Accu-Facts

John Novak

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I dont know how many of you ever took the time to read the publications of the Accu-Stats that Pat Fleming started back in the 1980's. Some interesting little known facts about the game that many more than likely never knew. I would love to see these publications brought back to todays pool tourney's. Thank You Pat for all you have given for your love of the game.

click the link and select an issue.One thing you will notice from reading some of these was the talent level at the time. During the 80's and early 90's the amount of legends that all competed in the same tournaments made it much harder to snap off a win. If you look at all the publication to view the the players list, you wont see any, what some people might call an easy match. Just look at the TPA's

http://www.azbilliards.com/accustats/
 
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A particularly interesting front-page headline was "Morales Stuns Field at Red's". Five issues later, he had changed his name.
 
John, thanks for a reminder. Those bulletins are real gems, and thanks to Pat for putting them on the site!
 
I wish they still kept stats like this. Accustats tapes are awesome but it's a shame the analysis had to take a back seat.

We have all this interesting info from the old days. If a pro player can see the one they get out 60-70% in 9 ball. They miss maybe 1 in 20 shots. They make a clear position error only 3-5% of the time. They make a good hit on 80-90% of their kicks (closer to 80... a bit surprising that even pros miss 1/5 or 1 in 6 kick attempts).

A few forum posters do some limited stats but I'd love to see the same careful records applied over 20 years later. I bet a ball drops on more than 70% of breaks since the advent of the magic rack, and 9 on the break rate has taken a nosedive. Has kicking ability dropped since we started using jump cues? Do young players get out of a runnable table as often as the last generation?

Who out there is still marking this stuff?
 
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