Pros and systems

eze123

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Interesting website - a German guy with two really great books on 3C, incredibly detailed on everything, position play, systems, why not to use systems, minor adjustments to make due to cue ball curve, coming in to a rail on a sharp angle, etc. Unfortunately all in German, but I got lucky having Austrian parents. He has a website where some of it is translated into English, not always the best English, but pretty good, I think. He presents a shot on a table, and you can click on or off different graphs to accurately recreate them on your table. Then you can click on the various solutions and he comments on the pros and cons of each.
Anyway, a really interesting bit is he sent an anonymous questionnaire to alot of high level players, Blomdahl, Caudron, Horn,etc., asking them to comment on their use of systems, why they do or don't use them, which, when, etc., and some of their comments, all anonymous. There's an interesting grid of about ten players and their answers. Of the ten, they answer using 1 system to more than twenty.

http://www.three-cushion.com/

Table of contents - page 76
 
systems and pros

Also, if you've ever seen Martin Van Rhee play, and you should:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkx66wgEyno&feature=channel_page

there's a great bit on that site where Hupper presents a very difficult shot, and Martin comes up with something like 10 different solutions to it, almost all beyond us normal humans. He does like every solution there is, force follow, draw, whatever. Not sure if it's on the website or in the book, but there's a shot where he runs the ball on the cushion, not touching the wood, that would be a foul, but he runs the ball on the cushion and makes it that way, and he comments on the various difficulties of every shot. Just checked it, it's page 94, the rail shot.

see page 89+ on the site
 
WOW, Rep 2 U for finding this, some of the shots in 3 cushion just leave me speechless! A truly extraordinary experience to see this sport played at a high level. I just got that chance recently at Chris's in Chicago which now has seven 3 cushion tables!!
Dan
 
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