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  1. Ratta

    stroking straight question

    Well- I ve read it two times .....- Fran: This posting is one of the very best i have EVER read about this topic- i personally also like to describe it as you did here- but you have found (ofc just for me :) ) in this little response the perfect words. A big "WOWSER" worth. I am very impressed-...
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    14.1 Hail Mary Shots

    Well Bob- this should be a sticky in each part of this forum site :-p So much heavy iron in your words- Excellent posting!
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    2022 DCC Discussion Thread

    shoot me a message as soon as you know you re going to invade germany :-) hit em hard Eric :-)
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    Tom Kollins end game pattern practice using Projection Pro Billiards system.

    Have this pdf already a long time- These "Standard End Patterns" are fantastic to give 14.1 Starters a good insight how to make the game much easier. Hit em hard isusedtoberich- and many more "Ahaaaaaaa s " :-)
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    Jumping up on shots, reconsidered.

    Detecting if someones jumps up is easy- the thing that matters is, why he jumps up. Several reasons for it outthere. Funny if someone thinks, there is "one reason" for it. :-p
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    2022 DCC Discussion Thread

    HIt the nail Eric :-) Jürgen Wulf- glad to call him one of my very best friends. And one of the most impressive instructors i ever met. His ability to "communicate" with young humans is unbelievable. The times he invited me to make some trainings camps with him to work with kids was always a...
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    Discussion anyone?

    Don t get me wrong- i hear you for sure. Ran through stuff 30 years ago...where i was close to would have loved to hit someone for his "luck", LOL. But it doesn t really help at all :-) Loosing Hill/Hill in the semi finals of german nationals because of "century fluke" on the final...
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    Discussion anyone?

    If "someone" really want to compete in tournaments seriously, he has to find a way to handle such things. And to it s just about you how to respond to circumstances you have no influence to change it- But you decide how you response to such things. :-)
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    Discussion anyone?

    That s just another opportunity for YOU to have another shot- that s it.
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    Pool School advice

    Get a talk with the PBIA Protractor-- i m pretty sure, that this would be a good idea to get yourself a course- and including a certification. HOw you will go on depends on you :-) But for the first steps imo it could be really helpful for your own ability to teach some fundamentals right from...
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    Discussion anyone?

    Well chosen words matey- it s all about *percentages* at the highest level of pool (ofc also at lower levels). Sometimes you know that *it could need a tiny bit of luck* to hit it perfectly- and there are such days, where everything seems to work perfectly. But what is fact- your attitude is...
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    Could a B player run 100 balls on the world record table?

    i hear ya, lol! I remember VERY VERY well...but the opposite ^^ , when my buddy put new cloth on his tables in his pool hall in the middle of 80 s- and put an carom artistique cloth on them..... - MAN that was funny, rofl. You just had to touch the rack and it was wide open, lol!. But it was...
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    Could a B player run 100 balls on the world record table?

    definitley Shuddy. nowadays cloth are just better because of better manufacturing methods- i think the last "thicker" cloth i played was in the 80 s - the "Mali" Cloth. If brushed daily- cleaned daily it was fine to play on it......but as soon it got older, and with high humidity.....it was a...
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    2022 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

    January 17th: 79
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    2022 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

    Kanzzo already shown up with his positive comment to your "first 50"- and hell yeah- i know that this "first time" feels good :-) I see it also the same way as Kanzzo did-- your potting is good. Kanzzo said, that your position is good also- but I would like to go a bit further :-) with a...
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    Oliver Ortmann vs Bill Staton from the 1989 US Open 14.1 Championship

    Yes- Oliver has problems with his back- but not to forget, that Oli has his own well running buisness since a long time. So playing pool is not his first "task"- ofc i m sure he is still a player deep inside- but hey :-) it speaks for him to set the priorities as it is positive for him...
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    what are the biggest spots you've seen/heard of given?

    3 cushion i had to make 10 points- opponent (strong international champ) to 50.....-- to loose here as an *okay player" can kill your nerves :) but at the same time awesome to see someone playing that great. Think at that time i was a 0.4 to 0.5 player on average. Myself gave a player 6 to 11...
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    Best bank pool instructor

    Saw this "Aha Effect" on several of my students :-) As soon as you start to really "learn" about how to bank...it will also teach you so much more for your all around game as well :-) Was a great reading from you Brian- and i really was grinning like crazy :-p hope you re doin well Brian-...
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    Is Delivery Part of Fundamentals?

    No matter if you have so called "textbook fundamentals" or an "unorthodox style"- Important is, that you have consistency. Imo the very best example is Busti. When I saw him the very first time in the early 90 s here in germany.....my first thought was (seeing him from behind": What the...
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    I never use the diamonds. How many of you do?

    Diamonds are players best friend :-) As soon as I have to use a rail- no matter if it is a bank, kick or just for position play I use always "diamonds".
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