That's something I hear a lot.
That guy sure shoots straight.
Never heard that back in the old days.
Exactly what does that mean?
That guy sure shoots straight.
Never heard that back in the old days.
Exactly what does that mean?
Shoot straight?
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In the case of Shaw describing Filler it means Filler has a higher stroke resolution allowing him to pot more standard shots accurately and also more headroom on shots that require the highest precision.
I think, in the general case, shooting straight means being able to deliver the cue ball in the exact direction intended with the greatest possible consistency. I believe that the world's straightest shooter today is Fedor Gorst, who won the World 9-ball championship at the age of 19.
Being a very straight shooter requires a near perfect and repeatable stroke. I wonder what THAT feels like.
Being a very straight shooter requires a near perfect and repeatable stroke. I wonder what THAT feels like.
Imo it means a player is really good. That’s it. Same as saying plays good, plays jam up, etc.
Doesn't jam up mean really lucky?
To me it means a very good shot-maker. Sort of separate from position and moving.
" I heard that fatman shoots the eyes them balls."
Filler and Shaw are insanely straight shooters .
Leave them long and straight, and even jacked-up, they'd still pocket the balls and get shape .
If you hear it a lot from pool players it must mean something simple and straightforward.
Probably "doesn't miss much".
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Great responses here! While the mechanics of a very straight and consistent stroke are what actually make the ball go in the pocket; from a gambling or winning perspective; the best picks are usually the pros who have the mental ability and discipline to allow those great strokes to come out in even the most difficult of competitive situations.
How did we learn to play this game? I think back to my early introduction to pool and I realize that way back in the U.S. - us older players mostly learned the game from the pocket backwards towards the cue tip ( i.e. we were more concerned about pocketing a ball than how we got the cue tip to the cue ball). This older way of learning the game usually only rewarded the most naturally gifted who took up the game, the rest spent a lifetime never actually understanding why they missed a shot.
Today, great instruction teaches the game with much greater emphasis on your very approach to the table and then the mechanics of how the cue tip is delivered straight to the cue; with the pocket not really a big part of training to be a "straight shooter.
Modern pool instruction has created perhaps the largest group of "straight shooters" that ever existed at one time in the pool game. I look for this to continue going forward- very exciting.
Meanwhile, I spend every pool session as a 68 year old trying to forget how I learned to play the game in my teens
The video really helps, and so does watching these "straight shooters" - bc they prove there is a "right" way to learn the game
How did we learn to play this game? I think back to my early introduction to pool and I realize that way back in the U.S. - us older players mostly learned the game from the pocket backwards towards the cue tip ( i.e. we were more concerned about pocketing a ball than how we got the cue tip to the cue ball). This older way of learning the game usually only rewarded the most naturally gifted who took up the game, the rest spent a lifetime never actually understanding why they missed a shot.
Today, great instruction teaches the game with much greater emphasis on your very approach to the table and then the mechanics of how the cue tip is delivered straight to the cue; with the pocket not really a big part of training to be a "straight shooter.
Modern pool instruction has created perhaps the largest group of "straight shooters" that ever existed at one time in the pool game. I look for this to continue going forward- very exciting.
Meanwhile, I spend every pool session as a 68 year old trying to forget how I learned to play the game in my teens
The video really helps, and so does watching these "straight shooters" - bc they prove there is a "right" way to learn the game
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mikemosconi stated this in his post above
i liked it so much that i thought it should be repeated.....
Great responses here! While the mechanics of a very straight and consistent stroke are what actually make the ball go in the pocket; from a gambling or winning perspective; the best picks are usually the pros who have the mental ability and discipline to allow those great strokes to come out in even the most difficult of competitive situations.
How did we learn to play this game? I think back to my early introduction to pool and I realize that way back in the U.S. - us older players mostly learned the game from the pocket backwards towards the cue tip ( i.e. we were more concerned about pocketing a ball than how we got the cue tip to the cue ball). This older way of learning the game usually only rewarded the most naturally gifted who took up the game, the rest spent a lifetime never actually understanding why they missed a shot.
Today, great instruction teaches the game with much greater emphasis on your very approach to the table and then the mechanics of how the cue tip is delivered straight to the cue; with the pocket not really a big part of training to be a "straight shooter.
Modern pool instruction has created perhaps the largest group of "straight shooters" that ever existed at one time in the pool game. I look for this to continue going forward- very exciting.
Meanwhile, I spend every pool session as a 68 year old trying to forget how I learned to play the game in my teens The video really helps, and so does watching these "straight shooters" - bc they prove there is a "right" way to learn the game
i liked it so much that i thought it should be repeated.....
Great responses here! While the mechanics of a very straight and consistent stroke are what actually make the ball go in the pocket; from a gambling or winning perspective; the best picks are usually the pros who have the mental ability and discipline to allow those great strokes to come out in even the most difficult of competitive situations.
How did we learn to play this game? I think back to my early introduction to pool and I realize that way back in the U.S. - us older players mostly learned the game from the pocket backwards towards the cue tip ( i.e. we were more concerned about pocketing a ball than how we got the cue tip to the cue ball). This older way of learning the game usually only rewarded the most naturally gifted who took up the game, the rest spent a lifetime never actually understanding why they missed a shot.
Today, great instruction teaches the game with much greater emphasis on your very approach to the table and then the mechanics of how the cue tip is delivered straight to the cue; with the pocket not really a big part of training to be a "straight shooter.
Modern pool instruction has created perhaps the largest group of "straight shooters" that ever existed at one time in the pool game. I look for this to continue going forward- very exciting.
Meanwhile, I spend every pool session as a 68 year old trying to forget how I learned to play the game in my teens
The video really helps, and so does watching these "straight shooters" - bc they prove there is a "right" way to learn the game
I heard ‘straight shooter’ lots when I was a kid....more in the snooker world but also at pool.
...and a bad player was a guy who ‘couldn‘t stop his rock’.
Commentators have mentioned that Shaw says Filler "shoots straighter" and frankly, WTF is that supposed to mean?
Granted, but sports psych and ab-un-trash talk withstanding, what did he say?
what a joke and some will buy it.
the best feedback thing is to shoot cueball up table and back and have it hit you cue tip in the center of the ball.
if you cant do that you cant hit where you aim on the cueball, and you will miss shots because of your stroke
the best feedback thing is to shoot cueball up table and back and have it hit you cue tip in the center of the ball.
if you cant do that you cant hit where you aim on the cueball, and you will miss shots because of your stroke
The “joke” has three adjustable points of aim, fat, med, and thin.
Joke tells if your off to left or right. Has light to indicate, and audible sounds, for feed
Having actually played with Device at BCAPL thing, I saw works.
Have you tried, used, or seen it demoed?