Amazing commentary and coverage as always! Thank you for a beautifully made semi-finals and finals video as well. This was an extremely stressful match and Harter definitely made me sweat for my points, and I was extremely fortunate to learn and play against such a skilled player!
I am a total newbie to crokinole but would love to try, is there a website where I can check for facilities in the area? I live just southwest of Chicago.
Yes! You can check out our Crokinole connections map, it has various pubs and clubs mapped out, you can see what’s nearby: traceyboards.com/crokinole-connections-map/ Not sure how close it is to you, but there’s also the Windy City Crokinole Club based somewhere in Chicago: facebook.com/share/g/1Jzh7kMiNw/?mibextid=K35XfP Hope that helps 🙂
At the end of round 2, if he had 100% confidence he could get the off and the 20 (which he got) or the off and an ideal hide behind the peg (not sure it was possible, but assuming he could), would it ever make sense to go for the hide? I guess the question is, at this level of play, is an open 20 still harder than clearing (and sticking) a hidden button behind a peg?
Going for a hide depends on perfect placement and hope that the opponent can't hit the disk. The take-out 20 is a harder shot but takes matters into one's own hands. I later proved that a hide can be successful though...
@ I haven’t finished the video yet but I’ll look for it! Right, I guess assuming perfect placement, it’s still probably easier to get a takeout and lose your disc for a tie than it is to sink an open 20, unless maybe it could depend on whether their open 20 game is hot at that moment and you want to break that up.
Good question! Jamie pretty much nailed it with his answer, but I’ll add that, as the level of play gets higher, the harder a hide is to pull off. The only time you would hide is if the 20 is impossible / extremely unlikely (whereas in this situation it was tough but doable). The way that Mathew was shooting, it made much more sense to go for a 20 than try to hide on someone who wasn’t missing shots
@@TraceyBoards thanks so much for the replies! I got 2nd place to Linder Wendt at our Minneapolis tournament, it will be tough to get better than him. Match turned for him when he brought a disc back as far back and centered as possible and your Tracey center hole caught my disc three times! Brutal.
Amazing commentary and coverage as always! Thank you for a beautifully made semi-finals and finals video as well. This was an extremely stressful match and Harter definitely made me sweat for my points, and I was extremely fortunate to learn and play against such a skilled player!
Great work again! I figure you’ve seen the comments, but we (and your new fans) hope to see you out to more tourneys! Cheers 😄
Great match!!!
Indeed! Looking forward to seeing both of these guys compete again 😁
T. Mathew just might be the crokinole goat
Certainly a great first performance 😄 would be excited to see if he comes back again to collect more accolades towards goat status
I am a total newbie to crokinole but would love to try, is there a website where I can check for facilities in the area? I live just southwest of Chicago.
Yes! You can check out our Crokinole connections map, it has various pubs and clubs mapped out, you can see what’s nearby: traceyboards.com/crokinole-connections-map/
Not sure how close it is to you, but there’s also the Windy City Crokinole Club based somewhere in Chicago: facebook.com/share/g/1Jzh7kMiNw/?mibextid=K35XfP
Hope that helps 🙂
At the end of round 2, if he had 100% confidence he could get the off and the 20 (which he got) or the off and an ideal hide behind the peg (not sure it was possible, but assuming he could), would it ever make sense to go for the hide? I guess the question is, at this level of play, is an open 20 still harder than clearing (and sticking) a hidden button behind a peg?
Going for a hide depends on perfect placement and hope that the opponent can't hit the disk. The take-out 20 is a harder shot but takes matters into one's own hands. I later proved that a hide can be successful though...
@ I haven’t finished the video yet but I’ll look for it! Right, I guess assuming perfect placement, it’s still probably easier to get a takeout and lose your disc for a tie than it is to sink an open 20, unless maybe it could depend on whether their open 20 game is hot at that moment and you want to break that up.
Thank you Garret from EPCC HOUSTON 🍻
Good question! Jamie pretty much nailed it with his answer, but I’ll add that, as the level of play gets higher, the harder a hide is to pull off. The only time you would hide is if the 20 is impossible / extremely unlikely (whereas in this situation it was tough but doable). The way that Mathew was shooting, it made much more sense to go for a 20 than try to hide on someone who wasn’t missing shots
@@TraceyBoards thanks so much for the replies! I got 2nd place to Linder Wendt at our Minneapolis tournament, it will be tough to get better than him. Match turned for him when he brought a disc back as far back and centered as possible and your Tracey center hole caught my disc three times! Brutal.
I need to practice more.
Aha these two certainly set the bar!