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Johnny, doesn't the bending of a wood shaft have an impact on deflection? If not, what's the point of a laminated predator or a carbon fiber shaft?

A friend who follows this forum regularly has just informed me that it is accepted wisdom that a 13 mm shaft will produce more deflection than the 12-plus shafts currently popular. Is this true, what is the explanation for it? Seems to me tha,; all other things being equal, a stronger piece of...

Good question(s). I figure the only alternative to making a legal foul is to incur a foul that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct, which would presumably incur a penalty assessed by the referee, or a warning. But the rule books seem sorely lacking on the whole question.

I agree that's the other side of the coin, Mick. I see it as, what's the minimum effort required to execute an intentional foul? Seems the bottom line is that the rules don't answer the question from either perspective.

This post is about taking intentional fouls in straight pool, which is perfectly legitimate and part of the game. If a forward motion of the cue is all that's required to intentionally foul, then I guess there is no requirement for the cue ball to strike another ball. Which was the original...

The question at hand is, in 14.1, what constitutes a legal intentional foul? Does the cue ball have to move and contact something; does the cue ball have to move but it doesn't matter whether it contacts anything or not; or, can one intentionally foul simply by touching the cue ball with the cue...

Can anyone tell me what Trophy Points mean in the context of this forum? I assume it's explained somewhere on the site, but I can't find it. Thanks.

Thanks, Jay. Couldn't agree more, but my post was speculating about why one sometimes jumps up.

That's fascinating. Gotta experiment with that.

(Editing this on Tuesday.) Thanks for all the responses, but I must not have been totally clear, so I'll try to clarify. I understand that jumping up is not a good thing, that after contact it's a moot point, and that some great players move on the shot. No arguments there. I'm just curious...