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Why is the APA so frowned upon?

iusedtoberich
Bob Jewett said:
Some of the worst advice I've ever seen for a pool shot was by a team captain during a time-out. Absolutely clueless. The notion that the typical league player is going to learn anything useful during actual matches from their fellow players is questionable at best.
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I was on one FargoRate league team 2 years ago. First and last one in 20 years... Anyway, our captain when the 280 rated player had a difficult shot would call a time out. He'd walk up to her, whisper in her ear, asking "what color panties are you wearing". She'd have a giggle and he'd go sit down laughing. True story!
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Super Billiards Expo 2026

sjm
JAM said:
I'm not sure what that means.

But reading the rest of your post, I’m not convinced that some of the names you listed are truly Mosconi Cup hopefuls. Yes, they’re there competing in a World Nineball Tour–ranked event, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the Cup is their target.

Billy, Tyler, and Thorsten, absolutely. Those are legitimate contenders with their eyes on the prize. The others? I’m not so sure. Some of the players you mentioned have been pretty open on social media about their lack of interest in chasing the WNT ranking trail. For them, it’s viewed as an impossible dream, bogged down by logistics, commitments, and, in their eyes, a fair amount of politics.
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They are all contenders for a spot and, in my mind, they are probably the top contenders. The extent to which they intend to chase a Team USA spot is, of course, to be determined and perhaps, as you suggest, many won't bother to do so. Nonetheless, you have suggested that numerous Mosconi contenders for a Team USA spot failed to show at SBE and you haven't identified who, among the top American players, it is that you think skipped this event for any of the reasons you suggested were at work.

As for the logistics and commitments, it has never been easier for the American pro to chase down Mosconi ranking points. There are now about ten US-based WNT ranking events, so Mosconi aspirants need no longer leave US borders to chase down a Mosconi spot. Prize money is also way up at US-based WNT ranking events. We are certainly of one mind on the politics. Matchroom's a) failure to make the selection process objective in recent years and b) unwillingness to include younger American players, has definitely demotivated a few from chasing a Team USA spot and will continue to do so if the 2026 Team USA selection process is as biased as most of us have come to expect.

In the end, I think we're on the same page. We are equally concerned that the passion needed to chase down a Team USA Mosconi Cup spot is found in fewer and fewer American players. It will be interesting to see what 2026 brings in this regard.
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Creating Pool Room Unknowns

Benelli
Number one thing you have to do is seal off the edges and floor around the roll -up garage doors. You need to get garage door floor and wall seals off Amazon. They go on the outside wall up against the flashing on the side and top. The floor ones are extra squishy and the door settles down on them eliminating any airflow under the door.

All of these are critical to creating a maintaining an environment that won't mess up your rails and cloth.

I use a 7ft valley with Ridgeback Pro rails because I'm in Texas and even with all theae seals and a ductless AC/heat unit it's still not an environment a solid wood table would do well in
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