Monster stroke

cuetechasaurus said:
The thread title meant who has the most powerful stroke, not the best. Efren can do things with the cueball that no other human alive can, so I would think he is a good choice. Deuel has a powerful stroke, but Souquet and Hohmann don't have monster strokes from what I've seen. They have very good ones, but I have never seen them power the ball like the others. Probably because they never have to, LOL.
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Aukward, but I always thought that Straight Pool players would usually aquire times to use a pretty hard (and by hard, I mean smooth yet swift) stroke to break clusters... ohh well.

Slick Rick: contributes to class, but does not follow directions!! :rolleyes:
 
SlickRick_PCS said:
Aukward, but I always thought that Straight Pool players would usually aquire times to use a pretty hard (and by hard, I mean smooth yet swift) stroke to break clusters... ohh well.

Slick Rick: contributes to class, but does not follow directions!! :rolleyes:
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I agree, they definately have the strokes for that. But we are talking about players that can do insane draw shots, almost like trick shots that require an extremely powerful stroke with alot of spin. I've never seen Souquet do a shot like that, but he probably can. Hohmann shoots incredibly straight, and he can draw his cueball as far as he wants, but I think his stroke is too compact (and yet perfect, I try to copy his) to be able to power the cueball, like Nevel or Mike Massey, etc.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
I agree, they definately have the strokes for that. But we are talking about players that can do insane draw shots, almost like trick shots that require an extremely powerful stroke with alot of spin. I've never seen Souquet do a shot like that, but he probably can. Hohmann shoots incredibly straight, and he can draw his cueball as far as he wants, but I think his stroke is too compact (and yet perfect, I try to copy his) to be able to power the cueball, like Nevel or Mike Massey, etc.
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On Efren's case on his stroke, there's just no boundaries with this man. Corey's: how can we not forget the stroke from the '04 US Open vs Immonen as well as how he even messes around with his breaks in both 7 & 9 ball games. Only reason that I did not include Nevel in this is because what I look for in stroke is precision for making shots and the strength. Nevel's break is like a kid with a shotgun, there's just no going what will happen (and in this case, the cueball). Mike Massey is all power and precision... but only in trickshots.
 
Norris Brady from North Carolina has one of those long powerfull s or z type draw strokes like you are talking about Moony having. I could sit on a rail and watch him gamble for days, just amazing. Leonard
 
nfty9er said:
Rafael Martinez
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I was fortunate enough to see Rafeal Martinez and Rodney Morris play in the same nine ball tourney. They never played each other, but I'd give the edge to Rodney Morris. I haven't personally seen others mentioned here, but I'm thinking they're all strong strokes!
 
In addition to guys mentioned, I would add snooker boy Jimmy White. Drawing full table length on a 12ft snooker table is something special. At 12ft distance even a stop shot requires a lot of draw. But he draws it back to the opposite rail like it's no big deal.
 
predator said:
In addition to guys mentioned, I would add snooker boy Jimmy White. Drawing full table length on a 12ft snooker table is something special. At 12ft distance even a stop shot requires a lot of draw. But he draws it back to the opposite rail like it's no big deal.
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Now that would be something to see...I'll have to try that myself next time I have access to a 12 footer....
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predator said:
In addition to guys mentioned, I would add snooker boy Jimmy White. Drawing full table length on a 12ft snooker table is something special. At 12ft distance even a stop shot requires a lot of draw. But he draws it back to the opposite rail like it's no big deal.
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John Parrott had one of the best draw strokes I've ever seen on a snooker table. I'd put him slightly ahead of White for that but way down for overall entertainment value!
 
Here's a big long draw shot on a snooker table accesible on YouTube. I've seen longer, but it still is a mighty draw on that huge table. And he needed the draw, wasn't fooling around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u7DPmSOoiM

It's around 3:30 mark.

It's not done by Jimmy White, but Neil Robertson. Also a lefty, probably just as talented. Lots of power in that stroke. Remember, napped cloth with far more friction than Simonis cloth on a regular 9ft pool table.
 
predator said:
Watched it many times. Amazing shot! What did he do to that poor cue ball?:D
My guess is that slight jump caused that masse after contact with the rail...
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I don't think so. It's just that because of the speed of the shot, the draw didn't have time to take fully until after the cue ball hit the rail. And the beauty of it is that it seems clear that this is how Corey played the shot!
 
I saw Larry do the frozen rail draw shot one handed at The Pool Room.The tip of the cue hits the cushion first in return throws the cue ball off the rail so he can get bottom on the cue ball to reverse the spin.Freeze a ball to the rail and bump the cushion 1/4th inch behind the ball.Amazing shot two handed he was doing it one handed with a players cue.
 
Fast Lenny said:
Here is a nice draw stroke by Corey Duel,its on the 4 to the 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_plsd-1TNNw
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Wow!!!! What a beautiful shot. Notice he doesn't look like he is overpowering the cueball he just hits it smooth with a nice follow thru
that is definately the sign of a good stroke. I learned early in this game that finess is all you need to get the cueball to react. Philw
 
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