This would certainly help explain why Shane is such a great player. Everyone else I know has to hold the cue with their hands.
A Theory as To Why Shane Sucks in the Mosconi Cup
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This would certainly help explain why Shane is such a great player. Everyone else I know has to hold the cue with their hands.
Shane gets as nervous as a schoolboy when Michaela Tabb is there , and when she is not he worries about her .
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He is a rhythm player that was comes from the American gambling and winner break environment with long sets. Shane built his game to make money where he lives. Seems its worked pretty well for him so far. That style doesn't work as well in a Mosconi type format.
Darren Appleton says he won't ever play another race to 100. Makes him nuts because he can't see an end and gets wasted mentally trying to maintain focus for that long. He's an example of a player who designed his game for tournament pool and short very high pressure situations. IMO both are the best examples of different types of players.
I thought I had heard something similar about Ralf Souquet. If true, is that for the same reason?
I have also heard that Mizerak didn't gamble much but I don't know if he did many long races.
I don't know Ralf very well so I can't speak to that with any certainty. My opinion is that Ralf views pool as sport just like soccer or basketball and approaches it with that mindset. Much different than American players who come up in pool rooms. I would assume asking Ralf to play a race to 100 would be like asking an Olympic track cyclist to ride the Tour de France.
I can't speak to Mizerak at all. I know some here knew him maybe they can.
Truth.....
An interesting parallel exists in the sports world. The Mosconi Cup is patterned after golf's Ryder Cup, with similar formats.
Tiger Woods at his peak destroyed entire fields and was certainly the match play champion of all time as an amateur, yet his Ryder up record is a disappointing 13-14-2. Compare that to Sergio Garcia, who has had nowhere near the career of Tiger, who is 16-8-4. Go figure.
The Americans do not seem to play well as a team, individually they are just as good as anyone else. It is the lack of team playing time that they are missing. The Euro's are outstanding team pool players. It seems that the come together and relish in beating the Americans and if we do not get that aspect of the game it will be the same thing next time.
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- He plays better at home than overseas
- his mental game and ability to handle pressure is not very strong especially when matchup against the top players. On other hand , he is very tough mentally and very confident when playing against players of lower speed.
ROFL. Funniest post of thread
