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Offline MR.STEVE

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Re: Old dogs can learn.
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2008, 12:12:50 AM »
That web sight that tisch fussball is great I dont roll my hand that much , but I had a lot of trouble with my euro pin in Ky. my stroke was lost could`nt see holes I was a mess I switshed to a back pin and won a couple of games the back pin worked great easy to handle .the heaver rods seem to work well with that shot,Anyway when I did manage to stroke a few euros they cracked pretty good. I think the pull shooters will come out on top with these rods...

Offline foozkillah

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Re: Old dogs can learn.
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2008, 06:05:10 PM »
That web sight that tisch fussball is great I dont roll my hand that much , but I had a lot of trouble with my euro pin in Ky. my stroke was lost could`nt see holes I was a mess I switshed to a back pin and won a couple of games the back pin worked great easy to handle .the heaver rods seem to work well with that shot,Anyway when I did manage to stroke a few euros they cracked pretty good. I think the pull shooters will come out on top with these rods... 

You just had the understandable problem of not playing on the Warrior for a month or so, like several players did.  Mario Ariganello's snake, which is a "stroke-back" style that goes past either post and comes back for a long (like a "7" in a pull or push or pullkick) as well as his use of hitting slight hole angles in the middles really helped him hurt goalkeepers. 

As for pull shooters, those who have the "7" naturally, like TMac, would definitely have no problem, especially if they were able to practice and get the feel of the play beforehand.  And those who didn't shoot very square pulls or pullkicks but a standard (nonpro level) release at the 3/4 to the long just gagged.  Those who shot the rollovers weren't hurt that much, especially those who like control for picking holes.  That's what I saw at the highest levels from the videos.

If you didn't have the equivalent of a natural sidewinder pitch thrown way off center to come back in to the outside edge of the smaller strike zone, the "7", you had to live with picking holes or catching a big hole on either side.