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Nice slip stroke

A short video from a 1962 TV Show, "to tell the truth". The greatest pool player ever, Mr. Willie Mosconi. He's 48 years old when this was recorded. Takes him about two minutes to run a rack of straight pool. "Slip stroke" can be seen on some of the strokes. An old technique not used much today. it allows the player to position his grip hand further back on the cue while making the stroke. This allows more power in the shot. Was more commonly used back then because of the slower table cloth of the time.

Other things to note is how easily he switches from playing right to left handed, and of course cue ball control placing it perfectly for the next shot.

As he mentions in the video, his record run of 526 balls without a miss in straight pool still stands. Yep, it's 2017, and nobody has beaten that record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts7YqHRrjc&feature=youtu.be&t=379
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