I hope either breaks and runs the setShaw vs Morra next on table 1. Let's go Shaw, break and run the set
2023 World Pool Championship, Kielce, Poland
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The MPA has done this for at least a decade, I don’t know when they started. When you look up players, the first thing you see, is the pace of play rankings.
The matchups for tomorrow. Three tables in use.
Several players left I would not have expected in the last 16.
Several players left I would not have expected in the last 16.
That kind of data could help Derby City. Always start the slowpokes in the first matches in a round.
Slow play has been a problem since I began officiating tournaments forty years ago. Accu-Stats shot clock solved that problem. At least on the matches held in their arena. MR needs to find a way to have a similar clock on all the tables. The referees could operate it with a remote. Problem solved.
Being a pool referee is not that intensive a job. Certainly not like ref’ing other pro sports. Despite all the walking around behind players we see some refs doing, most of which is not necessary.
A good pool referee can sit on a bar stool type chair and watch the match, only leaving his chair to watch a close hit or possible clothing foul. That’s how I ref’ed for years and never had a problem. They certainly could handle a clock remotely at the same time.
But what do I know. I’m just another guy on a computer now.
Being a pool referee is not that intensive a job. Certainly not like ref’ing other pro sports. Despite all the walking around behind players we see some refs doing, most of which is not necessary.
A good pool referee can sit on a bar stool type chair and watch the match, only leaving his chair to watch a close hit or possible clothing foul. That’s how I ref’ed for years and never had a problem. They certainly could handle a clock remotely at the same time.
But what do I know. I’m just another guy on a computer now.
There are tournaments on YT during which the refs have stop watches and simply say "Ten seconds" when the time gets short.
That would be a good start.
That would be a good start.
WTH they doing in Albania. We need to send a research team over there to take some notes.
exceptional. and i like the style; no cumbersome pre-shot routine,1-2 practice strokes, good straight follow through, very fluid. his stroke reminds me of filler and siming chen.
Thanks. I was thinking it may be...
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That will work. Tried and succeeded already in various tournaments I was involved in. You just need volunteers who are willing to do this job.
Here is an article that goes into detail about why and how he switched from right handed to left handed in pool for those interested.
Earl Strickland at his peak! He ran racks in one to two minutes max. One, two, shoot. One, two, shoot. All that scoping out the table from every angle was not part of his agenda. Seems he knew the dimensions of the table and where the pockets were located, and didn’t need to double check everything on each shot.
He had a decent career too!
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Do you know which match this was? DAZN, table 2, or 3? (I have all 3). I'm looking for a fun match to watch in this evening.
WOW! WOW! That's come a long way!
exactly, i was thinking earl too. there is a certain cadence to it.
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first match. on paper it may look like shane drew one of the easier ones tomorrow, but the guy is absolutely lethal.
hey james, d'ya mean albania?
in the last 16, I see three poles, three austrians, two taiwanese
a serbian, a syrian, an estonian, a canadian, an american, a nederlander, a spaniard, and a vietnamese
this said, albania is home to top player kaci, amongst others
Wow, this is amazing. Put the slow players on notice with data. Great job. Although I don't know how they did the calculations, it probably does not matter for this discussion. But, you could have a player lose 7-0 every match to fast opponents, and that losing player would have the lowest time of the group, depending on how they are recording and analyzing the data.
Here is their site with the pace of play of the players:
That was a great article. Thanks for linking it!