Who plays the "right" way?

ye who makes the right ball

edit: ok, raymond ceulemans and bata are my pix
 
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Harriman crawled onto the table in one of the IPT events because the rules didnt mention one foot must be on the ground. Regardless of the rules, that is not the "right" way.

It is the way to get the job done though.

My Pick:
Hohmann.

Runner up:
Souquet

Woman:
Fisher

Who I'd rather imitate:
Van Boening

Great thread by the way!
 
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My first thought would be Souquet, though he is a bit slow for my taste...

Crawfish- Write that book! I had a couple of skirmishes with the Train (Late 80s? Early 90s?) at Brass Tap and I played him again in the 2005 (4?:rolleyes: :o ) Carolinas Open. He didn't remember me!

Poolcuemaster- I find BJ a bit emotionally vulnerable at times. He is a solid player- definitely better than I- but his head holds him back a bit, in my view. Great guy tho. Loves to win/ hates to lose!
 
Black-Balled said:
My first thought would be Souquet, though he is a bit slow for my taste...

Crawfish- Write that book! I had a couple of skirmishes with the Train (Late 80s? Early 90s?) at Brass Tap and I played him again in the 2005 (4?:rolleyes: :o ) Carolinas Open. He didn't remember me!

Poolcuemaster- I find BJ a bit emotionally vulnerable at times. He is a solid player- definitely better than I- but his head holds him back a bit, in my view. Great guy tho. Loves to win/ hates to lose!
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It's a shame his doctors can't straighten Mike's "tick" out. That guy is legitimately God gifted. SMOOVE. Johnny reincarnated.
 
hang-the-9 said:
If you could package up a player or a few and say to a person "watch how he plays and copy him, and you will learn the right way to play" who would you pick? Or a few parts of several? And why?

I pick Buddy Hall, in the many years I have been watching him, I have very very rarely seen him pick a shot that had any chance of losing a game for him. The routes he picks to position, his speed control, are all dead on.


Close second for me would be Nick Varner. Both these guys have a great pre-shot routine, watching them is like watching a texbook on how to cue the ball.
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If you visit www.nielsfeijen.nl and choose video, you can find 35 mins from his match against Chao in the Tokyo 9-ball Open. The video starts at 7-7.

Feijen plays great 9-ball, nice rhytm, great strokes. Almost everything he does in those 35 mins are great, and is almost perfect 9-ball.

I always watch it before big tournaments/money games to get inspired, and it always makes me motivated to perform well.
 
Harriman crawled onto the table in one of the IPT events because the rules didnt mention one foot must be on the ground. Regardless of the rules, that is not the "right" way.
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yeah that was horrible. embarrassing for the game i thought. not a good move.
 
Not the most exciting player around, but I'm going with Souquet too...

I have a number of Accu-Stats of him where he just strangles opponents with perfect play.

The one that comes to mind is the Derby City final a number of years ago where he just obliterates Efren twice and never comes close to making a meaningful mistake.
 
If we're talking about 9-ball, I think Earl Strickland makes the game so much easier than most. He's better at giving himself the right angle to move the ball where he needs it with no effort, than seemingly anyone else I've watched. It doesn't even look like he thinks about position when he's on, because the CB just seems to float into place. I strive for that in my 9-ball game, where there's usually way too much effort involved getting good on the next ball.

-Andrew
 
Icon of Sin said:
Harriman crawled onto the table in one of the IPT events because the rules didnt mention one foot must be on the ground. Regardless of the rules, that is not the "right" way.
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Sure is funny how everyone just so happens to conveniently forget that Parica did it Before Danny did it, and Gabe did AFTER he made his snide comments about Danny getting up on the table in a match.

Y'all just keep hatin'.
 
I love being able to get up on the table. I won't match up without this rule.

And stating regardless of the rules - that is one of the most asinine statements I have ever read. IF it was a rule that you could get up on the table, then it is not regardless.
 
Andrew Manning said:
If we're talking about 9-ball, I think Earl Strickland makes the game so much easier than most. He's better at giving himself the right angle to move the ball where he needs it with no effort, than seemingly anyone else I've watched. It doesn't even look like he thinks about position when he's on, because the CB just seems to float into place. I strive for that in my 9-ball game, where there's usually way too much effort involved getting good on the next ball.

-Andrew
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I don't know if I'd tell anyone to copy Earl ;) :D Now son, when you miss, make sure you whack the stick on the floor and blame someone in the stands :)

Although he has a strong game, from a technically pure way, it's not in the class of the other guys like Buddy, Ralf, Nick.
 
Ralf and Buddy get my vote. Ralf is boring to many because he gets it right on nearly every shot. No unnecessary ball movement or flashy shots that others do. He gets the money shots done with minimal fuss. :D But I love watching Efren play for entertainment's sake.
 
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