Bavafongoul said:

The jury is still out in my courtroom. Could become distracting but absolutely very novel. Still gotta see the final cue.

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I'll get a full cue video when it's all said and done tomorrow.

Maybe I'll convince him to let me take out those red rings and do some black abalone inlays to match the collars and cap.

Good listen. Two takeaways that may be surprising to some - Nick Varner the greatest all around tournament player in American history yet tournament money was so meager that his exhibitions were what paid the bills. - Recalling his mentor Hubert “Daddy Warbucks” Cokes telling him “Yeah, it shows, if you don't bet your own, it shows a weakness in your character” - Meaning if you don’t gamble with your own money, you don’t fully believe in yourself.

I really liked his comment on Jimmy Fusco and what a classy person he was. You can feel Nick’s sincere warmth and humbleness come through in this interview. He’s almost embarrassed when others speak of his accomplishments. His respect for others of great character says a lot about Nick himself.

The jury is still out in my courtroom. Could become distracting but absolutely very novel. Still gotta see the final cue.

Where did this come from? When I was 16, I watched Cole (Dickson) run balls effortlessly and endlessly for some time. Later, immediately after he left, I grabbed a rack and started shooting. I swear, I could feel him as I shot. It was truly as if I was him. For what seemed like 15, no, probably just like 5 minutes, I glided around the table and never missed a shot. And I, me, normally was absolutely no threat on the pool table. (Once, I had a two foot straight in full pocket shot on the nine ball in the side pocket, and Mike M., who was maybe 4 years older than me, reached out and ran his finger across the green felt in front of the cue ball. "Crisscross applesauce," he says. I proceeded to jump the cue ball right off the table. Yeah. That was about my speed.) Well, after shooting in this sort of trance for about 5 minutes, I felt this overwhelming sense that Cole was upset with me. He wasn't even there. He had already left the building. I felt I was doing something I shouldn't be doing. So I quit playing. Never tired to emulate Cole ever again...

Straightpool_99 said:

I find that jerking your stroke is usually a result of a shot that's outside your skill level or if you're really nervous.

The best trick is to find a shot that you struggle with, like a long straight draw, for instance and do a progressive practise. So you start at a comfortable distance and just focus on keeping the stroke perfect, then gradually increase the distance. Do it with any shot you struggle with. The point is to remove the tightness from those shots, gradually increasing speed while not allowing any jerking of the stroke to occur. ...

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This is what I would recommend, too. You have to have good timing to get easy, lively draw. As you work on your draw shots, try to remember the feeling of the shots that work well and do more of those. The draw distance tells you how well you hit the ball.

hello said:

Samoans account for 0.08 percentage of the US population.

You're welcome.

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SmoothStroke said:

I’ve noticed a shortage of Samoan and players from the Amazon jungle.
Call for an investigation.

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I would say thank you, but there doesn't seem to be a question mark in my post. Because you felt compelled to reduce stats, you completely forgot about the Amazon players. You're not very good at this.

If you want to play detective get back on the case or you’re fired.
We would have to say Goodbye to Hello for failing the Pool Detective team.

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garczar said:

pretty much they way i see it. with the death of inner-city poolhalls there's less black dudes playing. most of the top guys were from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc.

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In my area, it's a very pretty even mix of blacks, whites, and mexican players. Pool is just big in general in my state, so most people grew up playing some shape or form.