AceHigh said:
me tarzan, u jane
.............great line slick........... you don't waste anymore breath than possible do you............. 
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Great ambidextrous players
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me tarzan, u jane
.............great line slick........... you don't waste anymore breath than possible do you............. 
hillbilly
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His name wouldn't be billy hill would it!!!!!!!!
sizl said:I have already knocked this guys action one time B4 on this forum about a year ago. I am sorry for knocking his action, I just had a "brainfart"! I will say that he post on here often and you can't really see much difference in his game either handed but the break.
His name wouldn't be billy hill would it!!!!!!!!
Ronnie O'Sullivan at I think it was last years worlds claimed he might be able to shoot better left than right and that he was considering playing left the following season - although he is still playing predominantly right.
The amazing thing watching him, is the ease with which he swaps over, he is a fast fluid player.
In the 97 worlds he shot a 147 in 5 mins 20 secs which has to at least compare to 150 and out by Lou Butera in 14/15/18 mins depending on source. Mind you to highlight one difference between snooker and pool, that break of Ronnie's won him £ 165 000 - well over $ 300k, this was comprised of £ 18k highest break prize plus a bonus £147k for making a maximum during the tv stages of the worlds.
The amazing thing watching him, is the ease with which he swaps over, he is a fast fluid player.
In the 97 worlds he shot a 147 in 5 mins 20 secs which has to at least compare to 150 and out by Lou Butera in 14/15/18 mins depending on source. Mind you to highlight one difference between snooker and pool, that break of Ronnie's won him £ 165 000 - well over $ 300k, this was comprised of £ 18k highest break prize plus a bonus £147k for making a maximum during the tv stages of the worlds.
I play pretty good left handed! Oh, that's right, I am left handed.
I'm just chiming in here cause I don't understand why I can't play sports ambidextrously. I play the piano which is a fairly ambidextrous skill. I eat and write right handed, but play all sports left handed. I can't even begin to play any of them right handed. Once on the 6th tee the head of my driver came off. Flu almost as far and the golf ball. It was a friendly game, I think a $5 nasa and when we got to the 7th tee my opponent offered me his driver. It was a righty and he was just being a smart ass so I really wanted to take his driver and hit just a decent drive down the middle. I teed up and swung 7 times at that little white SOB and the wind never even knocked it off the tee.
I really don't understand what it is with me and sports right handed? Between piano and writing right handed I just think I should at least be able to play pool like shit right handed but I can't even do that.
I'm just chiming in here cause I don't understand why I can't play sports ambidextrously. I play the piano which is a fairly ambidextrous skill. I eat and write right handed, but play all sports left handed. I can't even begin to play any of them right handed. Once on the 6th tee the head of my driver came off. Flu almost as far and the golf ball. It was a friendly game, I think a $5 nasa and when we got to the 7th tee my opponent offered me his driver. It was a righty and he was just being a smart ass so I really wanted to take his driver and hit just a decent drive down the middle. I teed up and swung 7 times at that little white SOB and the wind never even knocked it off the tee.
I really don't understand what it is with me and sports right handed? Between piano and writing right handed I just think I should at least be able to play pool like shit right handed but I can't even do that.
i know that efren and busta can both shoot with their left but i am yet to see them run racks straight with left.
i don't play a lot so i'm just trying to imagine the value of retractable extensions as to eliminating the need to use the opposite hand in shooting. i think extensions help in matters of length but i wonder what can it contribute when the cb and object ball are situated in a way that it's just so awkward to shoot with your usual shooting hand. i may be antediluvian; i'll be glad to be enlightened.sjm said:
Debra Li said:
Can I say "Next"?
CaptainJR said:
Sounds to me like you were naturally left handed and, be it through pressure from peers or parents or wherever, you learned to write right-handed to "fit in". From what I understand, this is quite common.
I have never seen Bustamante shoot opposite handed.countessdracula said:
He usually shoots behind the back style.
Is he any kin to you? played both hands very well
I am from Pa and there was a gentleman named Mike Salisbury that played in my hometown of Wrightsville, Pa. This man never owed a 2 piece cue that I know of. Straight pool or 14.1, as some people call, it was the only game played in our area. Mike could run 70-80-90 balls left handed and then turn around and do the same thing right handed, with a house cue right off of the wall, this was back in the 60's when I was around 14, and had to sneak in the pool room twice a week when the one owner went to hockey games and the other owner left me play by looking the other way. We have a couple good players in our little town and this was how we learned to play, no lessons or anything, just to play Mike and learn from his playing. At some years after that, Mike moved to Ft Pierce Florida, to be into Real Estate where his mother lived, and he never returned from there. I was informed last year, from a member of his family, that Mike had passed away a few years ago. Anyone from the Ft Pierce and Melbourne area that played serious pool got to know Mike. Morse Dugger, who I met one year playing in Tampa, said that he knew Mike and played pool with Mike,said he still was the same old Mike....using a house cue and still playing straight pool just like he did in Pa. He was the only player that I ever knew that could run that many balls in straight pool with either hand, and he didn't know it, but his strong playing helped many a player from our area get started. One more thing before I finish, Mike never gambled, that's just the way he was, but when he first moved to Florida he didn't know any pool players. Somehow he got together with Danny Deliberto, and they agreed to play a game of 100 straight pool for a dollar a point. Well to make a long story short Mike broke the balls and Danny ran a hundred and out, and then asked Mike if he wanted to play another game !!! This was Mikes' introduction to gambling and as far as I know it was the end. Mike is sadly missed since his passing, but he was the best player that I know that could play just as strong left handed or right handed......
I am from Pa and there was a gentleman named Mike Salisbury that played in my hometown of Wrightsville, Pa. This man never owed a 2 piece cue that I know of. Straight pool or 14.1, as some people call, it was the only game played in our area. Mike could run 70-80-90 balls left handed and then turn around and do the same thing right handed, with a house cue right off of the wall, this was back in the 60's when I was around 14, and had to sneak in the pool room twice a week when the one owner went to hockey games and the other owner left me play by looking the other way. We have a couple good players in our little town and this was how we learned to play, no lessons or anything, just to play Mike and learn from his playing. At some years after that, Mike moved to Ft Pierce Florida, to be into Real Estate where his mother lived, and he never returned from there. I was informed last year, from a member of his family, that Mike had passed away a few years ago. Anyone from the Ft Pierce and Melbourne area that played serious pool got to know Mike. Morse Dugger, who I met one year playing in Tampa, said that he knew Mike and played pool with Mike,said he still was the same old Mike....using a house cue and still playing straight pool just like he did in Pa. He was the only player that I ever knew that could run that many balls in straight pool with either hand, and he didn't know it, but his strong playing helped many a player from our area get started. One more thing before I finish, Mike never gambled, that's just the way he was, but when he first moved to Florida he didn't know any pool players. Somehow he got together with Danny Deliberto, and they agreed to play a game of 100 straight pool for a dollar a point. Well to make a long story short Mike broke the balls and Danny ran a hundred and out, and then asked Mike if he wanted to play another game !!! This was Mikes' introduction to gambling and as far as I know it was the end. Mike is sadly missed since his passing, but he was the best player that I know that could play just as strong left handed or right handed......
Pool forums are so cool...even when I'm not playing I'm enterained. We had a spaghetti western with Fast Larry, and now we have The Days of our Lives!
There is a guy at Northfield for whom it seems to make no difference which hand he uses. He plays about the same pretty good speed with both hands and will switch them up depending on which side of the table he is breaking on or where the shot is.
There is a guy at Northfield for whom it seems to make no difference which hand he uses. He plays about the same pretty good speed with both hands and will switch them up depending on which side of the table he is breaking on or where the shot is.