Artist or Mechanic?

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9BallPaul

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Watching this game for as long as I have, seems obvious to me that some of the top players are artists, and others mechanics. Don't think it's necessary for me to mention names, but I'd venture that players from the Netherlands are much more mechanical in their approach to the game, and those from the Phillipines are much more artistic.

I'm not taking sides on this.

Our homegrown cueists in the U.S. run the gamut. Here's my point: The mechanic runs the table in an a predictable, orderly way with minimum english and maximum speed control. The artist runs the table in a surprising way, employing english and sometimes astonishing an audience.

Is it possible it has something to do with conservative vs. liberal? Or must I save that question for NPR?

Thoughts?
 
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Neil said:
What's the matter Paul? Tired of going back and forth from Main Forum to NPR so you are trying to combine the two???:) Me thinks ye have been in NPR land TOO long. Not everything is political. ;) Believe it or not, most people don't give one thought to politics.
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Always looking for a thoughtful response. Apparently you don't like my politics. So what?

Go back to Glenn Beck.
 
Politics responsible for mechanical vs. artistic.....maybe.
Conservative - liberal.......nope.

Only politics that I'm aware of that has ANY impact on how people play pool is that in Europe and Taiwan (mechanical players mostly) pool training is much more of a "schooled" thing. Taiwan has pool as part of the school curriculum and in Europe they have setup some sort of standardized training manual for pool. These are government sponsored programs I think and would be "political".
 
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Politics responsible for mechanical vs. artistic.....maybe.
Conservative - liberal.......nope.

Only politics that I'm aware of that has ANY impact on how people play pool is that in Europe and Taiwan (mechanical players mostly) pool training is much more of a "schooled" thing. Taiwan has pool as part of the school curriculum and in Europe they have setup some sort of standardized training manual for pool. These are government sponsored programs I think and would be "political".
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Then I guess Europe would be liberal because they are gov. sponsored, and the Asians would be conservative because they are free to learn and do on their own.
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I think it has to do with ones approach to the game.

(artistic) Some people approach each shot as how do I shoot medium speed +/- a small amount and get my leave. These people often travel longer distance with the cueball and shoot shots with more angle.

(mechanical) Others take a less is more approach. Shooting as many stop and short cb movement shots as possible. This type of player will often get closer to straight in and be willing to really put some stroke into long draw or follow shots.

Thesse are approaches in my view because unfortunately, sometimes artistic players have to gas it an sometimes mechanic type have to finesse a long cut.
 
Most professional pool players are very mechanical. First one that comes to mind is Ralf Souqet. Yes, it has a lot to do with personality and how the player learned the game. Most players, at least the younger ones learned through game through a mentor or a coach so of course they would not be as "artistic." One of the most basic fundamentals of cue ball control is to be as simple as possible with the cue ball and that is why most pros do that. I can think of some players like Efren who like to be more creative with the cue ball, but then I believe that only happens when one gets comfortable enough in a competitive setting.
 
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