Brad,
u sooo funny...I don't have a man-crush on the big stud hunk
![Tongue :P](https://www.foosball.com/forum/Smileys/ichat/tongue.gif)
- I was just saying he doesn't have to justify himself with who he knows and what he has done
ICE,
I will watch those videos and I am not done with my weekend research but I had a chance to try it out against some of my local foos friends....it is a small sampling but I played for 5 hours or so and it was very very effective (until the drinks were impacting my play
![Cheesy :D](https://www.foosball.com/forum/Smileys/ichat/cheesy.gif)
) - no, very effective...I have been trying to learn to read and pass and to find people's natural bail direction (wall or lane) and their bail point....I found last night, if they were any indication, that the sweet spot is also where most people bail...aside from the angle benefits
now I think my 5 has gotten pretty good, at most any level except the very best players though I have done very well offensively against Kent and Joe Rhodes and Dube...and my 5 is much better since I played them last
I have worked on being a threat up or down at any point during the toss to make it hard to read what direction and where and since I started reading the D (primarily but that is not the only way I attack it) this has become very successful...I mix in occasional stick stuff and i have a couple easy safe tic tac stuff down in the natural flow of how I set up and last I occasionally work of the ball staring pinned on the 52
I had one of the best 5 bar players (non-pro) in our area tell me last night my series has been really working him recently and it is impossible for him to tell when or where I am going...
so, all this has been going well and then you drop the sweet spot sh!# on me...I am always open to learn and I seek new stuff all the time but I also think I know what I am doing and have been thinking I am pretty far in the development cycle...however, you drop something this simple and basic on me when I have developed a very complex hy-bred 5 and it sort of set some pride things off inside me (I noticed over the last 24 hours)
thankfully I am not so stubborn or stupid not to try and learn regardless of what I already know or what I already SHOULD know
all that, to say, "thanks" this just well could turn out to be one of the most productive tips I have employed in a very long time...
jury is still out a little because I want to finish my research but lets just say I think the verdict will be swift
THANKS big boy
![Grin ;D](https://www.foosball.com/forum/Smileys/ichat/grin.gif)
(thats for Bard)
talk to you soon