SlateMan
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I had a friend who said his tip was on fire. We called him "El goteo" for several months....
Mighty x drill leaving mark on cloth
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iNo se ese palabra y voy a buscarlo!!
I think he shoulda been calling all you daisies that.
Hit it like a man (I presume this was pre-diamond days
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People ask me all the time.. how did you get that awesomely horrifying post count?
I think the point about the balls causing the line deserves a bit more looking into
The marks I pictured from one of my old tables were break lines. I can't imagine this mighty sex drill is hitting the balls at break speed. Awesome, if it is and I gotta see and try that.
Could the man's balls have some sort of contaminant on them?
I think the point about the balls causing the line deserves a bit more looking into
The marks I pictured from one of my old tables were break lines. I can't imagine this mighty sex drill is hitting the balls at break speed. Awesome, if it is and I gotta see and try that.
Could the man's balls have some sort of contaminant on them?
wrong. any sliding ball can leave burn marks. if the ball is a hard stun/draw shot you can/do get long burn trails. any white marks that don't wipe/vac off are burn marks. just happens, doesn't look good but doesn't effect play at all.
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A thorough examination is required... Where is Joey Ryan when you need him.
Badpenguin
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I do the mighty X often, and 90% of the time a good wipe down with a dry microfiber cloth gets rid of the tracks. I wipe every time I start to see the tracks. So no, it is not always a burn.
That man's doing just fine and I'm sorry if he broke your heart, pal.A thorough examination is required... Where is Joey Ryan when you need him.
Didn't say it did. What i DID say is burn marks do not come out and are caused by the heat of a sliding ball at the contact point with the cloth. Break shots, jump shots, and stun/draw shots can all cause them. Any mark that wipes/vac's off is not a burn mark.
I assume the Simonis 860 HR (high resistance) cloth is supposed to be less likely to leave burn marks? That’s the cloth we’ve been using here for years, but I don’t know how it compares to regular 860 for burn marks unless you have both blends on two different tables and compare. I do know that certain lighter colors of cloth like the camel show burn marks a little less noticeably than the darker colors of cloth do.
Apparently you don't shoot a lot of 9-ball.
You will Never miss the starting point onna tbl where everyone STARTS their cut-break.
SlateMan
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I think we are debating different things. The original poster was asking how to get rid of the pattern on his table after playing his X drill. Your contention is that these marks are burn marks BECUASE they don't come off. My contention is that he should try to get them off by cleaning the table, that they may not all be burn marks. I know what a burn mark is, but until the OP tries to clean the table, we don't know if his X is burn marks or the marks of dirty balls. I don't disagree with you on what a burn mark is, or if they can be cleaned. We just don't know if what he has is all burn marks or not.
Whatever dude. Never seen dirty pool balls be the cause of white marks on a table. Ever.
One day a little girl watched a man, practicing for a Tournament. When he stopped, she asked why he shot the same shot, over & over. He said to Her, Because it comes up in every game. I put the "Big X" on my table & enjoyed it for 5 years... Different Players like different Ice Cream, so don't worry what comes out as advice...
SlateMan
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Whatever indeed....
Go look at the table Bert has in his videos if you want to see wear from doing drills. It is perfectly normal.
mosconi0306
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Please correct me if i´m wrong but i think Bert Kinister invented the Mighty X Drill or at least he was the first one to present it on a Training Video.
I made two screenshots of his Tape. I can recommend his Website. His Training Videos are the Best in my Opinion and he is very entertaining too on his own way,
At the Beginning of the Tape he presents a cloth with the marks and sais "Expect that to happen"
There are also holes in the cloth (See picture 2)
He later sais that it is an expensive Simonis cloth.
And that is also why this drill is called the Mighty X. Because you get a X on your cloth.
I made two screenshots of his Tape. I can recommend his Website. His Training Videos are the Best in my Opinion and he is very entertaining too on his own way,
At the Beginning of the Tape he presents a cloth with the marks and sais "Expect that to happen"
There are also holes in the cloth (See picture 2)
He later sais that it is an expensive Simonis cloth.
And that is also why this drill is called the Mighty X. Because you get a X on your cloth.
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Flakeandrun
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I think it does affect play, but not in a physical way, it gives a visual aid. A kind of guide line. I use to play snooker at a friends house growing up. He was lucky enough to have a father who was a coach and had a table in the garage. Had some of my highest breaks on that table, and I always attributed it to using the lines which resulted from hours of him coaching students as an assist. Certainly played better on his Riley than I ever did on the Burrough & Watts at the club my dad plays at.