Shoot like the Pros, The Game

hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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I started to reply in a thread but I think it belongs in a new one.

Of the Pro players out there, how many can be imitated so someone can figure out who they are pretending to be? I think I took all the easy ones already LOL

Spimp13 said:
I tried to duplicate Busty's stroke...it wasn't pretty :frown:
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The thing with his stroke.. if you asked someone to mimic 10 players at the table where we had to guess who it was, he will be one of those that is easy to figure out.

Him.. Archer (soon as you start picking at the lint, it's all over), Varner (add a little shake and a lot of gum), Dechaine (chalking is a dead give away), Soquet (take 4 looks at every ball on the table before shooting), Earl (dress up like a cyborg with a lance), Keith McCready (don't walk in any straight lines, talk to everyone, fidget like crazy, shoot from the side).
 
Masayoshi said:
Morro, Takahashi Kunihiko, Steve Mizerak
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I don't think you can pick out Miz shooting, he had a pretty standard stroke and did not have any habits at the table. Don't think the other two do either, but I have not watched them play enough to remember how they act.
 
Just thought of another one, Jimmy Mataya, act like a mix of Andrew Dice Clay (who came after Jimmy, but sure has that act down) and Rodney Dangerfield.
 
hang-the-9 said:
I started to reply in a thread but I think it belongs in a new one.

Of the Pro players out there, how many can be imitated so someone can figure out who they are pretending to be? I think I took all the easy ones already LOL



The thing with his stroke.. if you asked someone to mimic 10 players at the table where we had to guess who it was, he will be one of those that is easy to figure out.

Him.. Archer (soon as you start picking at the lint, it's all over), Varner (add a little shake and a lot of gum), Dechaine (chalking is a dead give away), Soquet (take 4 looks at every ball on the table before shooting), Earl (dress up like a cyborg with a lance), Keith McCready (don't walk in any straight lines, talk to everyone, fidget like crazy, shoot from the side).
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Charlie Williams- if he does not go up and down 10 times he ain't shooting..
 
hang-the-9 said:
I don't think you can pick out Miz shooting, he had a pretty standard stroke and did not have any habits at the table. Don't think the other two do either, but I have not watched them play enough to remember how they act.
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The Miz only had the smoothest stroke ever. Although maybe that would be difficult to impersonate, but if someone did, it would be easy to recognize.

Morro is REALLY easy to spot because he jumps straight up after almost every shot (or he used to, he doesn't do it as much anymore).

Takahashi has a wierd tick, especially when he is sitting in the chair.
 
Masayoshi said:
The Miz only had the smoothest stroke ever. Although maybe that would be difficult to impersonate, but if someone did, it would be easy to recognize.

Morro is REALLY easy to spot because he jumps straight up after almost every shot (or he used to, he doesn't do it as much anymore).

Takahashi has a wierd tick, especially when he is sitting in the chair.
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Buddy hall and quite a few others had a delivery similar to Steve, I'm sure none were the same, but if you tried to just imitate it, it would be very hard to figure out who the player was from just a smooth stoke. Maybe we should have made this a "Video" Game where you record someone imitating a pro and we guess who.

I do remember Takahashi with the motions, but the only match I have really seen of him was the one where Efren runs 5 or 6 racks on him from the lag.
 
I don't remember the fellow's name but there's a video of him playing in a 9-ball finals match against Efren Reyes in the early-2000s.

His stroke had no follow-through. He poked at the ball and then immediately jerked his cue (and body) up and to the left. He played well (obviously, in the finals or near-finals against Reyes) and pocketed some very difficult shots.

At the time he was probably mid-40s, thinning on top and had a Middle Eastern look.

Wish I could remember his name or find the youtube video.

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Or, you could play on your knees ---- Alex Pagulayan
 
Hopkins

Allen Hopkins punchy no back swing stroke would be easy to spot. Luther Lassiter's left handed stroke because of his funky bridge would be easy to spot.

Stan
 
I think shane has a pretty distinct stroke... maybe not as obvious until you've watched him a lot. There's a lil rollercoaster in there, an extra small dip as he travels from back to forward. Likes to make what I call the "hightower" bridge when he's not using an open bridge. You can see the dip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDsAzH7Ru9k#t=2297s

There's a miscue here... makes you wonder.

Luc Salvas has an extremely jabby stroke. Poke forward, rear back immediately. Get up and start walking as soon as the ball leaves the tip.
 
CreeDo said:
I think shane has a pretty distinct stroke... maybe not as obvious until you've watched him a lot. There's a lil rollercoaster in there, an extra small dip as he travels from back to forward. Likes to make what I call the "hightower" bridge when he's not using an open bridge. You can see the dip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDsAzH7Ru9k#t=2297s

There's a miscue here... makes you wonder.

Luc Salvas has an extremely jabby stroke. Poke forward, rear back immediately. Get up and start walking as soon as the ball leaves the tip.
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Shane does have a very distinct look and motion around the table, but it looks to be hard to copy. There are times I see a player in the background of a video and I say "hm.. looks like Shane there", he comes into focus and it's been him every time I think that. It's pretty textbook how he sets up his shot, but it's very distinctive.
 
Mika Immonen's "railroad" back arm.

Allen Hopkins's poke.

I would not want to try to imitate Mike Davis. I'm afraid I'd never find my way back!
 
Imagine if you had to watch a ring game with Allen Hopkins, Mike Davis, Salvas and Keith McCready. You might as well be shooting with a boomerang after that. :)
 
Willie Mosconi's soft shots. The follow through always ends the same distance past the cue ball.
 
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