Mensabum said:

383 highway monster

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I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by the drag race team of Socks and Martin in the early 70s.
There choice of stock engine was the 383. The smallest displacement of the big block mopar available. As it had a short stroke and was quick.
When the add on goodies and treatments were employed the 426 hemi dominated.
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DeeDeeCues said:

Once someone can tell me why people being hospitalized or dying is funny, I'll take your advice.

Yeah, humor dresses a lot of different ways, but how are photos of steak funny? NPR is full of threads on classic cars, hot wimmens, photography, books, cooking, etc. that get traffic. Why am I the problem for suggesting that someone who is posting things that aren't considered classically funny take his spam and start one of those threads? Every friday and saturday we can expect jimmy to post about a hundred things that aren't classically funny. I don't see how a couple of posts pointing this out is such an outrage.

On the other hand...

Maybe I think it is funny to derail this thread with these comments. Maybe I'll start posting about a hundred of them every weekend. Maybe you should just scroll past them.

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1- It's always funny, until someone gets hurt... and then it's just hilarious.
B: Better them than me.
First off, we all have our day.

Lanten77 said:

Hi, no changes to cue or shaft or Bridge length. Still fighting unintentional bit of right spin. Doing lots of practice swings and video so I can see what to correct. I think I think I have overcorrected from my initial post with the video.

Now more often my right hand pulls in toward me through contacts so I end up with the tip going a little right and a small amount of right spin.

The instructor who I saw felt that I need to just hit a lot of balls into the pocket with no object ball and feel no tension. He feels that the muscle involvement is causing unpredictable shoulder and elbow movement.

I have tried hard to make sure I am not dropping my elbow before contact with the cue ball. But in videos even when I'm trying to use a totally fixed elbow it's still drops, and drops a little too soon, about 3 or 4 video frames before contact.

I would like to have my elbow still at contact or not dropping any sooner than one or two frames before contact, and then a natural J stroke would be my preference for the follow-through, on almost shots.

A LOT easier said than done!!

Thank you all for your input!

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If you are right handed it sounds like you may be pulling your elbow in slightly in toward your body giving you unintended right English. Did your instructor video you from behind? Something is moving the cue to the left.

Ģüśţāṿ said:

Blade blade were easily the worst feeling cue I've ever tested. I'm sure it would be good for someone just starting out, but I could never use one.

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This style cue definitely feels different than what everyone is use to using. The forward weight helps in transitioning from the backswing to the forward motion. With the forward weight the forward stroke happens with less push or muscle from the shooters arm making a smooth transition into the forward stroke. Some like, most don't, it is different.

"The Taste of blood excites me." Is a favorite quote. He was a professional basketball player in Europe. His rookie year he established a reputation, by getting thrown out of games. His nickname became El Loco Americano.
Avoiding the taste of blood was a prime motivator for me the first time I ever won a game for money playing pool.
Playing for money when I was empty pockets at closing time in the H bar B lounge in Oakdale CA. (The Cowboy Capital of the World). The thought of the taste of blood motivated me to execution of a break and run. The Fear Factor was my emergency entrance to The Zone. Definitely Not my favorite entry but it's available. The 6 pack of Michelobe won in the game was the best beer I have ever tasted..
When in the zone every available brain cell is dedicated to the immediate task at hand. In one tournament I won with an extreme cut on the 8 ball. At the handshake my opponent exclaimed, "you shot that 8 Left Handed. I was so focused that I hadn't even considered "which hand". I looked down at the cue in my left hand and replied, "I guess I did." (Well the right hand was table hooked on the long cut shot )
Establish a reputation was my basketball playing friends motivation. Establishing a reputation on the pool table is a powerful lever point that can get extra shots when the opponent bumps up against their fear factor.

I frequently ship cues in the $1000+ range. I ask the recipient if they have a preference for UPS or FedEx. Never USPS.

I ship the cue in a small 1 by 2 case, within a box, Always. I’ll them ship ground, uninsured (good luck getting paid out), and I only add signature confirmation.

I’ve had an excellent success rate with this method.

Pivot points, bridge length, deflection, FHE, BHE, Parallel English….most people are dogging it because their stance is incorrect, they are off-line, and imbalanced, so they also move during their shot.

Jimmy Reid (the legend) taught me a drill decades ago to ensure I was balanced and in line. We never discussed pivot points, BHe or deflection. My game and pool IQ jumped 3 balls from that single lesson.