What do yall think of this video?

[Fatboy]

he used a jive stroke with his "high deflevtion" shaft. total BS.

 

[Fatboy]

Is this a Predator endorsement...or is this guy a real instructor?

i like the guys at Predator,<----fact

This video is embarassing<-----------another fact

If I owned Predator, I'd lose this guy fast<-------------fact


I wonder if he gambles????

 

[muttley76]

Holy crap. What a find. Gotta love this guy basically mis-cuing, and blaming whiffing the one on his "high deflection shaft". I am sure there is more, but I could only sit through the first minute or so. Wow.

 

[muttley76]

i like the guys at Predator,<----fact

This video is embarassing<-----------another fact

If I owned Predator, I'd lose this guy fast<-------------fact


I wonder if he gambles????

If he does, I will play him with my high deflection shaft.

 

[JamisonNeu]

Well, I just wish that he would speak like a Drill instructor instead of using Mic. and PA system.

He needs to use his diaphram like they teach you to while your in the army. Drill instructors are loud enough without having PA systems. lol

 

[Patrick Johnson]

What do yall think of this video?

1. It's a Predator ad, not an instructional video.

2. It's dishonest:
- Predator is not squirtless
- He steers his shots

3. It's full of misinformation:
- Terminology: deflection vs. squirt, "tips" of english, etc.
- No mention of swerve
- Wrong way to aim rail-frozen shots
- Predator doesn't produce more spin

4. It spends 8 minutes making one point (squirt happens - duh)

But:

A. Predator is lower squirt (so are lots of other cues).

B. Lower squirt can be better (although many play fine without it).

pj
chgo

 

[Scott Lee]

tap, tap, tap...PJ is right here, on all accounts. Dominic may be the only "instructor" who apparently doesn't know that all rail shots are either rail first, or ball first...there's no such thing as 'hitting ball and rail at the same time' (although I'll admit that I fell into that camp for several years, until I learned better!).

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

1. It's a Predator ad, not an instructional video.

2. It's dishonest:
- Predator is not squirtless
- He steers his shots

3. It's full of misinformation:
- Terminology: deflection vs. squirt, "tips" of english, etc.
- No mention of swerve
- Wrong way to aim rail-frozen shots
- Predator doesn't produce more spin

4. It spends 8 minutes making one point (squirt happens - duh)

But:

A. Predator is lower squirt (so are lots of other cues).

B. Lower squirt can be better (although many play fine without it).

pj
chgo

 

[snipershot]

Do people actually use parallel english like him???

Ive tried the parallel thing, but I find that perpendicular shifts work much better, lol!!!!!




Joe

 

[crawfish]

He's got the eight.

 

[MOJOE]

I'd be embarrassed to post caca like that!

 

[dr_dave]

pros and cons of low-squirt cues, and endmass effects

dr_dave...Dominic (The Drill Sargent) unfortunately has his definitions a little backwards (not to mention a couple of other things too! )...cue STICKS deflect...cue BALLS squirt...for starters! However, the underlying comments about these technological shafts, is fundamentally true. They do make it easier to estimate the amount of CB squirt...which, requires some aiming adjustment for most shots.

Agreed. Low-squirt cues do have less CB deflection, so you would expect slightly better accuracy with aim compensation. FYI, I have an illustration explaining this in my December '07 article (see Diagram 2). However, low-squirt cues also have disadvantages. FYI, I list both advantages and disadvantages of low-CB-deflection cues here:

http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/cue.html#low_squirt​

The way Dominic 'missed' the edge of the CB, while showing '2 tips of english', with the normal 'custom' shaft was hilarious...it was almost like he didn't chalk the cue purposely, so it would miscue on purpose, at the right moment! LOL

I couldn't tell if it was a miscue or not. I thought they just added endmass to the cue (e.g., by drilling it out and filling it with something heavy). It is not hard to dramatically increase the amount of squirt with a small amount of endmass. For more info and video demonstrations, see:

http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/squirt.html#endmass​

Regards,
Dave

 

[dr_dave]

Excellent movie review!

Regards,
Dave

1. It's a Predator ad, not an instructional video.

2. It's dishonest:
- Predator is not squirtless
- He steers his shots

3. It's full of misinformation:
- Terminology: deflection vs. squirt, "tips" of english, etc.
- No mention of swerve
- Wrong way to aim rail-frozen shots
- Predator doesn't produce more spin

4. It spends 8 minutes making one point (squirt happens - duh)

But:

A. Predator is lower squirt (so are lots of other cues).

B. Lower squirt can be better (although many play fine without it).

pj
chgo

 

[dr_dave]

rail cut shots

...there's no such thing as 'hitting ball and rail at the same time' (although I'll admit that I fell into that camp for several years, until I learned better!).

Actually, "hitting the ball and rail at the same time" does work for "gearing outside English" (or when the OB is close to the pocket). For more info and lots of videos on this topics, see:

http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/English.html#rail​

Regards,
Dave

 

[gpeezy]

deleted. for another thread

 

[jensen_lover]

My name is Dominick too. I meet or hear about very few people named Dominick. My dad and maybe 3 others I have met in my life.