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In the first game Tommy is 4 for 4 and Ryan 1 for 1. Not going to see a higher percentage than that very often.

@@Malcolm.YTommy misses on at 1:09

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That's awesome. Sounds like you had a great crew to play with.

European tables have the banked corners and configuration you're referring to. Tornado (American) and Fireball (Asia) are the two main manufacturers that have flat tables.

It's not sped up.

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Absolutely!

It's not.

So true. Amazing match. Even better content

I had the same feeling with the game between Trevor Park and Tony Spredeman. That was also an exciting game to watch. 👏👏👏

This is a bracketed event (i.e., Championship Format) where the winners of each match progress on the winners side and the losers are moved into an elimination bracket where the best they can do is third place. The match you're watching here is the elimination bracket final.

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How someone has been playing has no bearing on what is happening in the moment. That's the difference in thinking between a pro and, say, an expert.

It's only pure luck if you don't know what you're doing, but there is definitely a way to learn and employ good defense. If your reaction time is 500ms, that might be part of the problem. Average human response time is about half that, and quick players are even faster than that. Awesome you had a chance to play Moya. She was great. RIP indeed.

@@modernfoos Correct. Typical visual reaction time is 250 ms. If you replay shots frame by frame, you can tell when the defender starts reacting to the shot. At 30 fps, 250 ms is about 8 frames (See goals at 03:41, 06:14, 12:05) It seems the front defender stays static during the shot and only the goalie moves back and forth.

A few things... First, the video you're watching is 60fps, not 30. So 250ms is 15 frames, not ~8. Second, the three goals you timestamped aren't really relevant on this topic because Sam isn't using a race defense there, so he's not reacting at all. He's just putting his defense on the table and Sullivan picked the right shot on those. If you want to see his actual reaction time, go to 21:50 where Sullivan fakes and Sam jumps. At 60fps, his reaction time is six frames (i.e., 100ms). Had she shot the ball, he'd have been there unless she'd exploited his reaction and gone straight, which was covered in the commentary. So when you say defense is pure luck, it's really just a matter of not understanding the game. It's only lucky if you don't know what you're doing and you just happen to be in the right place. But for skilled defenders, luck is the tiniest fraction of impactful in winning.

This isn't 2022, so of course we have the final. The matches in each series (i.e., "Open Singles" here) are posted in the order they occurred. The final (as indicated by the term "final") in each series is the final match that is posted. The match you're watching here is the semifinal, which (due to math science) is played prior to the final, which hasn't been published yet. Hope this helps.

Yep thanks😉👍