straightline said:

The Gorstian follow through is the best way to maximize stroke length. The farther away you can place point Z the more stability you have in the critical cue ball strike zone and to a significant degree in the stick foul zones.

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seems like all of the divers had a fixed elbow on entry...no elbow drop

I'm in a similar situation after removing some embroidered patches on an older case .. I was going to try Goo Gone until I read on their website they don't recommend using it on leather .. I haven't done anything else with the case as of yet but if I find a good non invasive solution I will post it here

Neat one Brian.
Can't tell you how many times I see these kind of frozen, or nearly frozen balls on a league night, and the person playing doesn't realize that's it's just about wired towards a pocket.
Very cool shot!

if your opponent doesn't use taom-style chalk, and the banger that played on the table before you didn't use it, you may as well not use it either. the benefits of removing skids (which seems proven) really only work if everyone uses it. until it becomes pool room standard i'll stick to masters..

Got my 3rd set of Blacks yesterday! Love them all, but can’t decide which one is my favorite of them

looks like just a stepladder and a loop..

American snooker often uses 54 mm (2+1⁄8 inch) balls,[5] but may use standard 52.5 mm (approx. 2+1⁄16 in) balls. It is typically played on a 10 by 5 ft (3.0 by 1.5 m) table (and in private homes, often on even smaller tables), as full-size regulation 12 by 6 ft (3.7 by 1.8 m) British-style tables are rare in the United States, although they are legal for American snooker

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_snooker

Doesn't say why.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

I have no idea, I didn't even know American snooker was a thing until I read your post. English pool also uses smaller balls and pockets than American pool. Presumably they diverged for the same reason, though don't know what that is. Maybe just everything is bigger in America

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Since snooker isn't American, maybe the standard during its introduction here was 2 1/8" and for some reason the British size shrunk. Gotta look up some details.

straightline said:

The regulation balls are tinier than American snooker balls. Why is that?

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I have no idea, I didn't even know American snooker was a thing until I read your post. English pool also uses smaller balls and pockets than American pool. Presumably they diverged for the same reason, though don't know what that is. Maybe just everything is bigger in America