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Earl or maybe Mika, esp if he knew my life was on the line. If shooter knows his own life is on the line....hands down Earl.

He will be missed. Mika was always one of my favorite players. After Earl and Efren, I watched him most. Love his stroke, style of play, and icy demeanor. RIP

You're right. That was a sloppy edit by me as I started talking about Sambajon, who def slips it a lot, and then left in the slip stroke comment. I just rewatched peak Efren vs Busty in 99. A few good shots of his extremely loose grip, but none with a view of a gap. For the most part, at...

He often has a gap. Watch more of his matches. Most slip stroke guys are so loose a gap creeps in often, Efren falls in that category.

It is in his book. Are you suggesting he's putting it in there for funzies?

Why would that be hard to believe? Every player I can think of who has a gap has insane cue power...even good local amateurs. Efren and Santos Sambajon jr would be the pro poster boys I guess. Everyone can check out their snap draws on youtube if they have any doubts about gap grips being...

There's a whole thread on it in ask the instructor. A postetr asked about the gap pictured in Wilson's book.

Strongly disagree on the power. Effortless cue power is a staple of this technique. This goes back to my point on not being able to mix and match stroke components from different stroke concepts and why it would be best for OP to find one trusted voice to guide him. Fwiw, your snug grip...

While I agree with you that no gap is best for most, Mark Wilson and Tor Lowry , who recommend a gap, aren't teaching their students a fatal flaw. The key distinction in the technique they advocate for is that the hand doean't close or change shape like you say it must. It doesn't have...

The biggeat flaw in your video is your choice of shape from 3 to 4. An easy roll gives you the 4 in the corner with built in shape for the 5. Your choice had you travelling a longer distance, across the shot line of the 4, into a way smaller window, and then required a great positional shot...

Ye, not sure what happened that day. Perhaps it wasa late night post or maybe i just had going to the cottage on my mind. We call it university up in canada. College here is what community college is for u guys. So ye i didnt go to college. Went to uni tho

Some people do mess themselves up with their practice strokes. The two main advantages of no practice strokes are target focus and stillness. Fran laid out nicely how micro adjustments kick in when we're down and perceiving the shot differently than when standing. On top of that, amateurs...

There's a guy I know who made this jump recently. And yes, he was a forever 5/6 in league until this year of devotion to the game. All it took was spending no less than 6hrs a day, 5-6 days a week in the pool hall working on his stroke, tactics, and mental game :p Bob's right tho, moving up...

Centennials are my favorite balls. The look of em is just (chef kiss).

This is very true. A particular grip orients the cue on a particular angle across the body. In order to get that cue on the shot line while maintaining this natural angle relative to the bodyy, the body needs to be positioned a certain way. If you alter the grip in a way that alters the way...

Thinking about your stroke while playing is a recipe for sucking. Just about every study comparing performance when internally focused (what is my body doing, how am I performing an action, etc) vs being externally focused on target/task, the externally focused group massively outperforms the...

Even mere top local players pretty much always have an ingrained, seemingly subconscious preshot routine that they go through on pretty much every shot. There is a lot of advice on preshot routine, including the examples posted above. While I agree that foot placement is near if not at the...

Neat. First instinct at full speed is that it can't be legal. Slowed down, Bob nailed it.

Caitlin Clark fans. But tbh, I love the Reese memes.

I trust your theoretical insights. What you wrote makes perfect sense and Dr. Dave agrees with the cloth as primary factor. Not backing off would be asinine lol. As for cushions swelling, you can google it. It's a thing, tho it would really have to be extreme/prolonged humidity to get past...