J.T.
Keep up the great work!
I Just ordered mine!
I Look forward to getting as much out of Vol. II as I continue to get out of Vol. I.
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Here's my 10-ball racking secret; for those that don't already know it...
Many pool halls/clubs unbelievably run tournaments & other sanctioned league play, events, and even day-to-day play etc., with mismatched balls; mostly due to cleaning and polishing...
Notwithstanding, I recently examined 4 brand new sets of Aramith Tournaments & 4 brand new sets of Centennial's and calipered every ball just for my own curiosity and
found set-to-set differences of as much as a 1/16 of an inch! may as well be a mile!
Within the sets they were consistent; but apparently not from run to run...
In my experience this exponentially increases the likelihood of getting slugged or slugging yourself in a 10-ball rack; IMHO with the 9-ball and 8-ball racks they do not appear to be so sensitive to this and you can usually move balls around to solve the problem; not so simple it seems with the 10-ball rack...
My advice as obvious as it may seem; don't break or give a 10-ball rack with mismatched balls that you can't freeze up; you will regret it...
Demand a different set of balls from the tournament director or club manager, whoever is running it; and be loud and vocal about it when you do; so there is no chance of it not being taken care of and given the due diligence attention it deserves...
I would rather forfeit a match than play a 10-ball set with mismatched balls of different sizes; even if it is just one...
AND some unscrupulous types will actually swap the fricking one-ball with an odd-sized one; to intentionally create the likelihood of a slugged rack...
peace.