Don't know what happened after that but how many times have you been left like the 6 ball shot or worse but you pounce on it and get out anyway; the only difference being who screwed up.
WWYD if Earl
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There is a button that says "watch full video" and it will continue from the 6. He ended up hanging up the 6 and Davis ran out. It's actually worth watching about a min before my clip, and thru the end. The camera pans to the rest of the USA team throughout the run. They go from huge smiles to ghost faces.
He should have never let his stroke out on a shot like that. The collision caused the CB to go to his right and then bend(masse) back to his left zapping the CB’s energy so it just floated up towards the side pocket. He should have just rolled it back for easy position
I think the ideal route from the 5 is off the end rail directly toward the 6 - a perfect angle all the way.
pj
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I think 1 rail routes are harder to control the direction than 2 rail routes. If the spin is a hair off on the 1 rail route, it makes a big angle difference. On 2 rails routes (whether forward or backwards), an error in spin does not seem to have the same effect. The ball is usually going into the rail at a steep angle and picking up spin from the rail as well as the applied spin. So a small error in applied spin is a much smaller contribution to the total cb path.
Whether you go one rail towards the six or two rails, either to me is fine, but I think Earl just over cooked it
But if you leave the CB near the long rail at (or past!) the side pocket then the cut on the 6 risks a scratch in the opposite corner.
pj
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Except buckets.
i really doubt he was going two rails forward. maybe he was cautious of going off the bottom rail and too close to the 9 and added too much side spin.
Nope wouldn’t want to leave it there. One rail straight out for six or two rails to same spot
svb was at the 2002 mosconi?
Nah, I thought that was the 2022. I should noticed Earl looking younger in the clip . . .
I think he was trying to pull the cue ball to the back side of the nine bumping the nine towards the corner pocket and giving easy shape on the six and eight. That would still be doing things the hard way but the only thing that seems to be plausible. I think whatever he planned included hitting the nine.
Hu
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Worst shot ever, when the OB was pocketed? Naahhh...
Badpenguin
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I think he was trying to float up above the side pocket for short-side shape on the six, and let up on his stroke, maybe because he was stretching. Either way, he completely choked two times in a row in a clutch moment.