You don't know if the left side of the CB can be struck with the right side of the tip? Really?
I'm tired of your "bonfire of the inanities".
English gurus, need help with backwards ( not backhand) english. Up
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I'm tired of your "bonfire of the inanities".
My bad - I meant to ask:
Can the left side of the CB be struck with the left side of the tip?
And here's the one you didn't answer before:
To hit the CB with the tip's center, where must the cue be pointed?
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Well obviously it can't be a "straight" answer. It has to have some spin on it.
Which spin and what side and what direction is the tip coming from are the eternal questions that double o will reveal in due time. Have faith.
Wasn't asserted in this thread except by others. There is no way to strike a CB on the left side and have it spin backwards to the strike.
Sparkle has had to read about 50 of my articles online to find a missed word or pull something out of context.
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Wow, so my answers aren't straight?
You are biased against gays, how shocking--not. I knew you were a homophobe.
Shame on you.
Speaking of "straight answers" are you going to follow through on debating me on pool, live, on Zoom, or not?
Perhaps I can speak to the healthcare providers at your institute, to get special permission.
Why are you afraid to debate here?
All you have to do is make a coherent statement. Oh, yeah... never mind.
pj
chgo
Nothing to debate here. I posted "center of tip" instead of "edge of tip".
If you want to debate, let's setup a Zoom for others to watch, both of us can shoot some sample layouts at our local hall and then debate live so you can see we are relying upon memory and not Google.
If you want to debate, let's setup a Zoom for others to watch, both of us can shoot some sample layouts at our local hall and then debate live so you can see we are relying upon memory and not Google.
Well obviously it can't be a "straight" answer. It has to have some spin on it.
Which spin and what side and what direction is the tip coming from are the eternal questions that double o will reveal in due time. Have faith.
Correct. That was an excerpt from here:
https://www.liveabout.com/top-mistakes-made-using-pool-english-368890
English mistake #8 is striking upon by accident the mysterious sidespin
phenomenon called “backwards english”. If a dash of twisting movement is applied with your cue stick very late during a left english stroke, so that it feels as if you are moving the cue tip left after it first strikes the cue ball, the ball can take on the effects of the english opposite the side you strike it on.
The physical explanation for backwards english gets complicated, so suffice it to say the left english you wanted behaves like right english.
Are you denying that the article is written by you? Did I get any words wrong?
Hello Spaetzle,
This is the fourth (?) or fifth (?) time you've repeated the same questions. I'm not going to explain cue ball paths to you again, despite your not acknowledging my comments.
Now, in a debate, I strongly prefer instead of "Hey, you're so wrong, so stupid!" you actually cite the facts that bother you. In this case, you've done differently, and so I've also already agreed with you, several times, on two threads, no one can hit a cue ball on the left side to impart right english, so that the direction of spin is opposite the direction of cue stick movement.
What I have also written four times (?) now is how a twisting movement can hit the cue ball coming from the extreme left of the ball. In other words, a cue ball lined up with a side pocket can be struck on its left side with a swoop as if you had stroked from a distance to the side of the side pocket opposite. Again, that will make it move on a path before and after the rail contact . . . never mind.
If you like, you can repeat yourself four more times, it seems to make you happy, however, I will also point out that for more than ten years I've had over 500 pool articles online (500!) and that you and the other AZ trolls have repeated multiple times this blurb above, and another word or two omitted. I was contracted for articles of 700-1,000 words in length apiece, making for enough articles to fill multiple nonfiction books on pool. So I'm okay, better than okay, with one poorly worded paragraph and two omitted key words in 300,000 words on pool, billiards and snooker. Are you? OF COURSE NOT. Why? Because you are an internet troll, again refusing to not only debate, but share your name, location, etc.
Fran Crimei is particularly fond, likewise, of one of my stance articles, she's mentioned it many times over the years, but not the 499 articles that didn't drop one key word.
Away with you, sir (or madam)!
If you stand on the table and hit the CB with a golf club you can make it in a pocket on the next table over.
What do you think these nonsense hypotheticals teach pool players, Mr. "Instructor"?
pj
chgo
Only a liar and a fraud would word it this way.
Hi Fran,
We've had our past differences--I think witches should burn at the stake--but egging on Sprinkle in this way makes you look petty. He's by far not the brightest bulb in the parade of light that is your admirers.
Speaking of admirers, was your friend Tony Robles, one of the top respected pros in the sport, a sellout for taking a paid endorsement for my pool teaching website? Or rather, did he first agree, I'm as good a pool teacher as you are?
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I've already shared two practical uses for the stroke and a trick shot use.
But if I'm an "instructor" are you a "nasty forum troll"?