Can anyone please explain what this means
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It seems to me that what you mean by your statement is, That a weaker player can control the table by shooting and then playing safe when he has a low percentage shot, and then if his opponnent misses ,giving the weaker player ball in hand ,or leaves him a shot after the weaker players safety, then the table can be controlled in this manner. It does require the weaker player to be able to play some! I always felt that the first person to play safe, ( and I mean a good safe ) and control the table in 9 ball usually can come out on top! Just my opinion.
It seems to me that what you mean by your statement is, That a weaker player can control the table by shooting and then playing safe when he has a low percentage shot, and then if his opponnent misses ,giving the weaker player ball in hand ,or leaves him a shot after the weaker players safety, then the table can be controlled in this manner. It does require the weaker player to be able to play some! I always felt that the first person to play safe, ( and I mean a good safe ) and control the table in 9 ball usually can come out on top! Just my opinion.
BPG24
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BigCat said:I took English classes in school
... and math
... and science
... and social studies
but I don't remember them teaching me the point of your quote.
If you can understand English and 9 ball, then the quote should make perfect sense. If not, then I completely understand why you don't get it
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Lol ...
this thread has me smiling ... Blackjack stated things pretty accurately. Fact is, other than table conditions, and personal equipment conditions, everything else that happens on a Pool table
follows this: "For every action, there is a reaction".
Now, if you planned the action, and executed properly, you will get the reaction you expected, if you didn't you won't, simple as that!
For the other times, we have a term for that called 'Bangers', but even the results from bangers is because they hit a ball a certain way to cause it to do this or that, and the cue ball to do this or that, they just didn't plan it, but it is not 'luck' per se, because they caused the initial action.
If someone misses a shot, it is because they didn't hit the contact point to make it, whether they aimed wrong or executed wrong.
If someone misses shape, it is because they hit the cue ball wrong on the shot before, or shot the wrong speed, simple as that.
You can digress over the details of that subject forever, BUT
'Brilliance is when you can understand and relate everything about a topic in the simpliest terms possible'. For example, Einstein's theory of relativity, E=MC squared, although you could discuss the details of it forever, Einstein's theory explains it in the simpliest terms possible, and therefore is known to be 'Brilliant'.
this thread has me smiling ... Blackjack stated things pretty accurately. Fact is, other than table conditions, and personal equipment conditions, everything else that happens on a Pool table
follows this: "For every action, there is a reaction".
Now, if you planned the action, and executed properly, you will get the reaction you expected, if you didn't you won't, simple as that!
For the other times, we have a term for that called 'Bangers', but even the results from bangers is because they hit a ball a certain way to cause it to do this or that, and the cue ball to do this or that, they just didn't plan it, but it is not 'luck' per se, because they caused the initial action.
If someone misses a shot, it is because they didn't hit the contact point to make it, whether they aimed wrong or executed wrong.
If someone misses shape, it is because they hit the cue ball wrong on the shot before, or shot the wrong speed, simple as that.
You can digress over the details of that subject forever, BUT
'Brilliance is when you can understand and relate everything about a topic in the simpliest terms possible'. For example, Einstein's theory of relativity, E=MC squared, although you could discuss the details of it forever, Einstein's theory explains it in the simpliest terms possible, and therefore is known to be 'Brilliant'.
WheatCues
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BPG24 said:
Think of 9-ball like you would a game of chess.... the two or very similar and it doesn't matter how you battle the war as long as you win in the end !
However, in chess, the person who controls the center 4-squares tends to control the game ! much like the player who controls the playabilty aspect of each rack, who decides whether you are kicking everytime you shoot or leave you a decent shot because he gave up "control" due to a improper execution of his intented shot !
Besides, pool was never intended to be a multi-player game in the first place, it is you vs. the table... so given those examples I'm sure you'll figure it out !
- Eddie Wheat
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....the better tornado doesn't also cause the most damage. There is luck involved in how many buildings are in it's path. So, even a measly F1 tornado that hits a few farms or touches down in an urban area, can do "beat" an F5 monster that only blows grass around as it moves across the prairie.
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9-ball = Checkers
One Pocket = Chess
IMHO if a weaker player plays smart, calculates tough shot vs easy safe, makes and executes the right decision, plus gets lucky to make a ball on the break, in a short race his chances are greater to win the race than in a long set.
One Pocket = Chess
IMHO if a weaker player plays smart, calculates tough shot vs easy safe, makes and executes the right decision, plus gets lucky to make a ball on the break, in a short race his chances are greater to win the race than in a long set.
BigCat said:I took English classes in school
... and math
... and science
... and social studies
but I don't remember them teaching me the point of your quote.[\QUOTE]
BPG24 said:
Ummmm... I was stating that my teachers in all those classes didn't teach me the point of your quote because you hadn't yet made it.
... or was that joke not clear
Not to be a drag or anything... but in the grand scheme of things, why do you care so much that 100% of everyone reading your own "quote" understand it as you meant it? If not everyone gets it, then so what. It's just something you said on some internet forum that about .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the world's population probably read. Is it really that important to you???
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