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I’ve 3-fouled someone once and that has been my favorite win. Much more thought involved,

Had a mixed bag this week. My Tuesday APA league is a traveling league and this week we were the away team at a daiquiri shop w/Valley bar boxes that are located conveniently between main bar and the smoking patio….and I shot 5th. I had a bone marrow biopsy scheduled for Wednesday morning so I...

Fully agree that's how to develop most effectively. However, I end up taking a different approach. It's important to know whether someone wants to "be the best they can be" or are they mostly ok with being on a long slow crawl to being a lifetime SL-5. Assuming the APA 3 drives themselves to...

Play the situation? For a couple of complete players with a full toolbox that means playing the table always. In the lower ranks, and especially in handicapped leagues, your opponent definitely plays a role. If I’m playing APA 8-ball against an SL-3 with 6 balls left on the table I’m taking...

Not having a good go of it so far this session, but on my Tuesday APA team I got as close as I’ve ever come to choking out our captain (a low end SL-5 who loves to call timeouts). I stepped up to the table with BIH as stripes, and this is what the table looked like. This seemed straight...

I don’t know how reliable it would be, but I was messing around with that Predator break speed app and it picked up a miscue. …it gave me credit for a 46MPH break as the cue ball went slowly down the table

Same, I was trying to think through the specifics durnig this "enlightening" e-lecture I just sat through. Scotch doubles each member takes 50% of the shots so the impact of the lesser player can't be avoided. In this case since we're talking about a sub-200 player, even if Shane sets them up...

As a thought experiment how do we think this works at the extremes? Say SVB and a Fargo 170 vs. 2 Fargo 500's.

I really haven’t minded my league experiences and do APA and USAPL, but I’m not maxed out (nor should I be). However, the lack of self-awareness from many APA members is hysterical. It shows up primarily with the “better” SL-3’s who think they’re big time now that they’re in a league. Most...

I’ve seen bad, but 50 innings is a whole new level. I think I’ve seen 30 once. (Keep in mind an APA inning requires both people to finish shooting and carries over between racks).

Bring whatever cues you want, but stitch a few APA patches onto your case, there's a few out there "I beat a 6", "9 on the snap", etc... that would do a good job of underselling you.

Challenge here is where you’d save the most time enforcing this is during the SL-2 vs SL-2 12 inning slop off. And those are the players you need to not feel too much pressure and stick on the team for handicap purposes. The SL-6/6 and 7/7 match that goes hill-hill and with a handful of...

What game? This is a bit of a challenge as I view you and Dr. Dave as having completely different worldviews that extend far beyond pool aiming systems. For instance I’m merely a B.S. level engineer, I think Dr. Dave is going to smoke me in any math related game. Meanwhile, if we’re playing a...

I honestly think it’s the 400-500 range where the intentional foul is most effective. Sub 400 the 6-inning slop off is a probable outcome anyway and much above 500 you find players that are ok solving multiple problems in a rack. The 400-500 range is where you find us slackers who can solve 1...

I love a good Dr Dave thread. Come for the video content, stay for the shitshow the comment thread somehow turns into, Anybody else think we can raise about $20k to put in the middle for a live streamed Dr Dave vs. Spidey grudge match? 9-ball race to 21, but both players have to do a live...

I think a 480 that can run a 4-pack is just an intellectual curiosity. “And maybe has run 4-in-a-row a time or two” is literally a phrase in the Fargo 600 description. I’m a 450 so per the Fargo App you’d only spot me one rack in a race to 7…..and I’ve come close to a 2-pack….once.

USAPL would be good for the OP I think. For our area an SL-4 (roughly Fargo 375) would move from middle of the pack in APA to bottom 3rd in USAPL, but not be so outmatched that they find the league unplayable.

It’s pre-marketing for the next wave of pool products where you’ll need a different butt for each hand position you intend to use. We will all be hauling 50 of them and need a caddy. “I need my 1/2 ball from 1.5 diamonds out sidearm jump cue, you brought my full ball dart stroke from 0.5...

I haven’t done it, but just once I want to do the “dick move” version of this and just call the wrong shot….it’s the exact same outcome. “6 in the side” …. “Oops, I made the 3 in the corner, my bad, sorry for the tough leave”