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Dennis Dieckman

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I've been away from the USBA for many years. Maybe there's been a change recently but from my experience they place put their money on promoting the top players. There's no effort money wise or anywise to promote the game. No youth programs. No clinics to the pool public. Nothing outside of...

You can practice consistency with any game. If you want consistency you have to Practice being Consistent. Of course you need to know what consistency means. Hint: Its not consistently pocketing balls. It's consistently delivering the cue tip where you intend it to land on your CB. If you...

I teach anyone willing to try and listen.

Traditionally the USBA spends their money to support the Nationals and to send the winners 1st & 2nd place winners to the World Championships. They've done very little to promote the game. They're only capable of scrounging up the cash to send a US representative to the Worlds. Wish they...

To all the experts chiming in... Do you know the level of play of the OP? Why is there no questions of the OP to figure out their ability vs jumping into all these diagrams and theoretical & sterile systems. If I can assume this player can see the angles, then the problem comes down to...

Line up your shot while standing and at least 1 step away from the table. Step into the shot, get down. Check. If it doesn't look/feel good, get back up and away from the table and start over. Step into the shot. Deliver the cue in a straight line That's nearly impossible, unless your...

Agree. If the shaft is wildly warped, have someone make a new one. The butt being warped??? Wouldn't worry much about that. One of my 15? year old Dieckman butts still moves with seasons and maybe other reasons. Shafts are stable and have been checked with Dial Indicators. I have no...

In the carom world, players aren't allowed to leave chalk on the rail. They can place it near themselves while lining up and shooting, but have to pick it up before walking to their chair after a miss. It's a rule, so that a player doesn't use his chalk as an aiming aid. Maybe the case or a...

My cue is a carom cue with a wood pin in the shaft. Dennis drilled a 1/4" hole in the butt to reduce weight. After I decided I wanted it a little heavier I went to a hobby shop and bought some 1/4-20 tungston slugs from the Pinewood Derby section. Each slug was 1/2oz. Pretty simple solution...

Years ago I had Dieckman build me an extremely light cue. A few years later I added, I think 1.5oz's, bringing it to a hair over 16oz including a rubber grip. I'm now thinking I want to bring this cue to around 18oz. I've only been toying with this for 2 days so really haven't decided on a...

Sad there's only 32 players. The list is strong and maybe that's the idea these days. What are they doing to attract young/new players? Just wondering? Do any USBA Board Members post here? If so, maybe give us an update on your promotion efforts.

Been using damp micro fiber colths for maybe 30 or 35 years. Maybe micro fiber cloths weren't invented that long ago. We used terry cloth then. On my table I vacuum first, then come back with the slightly damp cloth, if in the mood for the extra work. Like how long ago did I wipe this table...

Love Taom chalk, but if you think just because your bridge hand no longer gets blue means it leaves Nothing on the table that can change rebound angles? CB or OB Think differently. You still need to clean your table. I got lazy and didn't vaccume my table for maybe a week and noticed basic...