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I have a youth clinic scheduled for April 6th at my pool hall, Jim's Place, in Coldwater Michigan. We have quite a few excited kids interested. This is my first time trying this so am reaching out for tips and advice from anyone who has done this sort of thing before. What do you focus on...

I have been quite impressed with this tool. I have tried a lot of gadgets but most of them just reside in a junk drawer. This one along with the online workshops really is impressive. I have no relationship with this company so this is an independent review. I interviewed Alex Lely at Derby...

Robin Hamlet and I sit with Alex Lely for 40 minutes discussing is teaching methods and other topics. Thanks to the Smash Billiards team for letting us use your booth.

I love how everything gets turned into a big argument by some people. I submit that several comments in here are inaccurate. First and foremost, is the premise that anything about my post or this video suggested that he is a top echelon world pro, could be expected to regularly beat the top...

Yes. Fourth Place in One Pocket 2025 Derby City.

Robin Hamlet and I sat for a conversation with a most fascinating guy at Derby City. He works a full time job and yet has achieved the 7th best Fargorate in the US. Anthony Merlin is a force the full time professionals have to reckon with. Finished in the top four in one pocket last week at...

One thing Fargorate can't capture is teaching ability, which has far different requirements than playing. For example, if I have a choice of getting lessons from Tiger Woods, or one of his former coaches like Butch Harmon or Hank Haney, I will choose one of the latter every time. They can't play...

We got Andre Schickling aka Sharivari to sit with us for an hour at Derby City. A very interesting guy to talk to. Here is the video.

If you were a hotshot 9-ball ball pocketer wouldn't you just always try to delay things to get to the shootout with a traditional one pocket mover? In the end, it might actually lengthen some games.

Nick told this story at one of Mark Wilson's Play Great Pool clinics in Sullivan IL, 2021.

You might try reading the post I was responding to. He brought up Durometer measurements and I explained to him why that is not needed.

They are hitting more accurately near the miscue point. Highly skilled professional players can get more spin at slower speeds by hitting right near the miscue limit. If an amateur tries this he won't be able to do it precisely or repeatedly because his contact points are so variable. This is...

Sounding scientific is not the same as being scientific. Facts are, for this analysis you do not need to give exact Durometer readings, because over an extreme range from soft to hard, which obviously covers the full gamut of Durometer ranges available with commercial tips, Dr. Dave is saying...

I am a bit confused by the ruling. At the player meeting they said the new rule is that if the cueball jumped off the table while an object ball was pocketed in the opponent's pocket, that the ball counted for the opponent. In Pinegar's case BOTH balls jumped off the table. Since the OB did...

The food situation is the most bleak I have ever experienced in my millions of miles of travel. Absolutely unbelievable.