AceHigh said:Did you seriously just say Corey used "strategy over skill"?
Seriously?
huh? go back and read the post again and u will understand the post

AceHigh said:Did you seriously just say Corey used "strategy over skill"?
Seriously?
Neil said:First, I did NOT say Corey wasn't a runout player. He surely is. I guess my take on it is along the lines of safety play. Not sharking. If you are faced with a safety, or a shot, and the safety will net you more down the road, which do you take? The safety. I just feel that Corey has extended this line of thinking all the way back to the very begining of the game- the break. I think that it is actually quit shrewd what Corey is doing. He has spent countless hours devising an edge, and he should be allowed to exploit that edge.
Granted, it's always nice to see the top players doing runouts. But, a lot can be learned from how they handle Coreys break. Now, I haven't spent time figuring it out, but just experience alone tells me that there are ways to turn that break back on Corey. For example- you can tie the balls up more than what they are. Forcing Corey into safe mode, not runout mode. Of course, it all depends on how the balls lie. But there are options. The other players mainly aren't utilizing them though. They just get frustrated, even knowing that Corey is going to do it.
Neil said:This is my take- he's a runout player. Larry is a runout player. So who has the edge? That can't be determined until several breaks. When you see who has the better break on that table at that time. So then it comes down to how to get the advantage right at the git-go. One way is to NOT make a ball on the break, and leave no shot. Now, your opponent either has to kick or push. Either SHOULD put you in the 'drivers seat'. Now, YOU are in control of the game, and it's yours to lose, not your opponents. I say lose, because a win is given if given an open shot.
ShootingArts said:Watching the video it seemed that an open break was rolling the dice, it might or might not be an advantage to break. Corey's safe break almost always worked to his advantage especially after he realized it was getting into Larry's head.
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Celtic said:We must have been watching a different match. If you actually just look at each break and what took place you would see that Nevel made a ball off most of his breaks and had a good shot on the 1-ball after the break therefore having control of the table. Cory on the other hand gave away control of the table on every single break, allowing the pushout or offensive jumpshot. He had Nevel jump in a ball, play a pushout that Cory then butchered a safe off of, he scratched on one of the "safe" breaks, he blows a break late in the set and leaves Nevel a shot up to the upper left hand corner, again having control of the table.
Cory's break was useless, he had no advantage at all on that break. He won the match because Larry decided to fold like a leaf. If Cory had been playing a strong breaker with alot of mental strength like Wu Chia Ching he would have gotten drilled in that set due to giving up any advantage the break could give him while Wu would be getting control of the table more times then not off his own hard break given balls were falling on that table when you broke hard.
Video needs a ton of light. That is why Accustats and ESPN TV tables look like they are under flood lights.3andstop said:I'm very happy to see these pool videos provided on line, but I'm also very curious as to why they seem to be playing these matches in the dark. Surely a digital camcorder can pick ambient light up better than this. Does anyone know why its so dark around the table?
Celtic said:We must have been watching a different match. If you actually just look at each break and what took place you would see that Nevel made a ball off most of his breaks and had a good shot on the 1-ball after the break therefore having control of the table. Cory on the other hand gave away control of the table on every single break, allowing the pushout or offensive jumpshot. He had Nevel jump in a ball, play a pushout that Cory then butchered a safe off of, he scratched on one of the "safe" breaks, he blows a break late in the set and leaves Nevel a shot up to the upper left hand corner, again having control of the table.
Cory's break was useless, he had no advantage at all on that break. He won the match because Larry decided to fold like a leaf. If Cory had been playing a strong breaker with alot of mental strength like Wu Chia Ching he would have gotten drilled in that set due to giving up any advantage the break could give him while Wu would be getting control of the table more times then not off his own hard break given balls were falling on that table when you broke hard.