Over the past ten years, however, the emergence of pool champions in Taiwan has served to chip away at these stereotypes, as greats like Cool Hand Chao Fong-pang and female stars Jennifer Chen and Liu Shin-mei have done exceptionally well in international competitions, winning glory and gold for their country.
然而，近 10 年來撞球英雄的陸續出現，正逐漸改變這種刻板印象。隨著「冷面殺手」趙豐邦和女將陳純甄、柳信美等人的紛紛出頭，頻頻在國際賽事中拿下佳績，既為國爭光也坐擁可觀的獎金。