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Yeah the 8 ball rattle-in was alarming as his entire demeanor looked off. He looked like a league player getting to the last couple balls and suddenly afraid (ask how I know so well what that looks like). He had no focus and intensity, just....fear? It came as no surprise to see him timidly miss...

For myth 1 that side spin doesn't change the direction of the cue ball off the object ball, I think there's a caveat there. Since spin induces throw, adding side spin can change where the correct contact point is, which can then change the direction the cue ball will go after contact compared to...

Because it's 2:1 for a single game. As the races get longer the chances get closer to even that either player will hit their respective number first for any 2:1 ratio. If it weren't essentially 50/50 for a 600 player to reach their 2x number before a 500 player reaches x, then the true odds...

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Understood. I've noticed Earl's endurance issues. I don't know about any for Busty.

From watching Earl's matches the last five or so years it appears he starts out almost as good as ever, but then loses steam pretty quickly. I suspect his biggest obstacle at this age is endurance. The only way I could see him being competitive in a race to 100 would be if they only play...

Players whose stroke is more like someone swinging a hammer.

A few more: Closed fist bridge. Saying, "you keep missing lucky" when you play a safe. (As if I just happened to miss the pocket by two diamonds after making four straight balls center-pocket.) Thinking the 1 ball has to be at the head of a rack of 8 ball. Come over to gently and...

Players that seem to be jacked up on every shot, whether they need to or not.

For me, it's all mental. When I'm relaxed and focused and my mind isn't racing about work issues or personal issues or my last couple misses or thinking about "if I only make this one shot then I can win the game!" or anything like that. I'm just evaluating the table, and executing the next shot...

showing the same curves for male and female players would aid the current discussion. As would knowing their respective counts.

Sounds like there's been quite a bit of discussion about this already, but this is the first time I'm hearing about it. What's the targeted price point? Targeted availability date? Any way to sign up to be a tester?

Your app lists Han Yu at 794 in the top 100 world female list, and no one else above 776. The top 100 world list goes down to 781.

Hardcover?

“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” ― Mark Twain For me, I give any post of any length a chance. Some long ones have surprised me and I've read to the end. Others, I give up on after a sentence or two. More fall into the latter category than the former...

Thanks. I actually downloaded it at one point and then promptly forgot about it. I'll see if I can get folks to agree to it.

Congrats! 49% win rate and a bunch of opponents at 600+ and 700+. You've been playing some tough competition. My robustness is 181, so fingers crossed I'll get established in the next couple months. Most of my play is not reported, unfortunately (probably < 20% of my games). Can't wait for that...

I understand the idea. But we have different counts. On the FargoRate app, I see one female in the top 100 of the world. Also, you've done the same things that you did in the video. You've presented a limited subset of the data. You have that data. What are the actual curves you see, from left...

Interesting that when comparing percentages of women in the top X of various activities (tennis, 5000m run) he makes up the descending curve for those activities ("we can imagine it looks like this"). Then for pool he shows a fairly uniform percentage...but then he stops at Fargo 730. Earlier in...

I think one other item that was worth mentioning was shoring up one's fundamentals. A lot of experienced but not effective players "aim" fine (they HAMBed) but they have pretty serious stroke flaws that severely limit their consistency. However, many of those players still think they aim poorly...