I like to use a measle ball so the people watching can see the cueball spinning wildly on every shot.
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i dont for that exact reason, sold all my circus ball sets and have just old school ones
3c players act like if the ball doesnt have dots you cant play 3c with it,
but they did for 100 yrs before they were invented soooooo..............
i just think its kind of dumb, you know what kind of spin your putting on it
how many dots the ball has, HAS nothing to do with that
I tend to be compelled to do the opposite when someone says you HAVE to do this or that, without solid backup on a matter
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I would say because many players apply english the wrong way(s) so that they generate much more swerve and squirt and curve and what-have-you then do players who've been trained to play english more accurately.
When I see players talking about "adjusting aim on the ob to compensate" I know we've got trouble in River City . . .
I feel the same^
I have buddies who talk about deflection of this and that cue, compensation mumbo jumbo, backhand English n whatnot.
Shouldn't matter imo, as long as your stance and mechanics are on line you should just have to stroke straight through the WHOLE cue ball on the line where you want it to go. Altering your bridge hand or backhand just seems like a whole bunch of overthinking and room for error.
Yes I know, deflection exist but I really only notice it on a long cut shot that is hit hard. If you don't stroke through the whole cue ball the deflection is magnified.
Watch any great player, Earl, Shane, or any of the Asian players who play with southwest or solid maple shafts, they all get through the whole cue ball in a straight line, I can't say for sure, but I highly doubt that they're altering their bridge/backhand's.
This is only my opinion, and that's the beauty of pool, there are numerous ways to accomplish the same task. So if it works for you, do it that way.