"!
BTW, the 'Basis' for the 'Diamond System' to work is the fact that ALL...
A 'Natural' makes the 'Learning Curve' faster! Experience with learned expertise knowledge is just the 'Cherry on Top'!
IMPO, the 'Natural' has No ceiling because they have the 'Feel/Natural Talent' to push the envelope of that talent!
Like in every sport, 'The Natural' makes it look Easy!
All this info is from my book/ 2 DVD's. "The Concise Book of Position Play" and the over 2-hour sequel DVD, "The Secrets EXPOSED Consecutive Scoring for a Higher Average". They are Now available in 'Digital form'.
You can go got my FB page Bill Smith https://www.facebook.com/mr3cushion to see...