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My copy is sold now, too... I envy those getting to watch this incredible match for the first time!

If anyone else is interested, I also have a complete VHS set of the Hong Kong Challenge in great condition that I'll sell for the same deal: $100 via PayPal including shipping. Robert

These are from TBC's footage of Korean World Cups from around 1996. The rest of the matches can be found from the links in this post: TBC video links Caudron's record 45 in 9 innings match against Sayginer is in there also (as mentioned in the thread), among many other gems. Robert

Yup, it's easy to forget you can whip out of the corner like that in game situations. We're so conditioned to think that our 4th rail contact has to be longer than our 1st on naturals. I hate to use the word "never", but I'm tempted to when discussing playing off the red there. :) It's too...

Oops, sorry - I better run and take down this old video then! :) righty version of the 2nd option from a game with a student (starts at 3:00) That shot made quite an impression on my memory, thanks to the impression it made on my cue (as you'll see at the start of the clip). I banged my shaft...

Others have given the cross-table option for the original shot, which I agree is best in that exact position (see below). Now imagine that the red and yellow are reversed. Or you're too close to the yellow to avoid a foul, or it's too thin of a cut, or whatever. These two patterns are worth...

Actually, now that I look at it closer I see that you are accounting for *some* of the shifts. I was looking at long rail cue ball origins when making the previous comment. Specifically, you are not changing the 3rd-4th rail tracks when the cue ball origin is anywhere on the long rail when the...

That's a nice first start, Wei! One essential thing you'll need to do to make it more accurate is handle track shifts between the 3rd and 4th rail as the cue ball origin moves away from the corner. See Byrne's or Caudron's books (among many others) for different ways of estimating this...

You are both right and wrong in how you're reading the graph. :) He is indeed pointing at slightly less than 0.5R offset there, but due to his assumptions in his stick-ball interaction about kinetic energy losses and such, he calculates the miscue limit to be ~0.6R. Therefore, he is showing it...

If you were surprised by this and some of your other results, then you haven't been studying your Coriolis! ;) This and much more was derived almost 200 years ago in his masterwork of billiard physics, Théorie mathématique des effets du jeu de billard published in 1835. Luckily for you guys...

I think the best introduction to 3-cushion is still Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, combined with a regular diet of videos of top players (actively - not passively- watched). CaromTV has the largest selection by far, but Kozoom and Accu-Stats have some great matches as well...

The short version of both Rojas system articles: (1) Find something close to the ideal reflection banking point (angle in = angle out). In one article he visually approximates it, and another he uses inexact decimal numbers to get close. (2) Find a "stroke" to make it work. (i.e. Use follow...

:) Thanks for the interest, Rick, but I'm not sure if I'll be doing that particular one. Let me explain... When I do commentary for Jan Carl's CaromTV videos, there are only 2 cameras and it's all edited live during the match (except for a digital scoreboard that is added later). It's...

Caudron was fortunate to miss several kisses by a hair in that match. I think most record-breaking games are such a combination of luck and skill. Another Caudron-Sayginer match to keep an eye out for is from the 2008 Sang Lee Internationa Open this past July. I'm not sure when High Rock...

Dick Jaspers broke it this past June at the European Championships against Blomdahl. Jaspers scored 45 points in 8 innings (15 in 2, 15 in 1, 15 in 5). He ran 13 and out in the 1st set, ran 15 from the break in the 2nd, and started with a 6 in the 3rd. That means he scored 34 consecutive...

Technically, most shots in billiard games are jump shots (at least, medium speed and above) since they are played with a slight elevation that (combined with squirt) causes the ball to jump. See, for example, Dr. Dave's video showing jumping coins using a "level" follow shot...

Here are two cuetable diagrams for a jump shot I play frequently in matches. They probably aren't the big jumps you might be hoping for, but are practical in play: Two variations on a practical jump shot I think jumping to make super-thin hits easier is probably the most practical application...

Luis Aveiga won and is now doing a finger billiards exhibition.

They are the tricky because they are so sensitive to how much spin is on the CB at the 4th rail and how much friction there is between the CB and the cushions. I play these shots pretty well and can tell you it requires a fair bit of experience to become comfortable with them. If you shoot...

You can see much more clearly at the original link on Semih's site: http://www.semihsayginer.com/photoalbum/ilgincfoto/20.jpg AZ severly compresses it as an attachment. 17 is definitely Zanetti. Also, I think 26 is Luis Aveiga from Ecuador. Robert