TAR Podcast for TAR 38 with Darren Appleton and Dennis Orcollo This Thursday

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JCIN said:
Robert Leblanc and Jay Helfert will be in the house for the podcast as well so if anyone has any questions for them I will ask them.
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Jay has been around the pro caliber players for a long time. My question to him is : -
1). In his opinion is there a common factor, or thing that all pro players have ?
2). If an amateur is trying to be a pro what is one thing that he/she should absolutely do ?
3). IMO Filipino pool players for quite a while have dominated this game ? What are the pointers that we all can take from Filipino pool players, if any?

For Robert :-
1). If someone decided to go on the road in today's time, what advice you will give them ?
2). Do you think pool players today are different from old timers when it comes to heart and stepping up for a match ?
3). We hear this a lot that to get better a pool player needs to step up, now if someone is stepping up to a game that they are not favorite to win but they still do it, is that person a "sucker" or they have got "heart" ?
 
Ask Daz:

Seeing as Jayson S & Mike D were recently on TAR and DAZ knows both their games well. Not if they could be but will they be Top flight pro's who win US Opens and such. Ala SVB, Mika and himself.

Nick
 
... for Dennis... what is the name of the best player in the Philippines yet to come to the US? and where does Carlo rank, currently. In his opinion (I am assuming his opinion is he is #1)
 
Which of the three games being played does Darren feel he is the strongest favorite to beat Dennis in and why?

Same question for Dennis.
 
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Message for TAR 38

Hey there, a couple of questions I would like to ask... :)

For Darren,

1. As a young player from the UK, besides playing on all the pool tours in UK, what is the best way to put yourself out there as a player to try and take your game and your name higher in the world of billiards?

2. If you could have a 6th member in the team for mosconi cup 2014, and they had to be from the USA, who would you select?

3. Are you still using a 3142 shaft with the new 'throne' series predator and is it still 19oz?

4. Do you still use the kamui tip or how do you like the latest tips from predator?

5. I noticed in the last mosconi cup, you continued to break using the BK2 although the Bk3 had been released and Karl was using it, any reason behind this?
 
As a free lead in to tonights podcast with Darren Appleton and Dennis Orcollo I am running a free replay of TAR 21. This match featured Shane VanBoening vs Alex Pagulayan playing a 10 ball race to 100. Jay Helfert and Billy Incardona commentate. Join us tonight at 9PM E/6PM P for the TAR Podcast live with the players. http://theactionreport.com/
 
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JCIN said:
As a free lead in to tonights podcast with Darren Appleton and Dennis Orcollo I am running a free replay of TAR 21. This match featured Shane VanBoening vs Alex Pagulayan playing a 10 ball race to 100. Jay Helfert and Billy Incardona commentate. Join us tonight at 9PM E/6PM P for the TAR Podcast live with the players. http://theactionreport.com/
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Thank you once again for the free entertainment tonight. Saves me from making a stupid bet on basketball that I hate for something to do. (lost under bet last night by about half time)
 
After watching some of the free SVB/Alex match again I liked those 4 1/8" pockets for top players. Any chance you may go back to them? Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
After watching some of the free SVB/Alex match again I liked those 4 1/8" pockets for top players. Any chance you may go back to them? Johnnyt
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That match was on the original Fatboy rails that Glen built by hand, those pockets were absolutely perfect.

The "TAR" rails that were built to replace them were supposed to be identical but Glen said their were small differences and those small differences made a big difference in how they played, especially on shots down the rail.

The original Fatboy rails did not spit out well hit balls from anywhere, they played very consistent, tight but if you hit the ball well it went. At times well hit balls down the rail jammed up on the "TAR" rails that replaced them and that is what killed the tight rails on TAR.

These Fatboy 4 1/8th in pockets and this very match is where SVB ran 2 6 packs and a 7 pack in 10-ball. There is no way a table is "too tight" if a pro is able to put out that level of offense on it. Alex also shot the lights out in this match, his break weakness compared to SVB is what killed him in this match. These pockets were definitely not too tight for either guy.
 
For the podcast have Darren set up some drill challenges like he did before.

Ask the players about their practice routines. Ask for some details like what drills they do or if they just run 10-ball racks.

It's been said post-Mosconi Cup that the americans almost never do drills but the Europeans do them daily. Perhaps Darren can comment on that...
 
Maybe we could get both players to do 5 racks of the az 15 ball ghost drill;
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=346016
Rules are simple; Run in rotation, when you miss you must take ball in hand and see how many ball in hands it takes them to run the 5 racks. You could talk to one player while the other is shooting or have them alternate racks?

Good luck this weekend, hope its a good one!
 
Joe T said:
Maybe we could get both players to do 5 racks of the az 15 ball ghost drill;
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=346016
Rules are simple; Run in rotation, when you miss you must take ball in hand and see how many ball in hands it takes them to run the 5 racks. You could talk to one player while the other is shooting or have them alternate racks?

Good luck this weekend, hope its a good one!
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I second this. A group of us have been doing this on a thread here, and it would be really nice to see what the top pros would score.
 
I hope they do it. It could be a regular TAR thing for guest players. The Golf channel does a closest to the pin for all the cast and guests, Ha ha HOLLY is in the lead :) at 1 foot 9 inches.

7 is a good number, going in cold it would be tough though, with practice nice number.
 
Unless they see this early and study up on the rules I am doubtful they will spend a good chunk of the podcast time figuring it out. Plus 10 racks of this total would eat up a solid chunk of the time, I could see that taking an hour at 6 minutes per a rack really easily.
 
Celtic said:
Unless they see this early and study up on the rules I am doubtful they will spend a good chunk of the podcast time figuring it out. Plus 10 racks of this total would eat up a solid chunk of the time, I could see that taking an hour at 6 minutes per a rack really easily.
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Yea and if they switch racks we talk to both guys 30 mins each, not asking them to stop interviewing and bsing, have fun with it.
 
Personally, it's fine if it's not something they could do on the podcast.

I would just really love to see how well the champions do.
 
To both players

1. What shaft diameter they're using right now?
2. Have they played with skinnier shafts? Ex. Pred Z2 (Darren)---Ultra Pro (Dennis)
3. What diameter they think is the best to play pool with and why.
 
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