Recent content by Bob Jewett

Probably not. I think by the time of the magazine, McGown had moved to Montana and the magazine was based in Florida.

If you click on his avatar, you will see that One Pocket John has not been on this site in nearly a year. He has not posted since 2022. Maybe he'll come back.

I think aerobic is essential, of course. I got lessons from a European champion who used to do weight work specifically to improve his arm's twitch strength. I think until your muscles stabilize, and your body learns how to use them, you will have problems. And then, consider Mike Massey. It...

That's 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium, which changes the density by less than a percent from the 4.5 of pure titanium. Wikipedia says brass varies some in density according to the copper/zinc ratio but is not lower than 8.4.

Well, I can imagine that one of them would have run 832. :p And remember, most of those old-timers didn't know they were supposed to get their chin near their shaft. But to be serious about deflection and the old-timers, some of them were aware of squirt and used shafts that were low...

Many American tables were tightened up to play the game of "golf". I have seen a 10-foot table where it was nearly impossible to make the black off its spot. Often snooker/golf tables were fitted with the fastest cloth available. They are generally unusable for snooker. Lately, most of the...

Carlo Biado's induction ceremony will take place on the final Saturday of the International Open events in St. Augustine. I hope to see you there. Here's the announcement about his induction...

Something is strange here as the density for titanium is about 4.5 and for brass about 8.5, so I would expect a factor of about two for the weight difference.

Are the ferrules the same shape?

The largest mistake -- in my view -- that a lot of players make when futzing with their grip to keep it loose is that they allow daylight around the stick. Your hand should be touching the stick all the way around. An error would be letting the cue drop down away from the web between thumb and...

Pat Fleming has proposed that the person in control of the table after the break can say who will push out, so making a ball is still a small advantage.

Here is a previous thread about Eddie's books. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/copyright-schmopyright-at-what-shaggin-point.356871/ In related news, it seems that the Library of Congress has a copy of Winning One Pocket that your local library might be able to borrow for you.

I think it's so the balls can be put back if accidently moved. In the small number of times I've watched Filipino matches, I've never seen the marks used.

The cheapest price I can find online right now is 450-500 for either book. I think good prices are $250 for SM&S and $350 for W1P, but any offer at that price won't last long. There are listings on Ebay that are way high, but they have not sold for months. Not as high as the OP, but up around...

It's a form of backhand english (BHE). There is the kind of BHE where you aim, pivot, feather/stroke in the new, offset line, and shoot. I call that "aim and pivot". And then there is the kind where you aim, come straight back, and swerve/swoop the cue to the left or right on the forward stroke...