Tap Tap Tap
Really, so when Sky missed that 8 ball that was almost straight in, and most of us knew we'd be out on this 4 ball run ourselves. What happened.
Well, if you watch the shot, he pushes his cue to the right of the cue ball while shooting the 8 ball. Well, what does that do? Sends the cb to the left, correct? And instead of hitting the 8 ball dead on, he now over cuts it, yep, to the left, and the 8 ball hits the top cushion/point of the pocket which is to the right of the pocket.
All because his normal fundamentals failed him at the wrong time, while under pressure. I mean, you can miss, that's fine, but you can't miss because of fundamentals. Hey, you lined it up wrong, or you loaded with English and it just spinned it more than anticipated, whatever, but at this level it should NOT be because of fundamentals. I suspect this is why the Euro's miss a lot less.
I don't mind when I miss, but if it's because of my stroke, then I know it's still not where it should be, as it should be, on every shot; easy/hard, game on the line or first ball in the set. It has to be the same. If you fundamentals fail you under pressure, that's a huge disadvantage against opponents that don't have the same problem, yes?