Watch Bustamante's bridge on a rail shot

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In another thread, AZer arps posted a video of Francisco Bustamante's "nearly perfect" match at the 2015 All Japan Championship.

A particular stoke caught my eye and I had to make a quick video of it.

If I pulled the cue back as far as he does, I'd probably miss the cue ball entirely:

https://youtu.be/M21fLCPj5Zg
 
There are certain players that I attempt to emulate, but Bustamante isn't one of them. Not because he isn't a great player- he is, but I cannot comprehend how he shoots so great with such an unorthodox style of play.
 
All that and the most crooked stoke in all of pool ta boot. I am truly in awe at his ability.
 
Busty is magic. He's my favorite player to watch with my favorite stroke, but I know I should never try to be like him because he's an alien.
 
I had the honor to play Busty a few years ago in NJ.

I wrote about this very topic right afterward, here on AZ, how he pulls back soooo far..

It defies logic that a man can pull the cue tip so far back in his bridge hand that he hits his knuckle on the way back through and not only does he stay accurate but does so at world class speed.

I stopped him when he was down on a shot taking his practice strokes (we weren't competing) and asked him about it. He just smiled and acknowledged that, yes, this is what he does. :smile:

The top knuckle of his bridging thumb is painted blue from this crazy bridge stroke. Just amazing.

Great piece of video evidence of this phenomenon. Thanks bdorman!

best,
brian kc
 
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I've seen him play fairly close to him and gave up which spin he puts on the ball 'cause it ain't where he was aiming or doing his practice strokes.
 
I do the same thing, usually.

I also cannot make the cue travel the same path on my Pre-shot strokes.

I can't play like busty though.
 
bdorman said:
In another thread, AZer arps posted a video of Francisco Bustamante's "nearly perfect" match at the 2015 All Japan Championship.

A particular stoke caught my eye and I had to make a quick video of it.

If I pulled the cue back as far as he does, I'd probably miss the cue ball entirely:

https://youtu.be/M21fLCPj5Zg
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It looks worse than it is. The cue is in contact with his hand the whole time.

I have played him several times and been his friend since the early 90s. Busty used to drive the Germans CRAZY with his pre-shot movements. He gave up ridiculous weight in gambling matches and the world-beating perfect-form Germans HAD TO ACCEPT or lose face.
 
Unique style

I don't know how he does it, but he does it well. It is true "different strokes for different folks".
 
Favorite player by far because that stroke is a thing of beauty




Edit: looks like he's playing with a new cue, any info on it?
 
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He knows the curvature of the rail will put the cue back in the groove on the forward stroke.
 
JB Cases said:
It looks worse than it is. The cue is in contact with his hand the whole time.

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Sure looks out of contact with his hand to me.
 

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I always wondered how he played so well with that stroke. If you look closely his warm-up strokes are all over the place but his last stroke when he contacts the ball is strait as an arrow.
 
bdorman said:
In another thread, AZer arps posted a video of Francisco Bustamante's "nearly perfect" match at the 2015 All Japan Championship.

A particular stoke caught my eye and I had to make a quick video of it.

If I pulled the cue back as far as he does, I'd probably miss the cue ball entirely:

https://youtu.be/M21fLCPj5Zg
Click to expand...


But if you ever study his stroke you will see that
his right hand is all over the place.
So for him to hit the side on one end of his stroke
is not such a big deal for him because his cue would
have been there anyway if there were no side there.

He very often does this and he also goes outside if
his bridge a lot too.
One of my favorite players.
Watch the Tar report with him and Pagulayan.
It's very fun until Pagulayan shows up.

https://youtu.be/6Y2qoCtdiak
 
Busty is an instructors nightmare but he sure makes it look easy.


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bdorman said:
In another thread, AZer arps posted a video of Francisco Bustamante's "nearly perfect" match at the 2015 All Japan Championship.

A particular stoke caught my eye and I had to make a quick video of it.

If I pulled the cue back as far as he does, I'd probably miss the cue ball entirely:

https://youtu.be/M21fLCPj5Zg
Click to expand...

Rempy used to do that. He would pull the tip of the cue right out of his bridge hand.
The weirdest thing Bustamante does is the length of his bridge sometimes. He will be bridging off the rail at a ball like 18 out on the table. If you are standing behind him it looks like he is not even going to hit the cueball with his tip, it is going all over the place.
 
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Mechanics, fundamentals, aiming systems!!!!!! All out the window with django!

Don't get me wrong, all that stuff is important! But is it "everything"? NO!! And django is an example of it!

All those that talk about cte,art,abc, xyz,opp and whatever need to watch one of the tar shows when he talks about it his aiming system! "Look and shoot"! That's it.

Made me a ball better in about 3 days. As my friend shorty said to me, "think long think wrong"! Everybody has there own way! CTE may good for you, but "look and shoot" works better for me:)
 
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