Most Fundamentally Sound Player on TV?
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senor said:
Feijen shooting arm might be the best around. He holds his stance and composure very well, no body movement even in hard shots whatsoever. I played Niels in Eurotour event a few years ago. His calm shots make you wonder if he can ever miss. Well, it was a race to 9, he missed only one kick shot he tried to make... I missed two hard shots and lost 9-4.
Hasn't anyone seen Jim Rempe play? He developed his stroke in the days of very slow, napped cloth - a powerful precision stroke was essential.
fxskater said:
I saw him play at the ESPN Ultimate 9 Ball Championship and he played worse than any pro i had ever seen. He literally misssed straight short shots by half a diamond. I was no better than low D at the time and i wanted to play him. Less than a couple of months later, he won the Reno Open or some similar event. Go figure.
Jimmy M. said:
In his day, Allen Hopkins had the most compact stroke I think I ever saw, and was it effective.
He has always had a bit of upper body movement, but he evercame it somehow.
Buddy in his day, was more fun to watch than anyone I ever witnessed. He was slow and very methodical, but when he got in stroke, mistakes were few and far between. On the bar table, he was just plain scary.
Nostroke said:
I am almost 95% blind in my left eye (It can make a good excuse...lol) and cue much like Neils with cue dead centre under my right eye. So its very possible that its true...and its an odd thing because I wasnt even aware I was cued like that until someone pointed it out to me...
I have always been very impressed with Thorsten Hohmann, he is a very very solid player...although I hear he's been abit shakey at the mosconi cup over the past few days.
I personally would have to say Thorston Hohmann has probably the best fundamentals around, just is just so smooth and makes every shot look easy.
IF i had one person to learn from it would be him.
Now i remember watching a old video of Archer and Hopkins back in like 92 or 91, and Hopkins had such a short stroke it was weird, but man with that short stroke he could really crush a rack, and it was more like a jab than a stroke.
dave
IF i had one person to learn from it would be him.
Now i remember watching a old video of Archer and Hopkins back in like 92 or 91, and Hopkins had such a short stroke it was weird, but man with that short stroke he could really crush a rack, and it was more like a jab than a stroke.
dave
I think playing style has more to do with personality type, body type, eye sight, hand eye co-ordination as anything else. For about a year I went the "snooker" type of game when I was trying to get over a plateau in my progression. Worst thing I ever did!....I"m just not made to have my chin on the cue every shot, I do for some shots, not all. That whole style just did'nt fit how I play, or how I"m built. I stuck with it til I quit the game for 2/3 years out of frustration. Now I play somewhere between the filipinos, and the old time straight pool guys. I like a more upright, loose, freeflowing style.....works for me......Gerry
Watching the players at the KOH, I though Marlon Manalo stood out as having the smoothest and most solid looking stroke.
His potting and cue ball control is arguably the best in the game.
I also think some of the Taiwanese such as Yang have great solid strokes. Very accurate and smooth.
His potting and cue ball control is arguably the best in the game.
I also think some of the Taiwanese such as Yang have great solid strokes. Very accurate and smooth.
Nostroke said:
If true, this is remarkable!
jsp said:
I completely agree. The young Mizerak had the best stroke I've ever seen. Jack Colavita wasn't too far behind.
Today, in my view, Immonen and Souquet have the best all-around fundamentals, though I'd have to credit Reyes as having the best follow-through on his stroke.
Though very effective, I find Niels Feijen's stroke to be a bit stiff and robotic for my taste ---- not very fluid. Still, I'd have to agree with those who admire his consistent stroke, which certainly qualifies as very repeatable.