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Review of the O.B. Spotter, The ULTIMATE Billiard Practice Machine.

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There are devices like this to place a golf ball on the rubber tee at driving ranges. You dump your basket of balls in the hopper, and they feed individually to an arm like the one pictured, and when you lower that arm with your club, the ball rolls down the ramp to the hole, which positions it on the tee. They're kinda cool, but I prefer having to set up each drive (or tee shot) individually.

Is there a YouTube clip showing the OP's machine?
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From "aim by feel" to "aim at a point"

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heater451 said:
That is what I was referring to, without listing them. Plus, once I start thinking about cuts outside of the 1/2-ball, then I also start questioning whether the contact/impact point is still an aim point--but the aim/shot line is parallel to the centerline of the cue ball, which then leads to the "equal distance"/"overlap" aiming systems....even typing this reply out has my head running!
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if i asked you to hit the edge of a silver dollar that was over hanging the rail nose edge
you would aim it in a way so the cue ball contact point would hit the silver dollar
so you are aiming to make the contact points collide
not focusing specifically on the thru the center of the cue ball aim line
i hope i explained that ok
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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

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i have not read most of the replies
but i too think the number of people who appreciate a fine custom cue is among the older generation who's days are numbered
the younger generation see the current pro's using production cues for the most part
only natural for them to want to emulate that
i sold off my collection several years ago and have no regrets
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Left handed chalk - for left eye dominant players

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For those of you who are left eye dominant and play right handed…read on. There is hope.

I’ll start with “WHY”. My Fargo rating has dropped from 603 to 587 in the past year despite my exhaustive increase in practicing. I recently met with an eye doctor and explained that the balls look dark and blurry at the other end of the table. I said I want to be able to see like a could 30 years ago. After checking everything out, he said, it’s not your eyes.
So I started researching “AIMING” Thinking it has to be an aiming problem. I landed on the topic of eye dominance which led me to “center vision” topic, and I realized that I am left eye dominant and I play right handed…so I suspected that I was not putting my eyes over the cue correctly.

Now that I have corrected my stance, I can see the balls clear and I now have “tone” when I’m down on a shot. It’s a lock. I’m back! Haven’t had that in years.

The problem: I find that it’s very awkward to get my head over the cue correctly, it feels like I have to stretch my neck uncomfortably to get my head across the cue, and I can feel it pulling on muscles in my neck and on my right side of my abdomen. I see why I “default” to bad posture/head eye alignment because it’s so uncomfortable to get in correct position. I can see that I’m going to have to make conscious effort to check myself on every shot that I’m in alignment…so I needed to somehow work it into my pre-shot routine to try to remind myself, so I have named the chalk “left handed chalk”.

Now, before every shot, I grab some left handed chalk, and the chalk reminds me of my need for alignment, this also means that I now chalk before EVERY shot. WIN-WIN.

I feel like being left eye dominant and playing right handed is a disadvantage, It’s an un-natural posture. I haven’t had “tone” on cut shots it seems, for years. It feels great to be able to see the balls again. If this can help someone struggling with the same thing, then it was worth posting. Just grab you some left-handed chalk and it’s a lock!

Credit to AZ community for threads helping me find “center vision” …something I didn’t even know existed!
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Dominguez vs Guama race to 50 for 80+ per side

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AZB missed day 1?
10 ball called pocket with very tight pocket table with 2 wonky pockets
Oscar down 8 to 1...wins 11 straight
Finishes day one 25 to 21

Playing for 180 in the middle
This is what pool should be played for....something big

Oscar proving what Oscar does. No nerves, won't miss because of pressure. Can the bottom 3 who are on team USA do this?

On Dunnski Dungeon free live stream. Think they start 6pm EST.

I would not be surprised if Guama got a lead at some point. Still advantage Oscar because he is the better player, plays tighter safes/kicks better on a table that even these guys haven't ran out more than a couple racks.
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Need ideas/donations for my awesome charity

jeephawk
maha said:
so do you do tattoos and or go over them and get paid for it. or you do it for free for the charity.

why would this charity need money? wouldn't any decent tattoo parlor help out these people for free? it isnt like they would have a big line of them out the door. be great for their business and a write off as well.

and why arent you trying to get these people a job and then they can just pay for it themselves. isnt that a better result.

and of course any charity should or has to publish where 100% of the money goes and is spent. and that should be included with when asking for the donation.
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Whoa there.

Just could be there are a lot more individuals affected by this than you seem to assume and no, simply providing a free service to anyone as a small business isn't automatically any kind of write off, and this wouldn't be, absent the IRS allowing tax deductibility for a nonprofit. Kind of an uninformed comment. There isn't an unlimited amount of time in a week to try and make a living at what someone does they can simply provide a lot of time, incur a lot of costs for charitable causes, regardless of you telling them they should.

He said he is connected with a group and if you look it up they provide all sorts of services including help with employment or reintegration and so forth as necessary. This gentleman is offering a needed service within the context of what he knows how to do and his area of expertise.
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Pool Ball Collecting.

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Hard Knock Cues said:
Not too long ago I picked up a Harlequin set. Complete with all the components. One pack of cards are still sealed in plastic. The set was in great condition except for the maroon ball has a huge scar across it. I would love to find the replacement if anybody comes across one. A buddy and I played a couple of the games in the book. Looking forward to trying out some more sometime. Maybe I can get you some scans as long as I'm not violating any laws, haha.
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What a nice set! So sad for the damaged ball, but I hope you can replace it.

I would be most delighted, if I can get the rules for all the games. That would be very kind of you to do for me. So far I played 3-4 games with a friend, for which the rules I found on the old Harlequin Balls Facebook page. I made some custom dice and cards for them, although I am not sure if I got all the colors on the faces right, because I had to find out their distribution by just a few blurry pictures on their old and offline websites 😄

The games were fun though! Liked the throwing dice for colors a lot, and it was a nice alternative to just playing normal Pool games again. They made for a quite enjoyable evening! And games like these are the reason, why I acquire simple one coloured balls like the 9-Ball set, so I can use them as replacement and play different games with them 😊
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Sharp Shooters Billiards Miami $5,000 Added 9 Ball-Saturday and Sunday December 14-15th

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Sharp Shooters Billiards Miami $5,000 Added 9 Ball honoring the legends of the game this Saturday and Sunday.
Go to PoolActionTV.com for purchase options to watch live

Players list:
1 JOHN MORRA
2 JIMMY CLAY
3 FELIX LUNA
4 ERIC PROVEDA
5 ANTHONY MEGLINO
6 JIMMY GESTWIKI
7JOE DILEO
8 TONY ROBLES
9 ROBB SAEZ
10 DANNY BLANCO
11 HOWIE SALSTEIN
12 RUEL RAMOS
13 DONNY MILLS
14 TERRY WILLIE
15 AARON CAMACHO
16 SOPHIA CAMACHO
17 CHRIS GUASP
18 JERRY ALVEREZ
19 JEFF POTEET
20 NICK SPIVEY
21 RAYMOND LLANARES
22 DAVE PINCAR
23 DENNIS SEARING
24 JUAN LOPEZ
25 ALFERI C CHUNNA
26 JESNER SUAREZ
27 ROBERT EATON
28 GAIL EATON
29 BENIJIMAN CHENG
30 GERALD SCARNATY
31 JOSE GONZALES
32 MARCELO GUTIERREZ
33 JOSH ROBERTS
34 IAN JONES
35 STEPHAN HERMAN
36 EROS ARAUJO
37 RYAN ASCOSTA
38 DAVID BROXSON
39 JESUS ATENCDIO
40 WILL BILBREY
41 FERNANDO SUAREZ
42 TOMMY KENNEDY
43 JOHN DITORO
44 JAVIER CHIRINO
45 JARED CHIRINO
46 CARLOS NURANDO
47 JOHN FOSTER
48 CHRISTOPHER MALIANO
49 BRIAN ROSENBERGER
50 RUDY MONTEAGUE
51 ED ACOSTA
52 JUSTIN HALL
53 JULIO BURGOS
54 CARLOS GOMEZ
55 CRYSTAL MCCOMICK
57 GABERIAL OROZO
58 TRACY CHIRINO
59 RAMON DELISARIO
60 NICHOLAS IGLESIAS
61 ALAN MENENDEZ
62 ALEX MERCADO
63 MICHAEL SERRANO ORTEGA
64 ANGELO MANNA


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