Two fundamentals of pool to avoid sounding foolish for years

I have recently arrived at a conclusion of pool, a truth, and I invite anyone to try to refute me. You beginners, listen to me, and you will sound a lot smarter for years whenever you are playing pool, around pool, or talking about pool.

There are two fundamentals of pool.

The first, and most important, is to have a mind that is capable of both playing pool and learning pool skills. If you don't know the traits of such a mind, you should read some books or ask someone what kind of mind it takes to practice, learn, and compete in billiards.

The second fundamental, that is less important than the first, is to have a consistently straight and quality stroke. If you don't know how important a straight stroke is, you should do some study or ask someone and figure it out. You should also at least periodically do some work to keep your stroke straight.

If you don't have both of the two fundamentals, and you are talking about english, diamonds, speed, diamond systems, jump shots, bank shots, kick shots, masses, or any other billiard technique, you are to some degree BSing the people that you are talking to. Simple as that. Your speech about such topics without the first two fundamentals is a joke.
There are many pro's that don't even have straight strokes, I think the more important thing is a consistent repeatable stroke.

best shaft for ball pocketing/accuracy?

I was in fact thinking Vantage 12.9mm

thanks
I dont think you can go wrong with the vantage, I really like it. I used to use a Z3 which is just a touch lower deflection then the Vantage but the smaller diameter of 11.8 on the Z3 can and will punish you if youre not 100% locked in, but the Vantage is much more consistent for me as far as accuracy and amount of spin i want on the ball. It didnt take me long to adjust to the Vantage

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