For the people who don't believe Pool's a sport!

WobblyStroke said:
Learning opposite hand is harder than using your dominant hand from an unusual stance, whether behind the back or otherwise imo. While I do play either hand now, at first I found it way easier to play behind the back and certainly have more feel for speed and spin using my dominant hand. I make any shot I need the left hand for bc as mentioned above, those shots tend to be short. But speed and spin control can bite me at times. Not as much of an issue with my dominant hand.
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I play with my opposite hand exclusively when I play in summer leagues, (excluding the break and jumps). Not because I'm good at it, but because I find there are some shots that a bridge is almost a hindrance and want to build up the skill. Light touch is easily the hardest part of off hand shooting for me. I have better odds swinging for the fences then trying to roll a ball 6"
 
straightline said:
I think the Pinoy behind the back stroke originated in The Hustler.
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The_JV said:
I play with my opposite hand exclusively when I play in summer leagues, (excluding the break and jumps). Not because I'm good at it, but because I find there are some shots that a bridge is almost a hindrance and want to build up the skill. Light touch is easily the hardest part of off hand shooting for me. I have better odds swinging for the fences then trying to roll a ball 6"
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Agreed. I have much less of an issue letting the stroke out where it feels kinda like you are letting physics do the work and trust your mechanics to keep it all on line. But for touchy little spin shots. Oh man those can eat me alive. Def more of a tendency to overhit than under hit and when the speed drops off, I'm really thankful those lefty shots tend to be easy pots because the direction of the stroke can get a little wonky due to its lower stability than my dominant hand to begin with, exaggerated by any need to stretch into an awkward alignment.
 
I don't think I've ever seen a top level 3C player use a mechanical bridge. Almost all of them are reasonably competent with opposite hand. Sang Lee did the behind the back thing.
 
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ShootingArts said:
It was a whole lot easier fifty pounds ago!

One knee on the table and contortionist moves, no problem. Now I use a simple trick to avoid shooting weak handed or behind my back, I cross my grip hand in front of my body. When shots need a bridge or these other methods they are usually pretty short and I rarely miss using this stroke.

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ShootingArts said:
It was a whole lot easier fifty pounds ago!

One knee on the table and contortionist moves, no problem. Now I use a simple trick to avoid shooting weak handed or behind my back, I cross my grip hand in front of my body. When shots need a bridge or these other methods they are usually pretty short and I rarely miss using this stroke.

Hu
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Like Mark Williams?
 
Don't mean to pour water on the humor here but IMO those that don't think "cue sports" is the wrong term must also
think Rifle and Pistol shooting isn't a sport. Or Archery, or Marbles. IMO anything (that I can think of) that involves hand eye coordination???
Is a Sport.

The number of required muscles, an increase in heart rate, flexibility of limbs, body parts speed ..... is a requirement.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

I Ain't Tall enough to do that.
I deserve a Disability Handicap. I think the BCA should look into this inherent unfairness.
My grandmother was 4'11".
I didn't and don't have a chance at this move.
 
Powderclayfelt said:
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Like Mark Williams?
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I don't know how Mark Williams does things. I saw somebody do this on video in competition in the last month or two but I forget who. It isn't a common thing although it seems it should be.

Not too surprising, when I place my grip hand across my body everything becomes back hand. The bottom of my hand faces the tip of the cue and my arm is opening rather than closing to stroke the cue. My grip is the thumb and a couple fingers with the rest of my fingers tucked out of the way.

Hu
 
Ha ha, yeah... guilty of this in the past.

But now, with age, comes the need for mechanical assistance.
 
Cuedup said:
That's because you and I are not competing in dish doing.
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Pool is a game not a sport. pool players are NOT athletes. LeBron is an athlete. Dennis Orcollo is not an athlete. There is not one athletic movement needed or required in pool. You have to have knowledge, skill, eyesight, coordination to be an auto mechanic. Doesn't make Cooter an athlete
 
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3kushn said:
Don't mean to pour water on the humor here but IMO those that don't think "cue sports" is the wrong term must also
think Rifle and Pistol shooting isn't a sport. Or Archery, or Marbles. IMO anything (that I can think of) that involves hand eye coordination???
Is a Sport.
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I wasn't entirely convinced. But you got me with 'marbles' :ROFLMAO:
 
FunChamp said:
Pool is a game not a sport. pool players are NOT athletes. LeBron is an athlete. Dennis Orcollo is not an athlete. There is not one athletic movement needed or required in pool. You have to have knowledge, skill, eyesight, coordination to be an auto mechanic. Doesn't make Cooter an athlete
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A sport is a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.

While you are free to make up your own definitions , it doesn't make them correct.
 
Is professional dancing a sport. Takes talent. It’s competitive.
 
Cuedup said:
A sport is a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.

While you are free to make up your own definitions , it doesn't make them correct.
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most definitions include a 'physical exertion' or 'physical effort' component that you omitted. That's clearly missing in pool.... a fine game. Not a sport.
 
WobblyStroke said:
most definitions include a 'physical exertion' or 'physical effort' component that you omitted. That's clearly missing in pool.... a fine game. Not a sport.
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Feel free to post one.

Most definitions readily found by linguistic authorities such as Oxford or Dictionary do not support your opinion.
 
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