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I agree with the "nearby balls" part about your previous post, those are exceptions where I also use a closed bridge if the benefits outweight the weaker aim of a closed bridge for me, close to the rail or not. Good point.

For on-the-rail shots, instead of using a closed rail bridge, I always use a "open" rail bridge from further away, even if it means the length between CB and bridge hand is slightly longer than what is most comfortable. I do this because for me, while down on the shot, the closed bridge causes...

Agree 100%, anything that makes kicks and safeties more prominent is a plus from my perspective. Those are, in my opinion, more interesting to watch, think about and play, than jumps.

Is there a commonly agreed upon maximum pocket size for 14.1 record attempts? Obviously I can't create a table with 20 inch pockets and make a 1000 ball run on it and be taken seriously, but where's the upper limit of what's commonly accepted?

I'm sorry I don't follow the logic. Do you mean he risks being banned from most Finnish tournaments if he signs up with Matchroom? Why would he be banned for that? Is it because WPA can decide to ban, and Finnish tournaments are under WPA..?

Oh yes, my bad, Maybe he's referring to the fact that at certain (fast) speeds, it is actually beneficial to not use maximum bottom if you want the most draw action. Don't remember the exact tip position, but it's not much, just a tiny bit above maximum bottom. Has to do with the relationship...

If I understood right, I assume he's referring to the well known fact that more can go wrong in your stroke when your motion becomes punchy or rushed. And that it can be a beneficial mental image for some to hit "softer", even if in reality you hit it at the same speed, thinking like that just...

Great idea, will maybe buy it one day for this. Curious to see how the curve would've continued past that power. Even at where it ended (pic above), you'd be looking at a pretty absurly powerful shot, that 99% of people wouldn't be able to pull off. Can you adjust table slickness, cushion...

The squirt is practically the same no matter if you draw or follow, whereas the swerve starts increasing the more you elevate. So I'd say, from a practical viewpoint, more elevation is inherently worse since you're introducing more variables that can change things. One somewhat controllable...

For the shot you described, if you accidentally use some sidespin, at the moment of impact with the rail, the ratio between sideways rotation and speed is different depending on the amount of top/draw used, which results in a larger angle change off the rail with draw compared to follow. To...

Out of curiosity, what is the uncorrected ghost ball system he was referring to? Aiming at the GB without accounting for throw or other effects? Aiming at the contact point instead of GB center? Something else?

Agreed 100%. (Was going to say more, but however I tried to put it, it just kept coming off as very offensive towards CTE. As much as I find it interesting to discuss these things, I don't want to sound too harsh or judgemental, especially when the horse has already been beaten to death many...

I have recently read and watched quite a lot about CTE without any pre-existing knowledge about it. What I think it boils down to is, as stated multiple times on these forums by various people, that CTE is mathematically imperfect on it's own, such that if you don't do any adjustments...

This is hard to beat in terms of low probability, if you ignore any other routes for the CB (e.g. jaw -> jaw -> 7, or jaw -> jaw -> middle pocket jaw -> 7) you could try this a thousand times and not make it once. A good player would always hit the first jaw. With good aim and execution, most...

Imran Majid is an underrated one. Up there with JJ in terms of knowledge and intelligence as a commentator.

Josh's mechanics are just as robotic as any of the other top pros. Aim, drop down straight, shoot straight. On the surface, it can look very different between them due to different learned habits, temperaments, body types, age, etc. but the important mechanics that constitute to the insane level...

I don't play pool to make it into a career or try to be a pro, I just enjoy pool in all aspects so much it's what I want to do for many hours a day. It is what it is, an addiction, but a much healthier one than most.

Well said. To add to this, I don't know how others experience it (vision and how low you are on the shot might vary from person to person a lot), but when I look at the OB during the final stroke, I have a clear image of both the CB and the stick in my peripheral vision. I can utilize that...

I am in my early 20s, and I am a student so on weekdays I have roughly 7-8 hours of free time per day, and I choose to spend a large portion of that (4-6h a day on average) playing pool. I don't really do much else on my free time apart from necessities.

I practice, on average, 30 hours a week. Out of this, maybe 10-15 hours are spent on systematic drills, patterns, individual shots, fundamentals, all sorts of more intense "proper" practicing of the most important things. Then maybe 5-10 hours of various runout drills or playing the ghost, e.g...