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bruin70

bruin70

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when i used to visit rsb, there was a poster i rather enjoyed reading. full of knowledge(as in EVERYTHING pool related). i think his name was tony M. canadian maybe,,,snooker maybe?

does he still post somewhere?
 
bruin70 said:
when i used to visit rsb, there was a poster i rather enjoyed reading. full of knowledge(as in EVERYTHING pool related). i think his name was tony M. canadian maybe,,,snooker maybe?

does he still post somewhere?
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It seems like he just disappeared over night and never posted again. Yes, he did have a lot of knowledge, was helpful to one and all, and was very patient and articulate. I just have to think he had some serious health problems crop up and possibly passed on. It was too strange.
 
Have you tried to send a PM to him?

I used to be a regular on a couple of non related billard forums. A few things happened and I just decided to quit visiting them. I received a few PM from some of the regular posters wondering where I was. I explained the reasons for my absence and life goes on.
 
bruin70 said:
when i used to visit rsb, there was a poster i rather enjoyed reading. full of knowledge(as in EVERYTHING pool related). i think his name was tony M. canadian maybe,,,snooker maybe?

does he still post somewhere?
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Nope. Well I don't imagine so. Tony Matthews retired, quit making pool cues and went to live way up north (unfortunately his shop collapsed with half a ton of snow load on the roof), where he plays the odd game of pool with his buddy Andre Gagnon, but no longer has an e-mail address or an internet connection as far as I know.
 
The Hamster said:
Nope. Well I don't imagine so. Tony Matthews retired, quit making pool cues and went to live way up north (unfortunately his shop collapsed with half a ton of snow load on the roof), where he plays the odd game of pool with his buddy Andre Gagnon, but no longer has an e-mail address or an internet connection as far as I know.
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too bad. like drivemaker, i derived a lot of pleasure and information reading his posts. his kind of posts gave forums a lot of dignity. i copied a post of his about aiming that was beautifully articulated.
 
Post it?

bruin70 said:
too bad. like drivemaker, i derived a lot of pleasure and information reading his posts. his kind of posts gave forums a lot of dignity. i copied a post of his about aiming that was beautifully articulated.
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Sounds interesting, can you post it?

Gary
 
GStrong said:
Sounds interesting, can you post it?

Gary
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You can see all or most of his posts by going to google groups and setting the author to tony.mathews (at) sympatico.ca and the newsgroup to rec.sport.billiard Note that there is only one T in his last name, like Grady.
 
Bob Jewett said:
You can see all or most of his posts by going to google groups and setting the author to tony.mathews (at) sympatico.ca and the newsgroup to rec.sport.billiard Note that there is only one T in his last name, like Grady.
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or search for tonym or tony m, also
 
GStrong said:
Sounds interesting, can you post it?

Gary
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this is all i could find. i thought i saved more but i couldn't find them. it's part of a very very very long thread at r.s.b
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> I am asking
> about the process of synchronizing eye
> movement with the forward and backward
> movement of the cue as you execute the
> warmup strokes. As the cue comes back, you
> look at the object ball/contact point; as
> the cue comes forward, you shift your vision
> to the cue ball/tip placement. On the next
> warmup stroke you repeat the process.

I understood the relevance of the question Dave. See
my other post on this matter.

Regarding Buddy Hall (as another poster mentioned)it
must be mentioned that the actual timing is more like:

Cue tip forward - cue ball/tip placement, cue tip back -
**pause** object ball/contact point - shoot.

The pause you see in his back stroke is used as an
integral part of his timing in order to create a signal
to move his eyes to the object ball, and (importantly)
to allow sufficient time for the eyes to acquire and
focus on the target (see my post on "quiet eye
duration").

So no, your method is not "backwards", but you may be
missing the key pause for this method to work
efficiently (see Allison Fisher for another example).

Most pool players do the reverse - tip back - eyes on
cueball/tip placement, tip forward **pause** (slight)
eyes on object ball/contact point - then shoot
(complete back stroke/forward stroke cycle without
pause.

I hope that this helps.
 
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