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Does playing Pool with Families or Friends mess up your real game??

gregcantrall
My morning fitness includes A cue stick.
Consider the stick fighting art. So even without a taable stick practice is available. Make the postures the foundation and the stroke mine. Using the camera to observe for later analysis.
Perfect the balance then posture then juggling.
Simple as that.

My fitness program definitely gets the Seniors edition.
Precision is preferred to power at my age. 🤔 no wonder the old cs'ers play one pocket. 😉
Precision avoids the necessary of power.
The exer geni program can be followed with just the stick. 🤷‍♂️
All the way down to the floor using a perfect dead lift posture. The stretch to ceiling should go to the high dive form. Even go to the tip toe.
Simple fitness is easy to start. How you proceed is in your ♥.
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Chalk gate at the open !!!!

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I wouldn't be against some rules limiting which chalk you could use on the WNT tour. We want to see the best players duke it out in the best playing conditions. If some brands of chalk cause more kicks/skids then why not outlaw it. It seems most of the pros are moving away from the traditional chalks and getting annoyed with the pros that haven't both in snooker and pool.

From Mickey's telling of events (which Darren disputes) it does sound like Darren acted like a bit of a dickhead towards him, which I don't think is justified though, whatever you think of the chalk.
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Does playing Pool with Families or Friends mess up your real game??

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billiardshot said:
Does playing Pool with Families or Friends mess up your real game??
In my opinion Yes. Because I don't want them not to enjoy the game!
But it cause me a little mental break down. Special when we go to a bar to play.
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'Playing Pool with Family or Friends' is my real game. That is why I built a pool room and bought a table. I spend a lot more time, and have a lot more enjoyment doing that than I do playing in league or tournaments.

Does it affect my game? Probably not. When playing against weaker opponents, I attempt patterns and shots that I would likely not select in league or competition. That keeps the game interesting and keeps me sharp.
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Does playing Pool with Families or Friends mess up your real game??

gregcantrall
CocoboloCowboy said:
, or maybe playing in a $5.00 Entry Fee Tournament. As I get older I feel lucky to be able to find some
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5$ tournaments nightly was m m my after work pass time for a outlet of years In the 80s Seattle Tacoma Way oma environment. I subsidized my pay checks for a "few" years. Normally would be about half a weeks wage per week. Sure beat the other after work re reaction. 🤷‍♂️ Wreck re ation. 😁
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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loggerhead12 said:
Somebody told me yesterday that the Matchroom-Frisco deal is for 3 years. Anyone else heard that?

The players and fans I talked to all love the venue.
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Frazer has said the WNT wants to find a long-term home for the U.S. Open. Well, they have, judging by ticket sales, fan interest and the facilities.

There's also talk of the Texas Open becoming affiliated with the WNT as a ranking event.

Jeremy Jones and Scott Frost clearly had a lot to do with the US Open moving to Texas. Matchroom has rediscovered the U.S. as arguably the best country in the world to try to establish the WNT. The weekend crowd could rival Hanoi in numbers and energy, with 1,000 tickets sold.

Hence the WNT expansion of tournaments in the U.S. and effort to get onto ESPN. I have to think the majority of current WNT.TV subscribers are in the U.S., and that's where most potential subscribers live as well.
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Cue shaft playability differences

336Robin
TerryZak said:
And this ^^^ is why I have 13 spare 3/8-10 shafts in various configurations, tip diameters, tapers, and rings per inch...
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And it also why I quit playing with an LD shaft entirely and went back to Natural Maple.

I want my squirt to be predictable, not so finite it's hard to measure it.

I play with 2 shafts and really light butt that is nothing but a piece of wood with a 3/8 x 10 pin in it.
Plays better than anything I've ever played with. Total weight 15.66 ounces. My cue ball is on a string
and much better than when I played with 19 or 18 ounce cues. Everyone should give this a go and
see for themselves. The cloth we play on today is fine and cue ball rolls forever. No reason not to go lighter.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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Frosty said:
Some like Moritz are just anal retentive OCD types that don’t trust in their training and instincts.
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Rdiculous.
Frosty said:
dtroup64 said:
If I learn Moritz's bad habits and am able to apply them the way he does, I'll glady incur your wrath.
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Agreed. Moritz only has one bad habit - how he places his chalk.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

jax_joe
Positively Ralf said:
I've been wondering something, did they move the US open 9 ball to texas because the state has one of the longest running 9 ball tournaments in the country with the Texas open? Also, I know there was some documentary released within the last year or so about pool in texas.

I know those are stretches but any chance those two things had a say in them going there this year?
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Miss Emily don't look at any of that frivolous crap.
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

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Frosty said:
I watch it for its beauty, the same reason that I play it. Second guessing and multiple looks of those that need to look 5 times at the obvious ruin that beauty. Often they’re just time bandits attempting to get in their opponents heads. Some like Moritz are just anal retentive OCD types that don’t trust in their training and instincts.

You say you want to get better? You’re learning bad habits watching players like that. In some disciplines like 1 pocket, shots require more reflection, as they’re a myriad of factors that affect shot selection. 9 ball is pool by number, you know what ball you’re on and the the accompanying order after that, there’s nothing to agonize over or look at 17 times.

Again, what some kindly call “deliberate players” in rotation games, are those that use it as gamesmanship or those that don’t trust their instincts & training and what they’re eyes are showing them, neither of these is something to aspire to.
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If I learn Moritz's bad habits and am able to apply them the way he does, I'll glady incur your wrath.
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