BarenbruggeCues said:

I posted this piece of amboyna some years back. Finally made it around to finishing it into a playing instrument.
Very hard to bring myself to make any cuts into this piece. Probably why it took so long to finish.
Finally settled on just letting Mother Nature show off some of her best.
The final cut was showing just a few of the smallest black inclusions on this golden behemoth.
Enjoy!


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Beautiful, Dave!

Has anyone here who owns a snooker table, or any other table, ever used the process that's in the video? If so, how'd it go?

ak1975 said:

I finally have tried all 3 and medium It my fav with soft 2nd. The hard was too much, medium is perfect. I hope these continue to be available

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Bulletproof Billiards has been sold to Koda Sports. You can still get them from Koda and other online retailers. They should have them back on Amazon and Bulletprooftips.com soon! Thanks!

Patrick Johnson said:

So if I hold everything still except my forearm, contracting my biceps doesn’t “make it go”? What else is needed?

pj <- fifth grader, apparently
chgo

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Nothing else is needed....for a mediocre, at best, stroke with low cue power and poor speed control.

Good news is, that even if you are working around an oversimplified model of your stroke, your subconscious mind will save you from yourself and you will still utilize more than just that one muscle...which isn't even the biceps as Bob pointed out earlier, it's the brachialis, unless you want to turn your wrist over, then it's the biceps.

i really prefer the nine ball format as it takes away the advantage of pattern play that the chinese and uk 8 ball guys have,
might be a chance for snooker players and american players to level up a little

Another question does Poland or any other European country have dedicated training facilities for player development?

Patrick Johnson said:

So if I hold everything still except my forearm, contracting my biceps doesn’t “make it go”? What else is needed?

pj <- fifth grader, apparently
chg

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No, you just seen to try to take one bit of a conversation and argue that as infinitum without acknowledging the rest of the information.

The quoted post says it best. You hold everything else stationary. Muscle groups work together, to isolate one muscle means that you concertedly control others to stop movement. This disrupt natural movement.

The whole 'perfect' pendulum stroke is a simplified technique. It shouldn't be about eliminating shoulder involvement, it is about reducing and controlling shoulder involvement.