Best Earl Strickland videos?

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I'm hooked on Earl Strickland matches on youtube and wondering if there are any matches that standout that you'd want to share?

Preferably one without annoying announcers griping about him. Earl wearing a hot mic would be even better. I truly get a kick out of his personality, energy and passion in his playing. They should mic him in every tournament and put it on pay per view and I'd be a buyer!

Watching this one right now

This was a great one to listen to him talk through his process while doing a 130 ball run.

Advice to young players

This video won me over on Earl "The Pearl" Strickland.
 
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You know,.... EVERYONE likes to bust on Earl, But they need to look at him from a different angle.
He is 63, his bones/muscles don't behave like when he was younger, and he still plays like a PRO. Granted, he is not like he used to be, but he holds on fairly well against all the eagle eyed 20/30 somethings.
He still gets a few hours of practice in daily and will wipe the floor with most all of us.
I think his meltdowns are his will to win fighting his ability to win like when he was younger.
Earl has an incredible stroke; it is his eyesight and position play that gets him in trouble.
Give the man the cred he deserves.
He will always be one of my pool PRO heroes!

Here's Earl showing Efren a little respect.....
Strickland/Reyes Hill/Hill 9-Ball 1995
 
Ok, I’m watching the straight pool video. Can anyone explain why he spins the cue ball so often even when he is not having the cue ball go to a cushion? Is it to use throw to get a preferable cue ball angle off the object ball? I see he hits some shots with enough pace to have the cue ball go down the tangent line a bit before the spin curves the cue ball, but other shots he hits slow pace but with side spin. Anyone? Thanks.
 
Not sure what Earl is doing, haven’t watched it, but I play people who use a lot of spin. They just like the control a little more speed gives them, and instead of hitting it softer they just hit the OB fuller with spin, throwing it in, while the fuller hit kills the CB
 
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dquarasr said:
Ok, I’m watching the straight pool video. Can anyone explain why he spins the cue ball so often even when he is not having the cue ball go to a cushion? Is it to use throw to get a preferable cue ball angle off the object ball? I see he hits some shots with enough pace to have the cue ball go down the tangent line a bit before the spin curves the cue ball, but other shots he hits slow pace but with side spin. Anyone? Thanks.
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I found this video of Earl commenting on this match between Van Boening and Corey Deuel and at 8:20 he says to always put a little bit of spin on the cue ball. (I'm having a tough time linking this video to start right at 8:20 but you can move the video to that time to hear it)

 
Dunnn51 said:
You know,.... EVERYONE likes to bust on Earl, But they need to look at him from a different angle.
He is 63, his bones/muscles don't behave like when he was younger, and he still plays like a PRO. Granted, he is not like he used to be, but he holds on fairly well against all the eagle eyed 20/30 somethings.
He still gets a few hours of practice in daily and will wipe the floor with most all of us.
I think his meltdowns are his will to win fighting his ability to win like when he was younger.
Earl has an incredible stroke; it is his eyesight and position play that gets him in trouble.
Give the man the cred he deserves.
He will always be one of my pool PRO heroes!

Here's Earl showing Efren a little respect.....
Strickland/Reyes Hill/Hill 9-Ball 1995
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Aside from the shot that was unbelievable, it's WHERE it came in the match that will make this the greatest ending in the annals of pool dome!
 
L.S. Dennis said:
Aside from the shot that was unbelievable, it's WHERE it came in the match that will make this the greatest ending in the annals of pool dome!
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I was at the poolroom last week for a few matches. Afterwards, since my stroke was about as good as it gets I decided to try Efren's "Z" shot on a 9ft Brunswick. I placed the OB only 1 diamond away from the corner pocket (not a perfect 1 diamond, @1 diamond), and less than a finger width off of the cushion. In 35 tries I made it 2 times. I believe it was around try 8 and 25 b/c I wanted just 1 more and could not get it.
Those tries made me appreciate just how difficult that shot was let alone to do it under pressure and at 2 diamonds away from corner pocket.
He says in the interview afterwards, "I got lucky" (wish I had that kinda luck!)
 
BRKNRUN said:
No question.....Color of Money match....I already know who wins and still like rewatching it....Mark Wilson is the commentator.
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Watching THE GOAT come back and beat a whining/bitching Earl was PRICELESS. Efren comes with some unreal outs in that match.
 
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