briankenobi said:

I enjoy watching the event and I am ok with the decrease of pro players. Gives that level of player more of a chance. Still have to have a handful of pro players to get some eye balls though. I know its a regional tour and understand that, so I don't get upset when 600 fargo players don't run out every rack. Its like watching arena football and complaining its not the NFL. No kidding! It is a cool thing for those players to get some exposure that would never get it otherwise.

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I drive as many balls as the next guy into rails so I can't be critical, but I would much rather watch high-level, beautiful pool be played instead of guys like me. I'm not sure what the solution is but the problem is the decreasing talent level making it less fun to watch...let alone attend. If it weren't for that buffet, I would never go there just for the pool.

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Johnny Rosato said:

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That’s cool, takes stones to share your baby pictures!

Not really funny, but thanks for sharing.

Mensabum said:

Thanks. Good luck with these!! Now members won't have to use Temu and those other wonky sites.

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Agreed!

Although it must have been in earlier videos, I fixed a fault that pretty much allowed me to now hit what I aim at. This is progress that some players likely don’t experience (lucky them).

I found that I pulled my back hand toward my body during the stroke. This caused the cue-stick front end to hit to left of what I thought I was hitting on the cue ball. The fix was to keep my elbow closer to my body. That prevented that wrist movement toward the body.

Aiming, I am finding out, is not nearly the difficulty I thought it was.

FWIW, I live in NYC and I get lessons from two coaches. One charges $150 per hour and the other $185. I have no problem with spending my money this way.