Video - Walter Lindrum ? English Billiards

It is different from the former. This one gives a real nice look at some rail nurse work. Notice how he turns the balls around the corner and then gets a chuck nurse position which he works effortlessly. For those of us who have attempted to develop these skills, his level of mastery borders on science fiction.

_Rick
 
rikdee said:
It is different from the former. This one gives a real nice look at some rail nurse work. Notice how he turns the balls around the corner and then gets a chuck nurse position which he works effortlessly. For those of us who have attempted to develop these skills, his level of mastery borders on science fiction.

_Rick
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It's really impressive for those of us who haven't attempted to develop these skills, too.

-Andrew
 
rikdee said:
It is different from the former. This one gives a real nice look at some rail nurse work. Notice how he turns the balls around the corner and then gets a chuck nurse position which he works effortlessly. For those of us who have attempted to develop these skills, his level of mastery borders on science fiction.

_Rick
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The current version of Lindrum is Frederic Caudron from Belgium. He plays on a carom table, but he has the same (or better) control of the balls. There is a DVD of him playing in the last World Balkline championship. In that game, you score by making your cue ball hit both the other balls, but there is an added restriction that you need to keep the balls about 18 inches from the cushion. (Actually, there are 18-inch wide areas, and you are allowed only 2 points while the object balls are within one area, so the balls are maneuvered so they straddle two areas.) The semi-finals and the finals of the WC are on the DVD, and Caudron ran 300-and-out in each match. The DVD is available from www.kozoom.com.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The current version of Lindrum is Frederic Caudron from Belgium. He plays on a carom table, but he has the same (or better) control of the balls. There is a DVD of him playing in the last World Balkline championship. In that game, you score by making your cue ball hit both the other balls, but there is an added restriction that you need to keep the balls about 18 inches from the cushion. (Actually, there are 18-inch wide areas, and you are allowed only 2 points while the object balls are within one area, so the balls are maneuvered so they straddle two areas.) The semi-finals and the finals of the WC are on the DVD, and Caudron ran 300-and-out in each match. The DVD is available from www.kozoom.com.
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Bob,

I have a video of Caudron playing balkline. Equally interesting, but balkline does not often include, and in many ways precludes, long runs at the rail; thus the creation of the balkline nurse as developed by Schaefer, Ives, and other during the late 1800's. What little billiards I do play is always simple carom or variations which is where my interest in rail play began. Irrespective of era, the skills and the level of human perfection required for ball control in the small games is a bit overwhelming, at least to me anyway. Separately, I will always contend that any amount of skill in these games becomes a nice addition to one's pocket game.

_Rick
 
rikdee said:
Bob,

I have a video of Caudron playing balkline. Equally interesting, but balkline does not often include, and in many ways precludes, long runs at the rail; ...
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Caudron also has a 2-DVD set available at www.kozoom.com in which he shows all the carom games, including 250 points (IIRC) at straight rail. I think he turns the corner five or six times. (At straight rail, there is a "balk" area in the corners to prevent "crotching" the balls. Even I can run hundreds if the balls are crotched.)
 
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