Interesting question about Bustamonte

[1 Pocket Ghost]

Ghost,
I normally think such posts are usually exagerrations (ie. "He never misses", "he runs every rack", "he makes 3 balls on the break every time"); but I watched 3 of Luat's matches 2 years ago at DCC when he was really hot. He missed no balls, and never got out of shape that we could tell. One of the most impressive pool performances I have ever seen. I guess his play must be slipping .

P.S. - did you win the game where he missed????

WillieDon, Are you inferring that I didn't win any of the games where he never missed ?.....

 

[Williebetmore]

WillieDon, Are you inferring that I didn't win any of the games where he never missed ?.....

Ghost-man,
In the absence of any reports from you; I just assumed that you won them ALL (just wanted to make sure you punished him severely for the miss).:smile:

 

[1 Pocket Ghost]

Ghost-man,
In the absence of any reports from you; I just assumed that you won them ALL (just wanted to make sure you punished him severely for the miss).:smile:

No, I only won about 1/2 the games...because I over spotted him - I gave him 10 to 7, should have just given him 10 to 8.....

 

[Island Drive]

My question is: why in his practice strokes, the the tip of his cue never seems to get any closer to the cue ball than three inches?

I have a hard time with this. It seems to me that some accuracy would be lost with this system. But it's hard to argue with the results that he gets. Has anyone noticed this before? Does anyone else do this? Any ideas as to why this is done?[/QUOTE]

One guess would be, he found out, by watching his results, that by being further back his finish on the shot is straighter. Meaning if he was closer his finish may start to go left or right. I knew a great bar table player that always cued the ball on the outside, but when he came through the shot he always finished in a straight line. Another guess, he may be doing it to get more power since he's coming through the shot more, thus not needing as much arm speed and allowing the follow through to do the work.