libtrucker said:

I posted a reply to a cue for sale. The Seller will remain nameless as he was legit after talking to him on the phone.

I made an offer in the reply, and got an email asking if I was the one that was interested and he would take the offer. Great! We emailed back and forth a few times and then when it came to arranging payment he gave me an email for a different email and name.

I reached out to the original seller, went to his webpage and called, and the emails i was getting were not from him! Please be careful. There should be now way that members of this group should have been able to get my email address, that just opens people up to getting scammed.

Watch out for James Witsel jwitsel20@gmail.com. HE IS A SCAMMER
His Zelle info is Chiquitinababy186@gmail.com Elizabeth Zayas. <<< SCAMMER

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I've only shared my phone number in pm 's here some scammer is somehow seeing all the messages i'm getting calls from people that cant speak english wanting to sell me cues, said they got my number from azb. Is it possible that google is picking up out pm's here and we are not safe

Okay well Coaches in the title warrants a tribute to My Coaches. Sports coaches Grandma was my favorite life coach.
My first little league baseball coach was blown off of 2 ships in ww2. He pitched equally well with either hand at a semi pro level. The military bases had quite a league with friendly bets between base comanders. Oops just remembered the truck driver that entered the army right out of high school. He didn't get a military uniform for 6 months as he was Huge and strong.
So thank you to Ray Ellis as he got me started catching at 8. GOOD COACHING. He also helped me gain a congressional appointment to USAFA in '69.
Next came Coach McHargue who could still be with us. His Mike Ditka Greenbay style of coaching took a football team that hadn't won a game in 2 and a half years to....uh 31 or 2 straight wins. Half way through his first season all but a skeleton crew had quit the team. THEY WON the last 6 to start the undefeated streak. Offense positions were first string in the voting with the players giving the coach their votes. I was playing center the year the first loss came to end the streak. I got All League at center weighing uh 155 at 5'10". Well we went both ways as we were a small school. We went 10 and 2 and Coach McHargue was uh not happy to say the least the practice after each defeat.
Well this has gone long winded but Mr Herb deserves a nod as My baseball finishing Coach. He taught How To Be A Hitter.
Be a hitter and they will find a place for you on the field. My brag accomplishment as a hitter was hitting the Wheel in competition. A 4 for 4 game with a single,double,triple and home run.
The Key is hit the pea in the middle of the ball.
It works for me well in pool.

iusedtoberich said:

The hotel I'm at is the Luxor. It's an Egyptian pyramid. The elevator goes at an angle, parallel to the pyramid sides.

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Nick, in the Luxor, it's called an 'inclinator'.

j13smiley said:

Difficult to find the 8 ball when playing with that set...

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And especially so if a few bottles deep! Difficult to find any of the balls then.

Hello, Mr X.

The Aramith 100 is an awesome set for sure, sir. And a wonderful, prestigious addition to anyone’s collection.

Thank you so much for joining in the discussion on this thread. A new face is always welcome and appreciated.

Best wishes.

8onthebreak said:

Thank you, yes, I have seen many examples of professional players and studying their posture is going to help. I have corrected my posture and look forward to making it a habit over the next 30 days.

If you reread my post, I named the chalk “left-handed chalk” in an effort to remind myself to align my left eye center vision over my cue, by renaming the chalk, it’s giving me a reminder each and every shot to get into alignment.

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I must admit, when I saw the left handed chalk title of this thread, I was expecting to have a giggle!

Most expert snooker players are right hand / left eye dominant or left hand / right eye dominant (ie have contralateral dominance). When you see a pro snooker player with the same eye-hand dominance (ie ipsilateral dominance), to me they look slightly awkward. Mark Allen is an example.

It was a real surprise to me when I discovered some years ago that ipsilateral dominance is much more prevalent than contralateral (65%-70%) in the general population. It seems to me to be pretty conclusive evidence that contralateral dominance confers a significant advantage, at least in snooker.

Maybe you should look at how snooker players approach the shot and get down to the shot? Alternatively, have you got a video of your own set up?