Earl
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Nothing to see here, folks! Move right along! LOL.
Earl makes every shot look easy.
Earl makes every shot look easy.
Yeah I've watched Earl practicing this shot over and over
Whenever I see the shot I think of Earl
Whenever I see the shot I think of Earl
Great shot. He seems to be using the technique where you aim center ball on your practice strokes, do NOT adjust for deflection, and then adjust your aim to using english during the final follow through. Bert Kinister has a video on this (#19) and says he learned the technique from Tony Robles. The point of the technique is avoid the need to adjust your aim to compensate for deflection. I just happened to start practicing the technique a few weeks ago and I'm amazed how it works.
In TAR Podcast #4, Earl shots this type of shots a half dozen times starting at 49:45. It's funny when he challenges Shane to try the same shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCKGrlZHvg
In TAR Podcast #4, Earl shots this type of shots a half dozen times starting at 49:45. It's funny when he challenges Shane to try the same shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCKGrlZHvg
left English. Probably doesn't hurt to have a 23 oz cue.
I play a similar shot with actually a low ball. The shot I play is probably an inch steeper cut angle. You are not drawing the ball, rather the low gets it to the rail quicker and the spin then takes it way down table, but it stays near the long rail during its travel. It's a finesse shot, a bit jacked up as well.
I agree! I think he has the best "stroke" of ANY 9-ball player in the world. He may not be able to beat them all the time anymore, but when he is hitting them good he hits them better than anybody.
Well, im a bum, so anything like that impresses the hell out of me. I try anything like that and the cue ball winds up on the floor. :grin:
After seeing the thread and making my last post I went to my table and tried the shot last night.
It is definitely not an easy shot and deserved the applause it got, but on the same note, there was no real insane stroke or anything else with it either. I shot it with left and a light bit of high and received the same results on the second try. The first try the cue ball performed as it should but I rattled the ball.
Don't get me wrong, its a damn good shot, but not unobtainable. I should hope that most AZers have the stroke for a shot like this.
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If you add the following to the end of the link:
t=2h12m45s
where 2h12m45s is the time
You can then specify the exact start time of the clip you want to show:
http://youtu.be/V4hMLjVVjOU?t=2h12m45s
Force-follow with left. The spin doesn't catch until after it slides off the long rail. 3-cushion shot.
I really didnt put to much high on it.... from the looks of it, neither did Earl. That was mainly spin that carried him up there. If he would have put high on it as well the ball would have went up to the short rail much faster, especially if you are force following it, the cue ball would have probably ended up in the side pocket that it came close to after hitting the 2nd rail or even down table more past it.
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this one's full of awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obs5v0bTV5w
1:25
1:54 :thumbup:
3:25
3:45
4:10
5:12 - cue power
5.38..........................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obs5v0bTV5w
1:25
1:54 :thumbup:
3:25
3:45
4:10
5:12 - cue power
5.38..........................
Have to agree with that. It's certainly not as impressive as this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUgn_z7i_6I
Now that is impressive.