Best Pro Stroke?

Steve Mizerak had the most natural, silky smooth, powerful and most effective stroke I've ever seen. Period. Get some accu-stats tapes and watch the man if you doubt me.

The player of today whose smoothness of stroke, power in the stroke, and general game reminds me of the MIZ (and I'm surprised this is never mentioned) is Corey Deuel. Fantastic stroke....and very natural talent (like the MIZ).
 
The balls sounded different when The Miz moved them. He had the most beautiful and most effective stroke I have ever seen.

Of today's players-
Danny Harriman
Tony Crosby
Thorsten Hohmann
 
Feijen-must be good...he shoots so straight
Efren-his greatness can't all be 'between the ears'.
Shane-can't argue with success.
Hall-k.i.s.s.
Jimmy Moore-one of prettiest
Hopkins-not pretty, probably technically unsound, but deadly.
 
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Don't forget the"ballerina" aka ralph cortez! Sure his head bobs like a
pigeon but that stroke is smooth and steerraaat!:grin-square:
 
No doubt most folks have see Mosconiac's stroke analysis videos on YouTube. Here's a collection of his video posts and others for reference.

The players mentioned so far cover the gamut from bedrock solid to fluid. Different strokes for different folks.

Francisco Bustamente
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKBu9DyknbM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbtMvF8QNro&feature=related (NOT straight)

Raymond Ceulemans
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...ond+ceulemans&hl=en#docid=-126759090606076605 (includes masse shots)

Joe Davis
Davis wrote extensively about stroke--specifically his stroke--in his classic books of snooker instruction (bundled as Complete Snooker for the Amateur. A right-handed player, his left eye is positioned over the cue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fFPO_WVnM

Corey Deuel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGs5cF9oE1A

Allison Fisher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoXBgG2bjI (snooker, 1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcDH5ujNxM0&feature=PlayList&p=33F30D64E604939D&index=84 (9-ball, 2008. See 2:02 for head-on view)

Ralph Greenleaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqMU...E40701FE7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4 (side view @ 7:52)

Buddy Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zcedb_yEAk&feature=related (vs. Jeremy Jones)

Luther Lassiter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qCvGJNHZI (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qbLrZGZ-vk&NR=1 (2 of 2)

Luther Lassiter unusual bridge (vs. fellow Hall of Famer Cisero Murphy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxobcdPCYwE&feature=related (@ 5:12)

Ronnie O'Sullivan
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...qqwKiuIzJCA&q=ronnie+o+sullivan&hl=en&view=3# (plenty to see here)

Jasmin Ouschan (vs. Jeanette Lee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yjL-JEWkCU

Jose Parica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r-2dhxkpGQ

Efren Reyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6sKPP9nuis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDoGDojBzRM

Semih Sayginer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhyCFH7tqSo (trick shots)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tihmp1-T2Ko&feature=related (vs. Blohmdahl; see 3:00)

Mike Sigel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5bvRhETn_s (0:35)

Ralf Souquet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGSy85Chc3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdwHgXpxQqA


Televised snooker matches will often feature head-on shots while a playing is stroking. Check out the links in Scaramouche's posts in the Snooker forum. The Welsh Open Final (O'Sullivan vs. Selby) is playing here now (with occasional interruption):
http://www.justin.tv/manchester1uk#r=
 
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Maniac said:
Nice to see SOMEBODY list a woman in this thread. I mean, how can you not put Allison's name in here with some of these other names???

Maniac
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i really dig jasmin's presence at the table. alison always seems too mechanical to me while jasmin seems like an animal trying to rip her opponents head off!

she seems so intense it's hard not to like her
 
Ronnie O'Sullivan making it look easy

sfleinen said:
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For me personally, I think Ronnie O'Sullivan has the straightest stroke:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eEZxTyByg8k

For someone to be able to rocket balls into tight snooker pockets like this, without the "white knuckle" appearance that most snooker players have, to me says that Ronnie's stroke is natural, pure, and dead-eye-Dick straight (as verified by the overhead camera views).

-Sean
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Here's two videos from the recently-completed Welsh open where Ronnie O'Sullivan was "this close" to a perfect maximum break of 147:

Attempt #1:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S9wR7Wz99O4

Attempt #2 -- I love the Taiwanese commentators reactions in this one! "Waaaaaaaww!!" :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Co_hLxR0YY8

He makes it look too easy!

-Sean
 
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I watch all these different players and everyone has a slightly different stroke but they all reach the same result. I don't think you really can compare player's strokes. Randyg taught me that the best stroke is the one that works best for you.
 
irock said:
For the purest stroke, I would say Mike Massey and Buddy Hall. But of the young guns, I would definitely say Shane. Just watch how much action he gets on the cue ball, and always with a soft controlled stroke. It reminds me of Rodger Federer playing tennis.
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how about larry nevel
 
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