Questions regarding league play and related items.

  • Currently I only play in a non sanctioned BCA 9-ball league. I used to play APA and may go back. I like the race format. I would really like to play ultimate pool but it is not really available locally.
  • Technically both since APA has national tournaments. Other than APA, strictly local tournaments.
  • Unfortunately, my city does not have a pool hall so I play exclusively on Valleys for league. I do personally own a 7ft Diamond Pro AM
  • 7ft
  • I only play with CF shafts. All of the butts for my cues are wood, and I have a bunch of shafts that came with my different cues which are wood, II just never use them. My main shaft is a Tiger Fortis LD.
  • My main player is a Predator Sang Lee 4. I also own Predator Road8 , Tiger TL-2, Jacoby HB2, and an OB(I forget the model). I will often switch cues around but 80% of the time I am using the Sang Lee. I also use a Predator BK Rush and an Air Rush.

What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

Agreed. You better have a damn good reason to stray from conventional wisdom. That said, SVB was way closer to conventional in his early career and then really leaned into that wavy stroke with a super brief follow through and an extreme preset in his wrist later on as he rose to #1 in the world. Mika Immonen came from snooker and had many centuries under his belt with a standard snooker piston stroke technique before abandoning it for his flowy Pinoy style which made him a killer and player of the decade in the 2010s.

Those techniques ARE better...and not just if you can practice 8hrs a day. SVB and Mika would not adopt those ways if they made them worse. More consistency and less susceptibility to breaking down under pressure.
are you saying the unconventional methods they adopted
lead to " More consistency and less susceptibility to breaking down under pressure "
so should be adopted by everyone ??????
or they just worked better for shane and mika

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