I never did. I learned long ago that it's much better to see the cue ball coming toward you than away from you. As for Filler, he has a beautiful young wife (Pia), who is also a talented pool player. He's taken!
Calling Dr. Dave! SVB "Foul" @ UK Open
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There's a very similar shot here, but it's not really close at all. No ref, and they called it wrong. It's obviously a good hit, but that old guy didn't want to bother arguing. The commentators are confused (and hard to fade.)
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PS I then skipped to the end, a few nice shots here:
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PS I then skipped to the end, a few nice shots here:
I put a mark next to the young guy's name. I suppose it's possible he doesn't actually understand safety rules.
Excellent as always! Thank you!
I still see video artifacts and not ball movement. Watching the cue ball dots, you can see the expected rolling as the last dot rolls out of view at the top of ball. Coincident to this, a lone dot appears just above the cushion in what appears to be motion consistent with a rolling ball. There is a jump in focus at this stage that might be construed as ball motion but the 6 ball at the top enlarges in concert; therefore still no contact.
In the very next frame, the rising dot is clearly moving vertically - consistent with rail induced spin and it is only in this frame that that actual movement by the three ball is captured. Split at best, and un-callable by eye on the fly.
Nitpicking this because it's not just video that can synthesize ball motion. In practicing feathering, I have on many occasions detected movement when no contact had occurred. Shadows, reflections, IDK for sure but it happens.
There definitely is some camera motion making it difficult to see what is actually moving, but I think it is clear that the 3 is moving relative to the rail and other balls.
This is the point where the three starts moving. The dot on the cue ball rises vertically indicating movement away from the cushion. The three continues to move away from the collision and contact is not in question. The quality of hit however, can only be pegged at 'split'. Gatz's contention that the cue ball hits the 3 and then the cushion can't be confirmed.