The slipstroke has it's merits and many of the old time players that didn't use it as their primary stroke practiced it enough to keep it in their bag of tricks. I used to have video of Willie Mosconi practicing that showed him using a slipstroke purely to practice it. In play, it is very useful whenever your stroke is cramped for any reason, balls jammed together or cue ball jammed to the rail are some examples. A top local shortstop noticed me practicing the slipstroke. We started shooting table length cut shots with the cue ball frozen on the head rail. He exclaimed, "You can't miss shooting like this!" A bit of an exaggeration but some indication of how much more natural your arm motion can feel compared to how constrained the shot would feel using a different stroke.

Aside from anything else, the slipstroke is a thing of beauty, an artform. I would hate to see it entirely lost.

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CJ Wiley is playing now
Some good old school fast n loose pool

Are the ratings equal for men and women?
Is a 600 woman supposed to be as good as a 600 man?

How about different games?
If someone just plays 9ball and he is a 600, is he still a 600 for 14.1 or 8ball?

How about if someone just plays locally and he is a strong player in his region and he is 700, does that holds on the international scale?

Handicapping based on Fargo is games difference need to win but doesn’t work for 9ball

Reminds me of Pinkies.


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My new cheap gatorgrip-style scuffer arrived in the mail a few days ago and after using that on my Recoil Hard I can definitely say that it's made me a lot more confident with the tip making it hold chalk better and less miscues. Though a bit hard to say if that's purely the scuffer or I've adjusted to the new tip more but will keep the thread updated

I have a set of Aramith Premiums 5 yrs old and a set of tournaments 2 or 3 yrs old and haven't noticed this. I'll be back home in a few days and while I haven't noticed anything, I'll have to check it out.