This is an amazing John Schmidt shot few players would've seen (or dared). My excerpted clip is at normal speed, followed by 4 slo-mo’s so you can examine the physics of it. We all know he had couple of logical, less risky safety shots available, but he was feeling his oats, playing well and was itching to get a run underway, and simply couldn’t resist it once he saw it. He knew it would dazzle the railbirds.
You might correctly say that it was over-the-top-risky, especially being a finals match, and was even unintentionally dismissive of who his opponent was (top-runner Hohmann), but it’s very likely a shot he’s successfully attempted many times when he got himself stuck in the middle of a relatively unimportant practice-session run.
Johnny Archer was co-commentating with Shaun Wilkie who was moved to almost bewilderedly exclaim, “What a shot!” Johnny agreed and commented (paraphrasing): “Finding the shot is one thing, but pulling the trigger is another.”
Watch how John beams with a huge, properly self-satisfied grin, knowing what a dazzler he’s pulled off in front of an audience.
John comes with this great kick-carom shot out of the pack -- that no one expected, including the commentators -- a few seconds after he starts eyeing it around the 4:15 point of this video (link below) of the entire match posted by Dennis Walsh, compliments of Inside Pool TV:
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16 июл 2024