Recent content by Careyp74

Parabolic Vision center quibbling :)

I find that using visualization helps keep your mind from thinking that you will miss, and for those that think overconfidence happens too, it will prevent that. I started out with the same problem, I noticed it more on the money shots, 8 and 9 balls. I even had an issue when I started using...

I freaked out yesterday when I couldn't seem to find the thread again to read what happened next. There should be a separate forum room with stories, and this one should be a sticky!

I can't wait to hear how much of what was going on was all part of the big score. Who the kid knew before walking in, and what he was doing went towards a big payoff. Just like in the movie Law Abiding Citizen, there could be years of planning and set up before the action starts. (not a con...

I am just fortunate to be working on my Master's degree in Engineering, and have to keep all of this type of stuff fresh in my head. My pool game, however, is starting to suffer greatly because of it.

Funny story, when I first learned this practice routine, I couldn't do it right away. The first day I was off about half a ball usually, sometimes even more! I would go on playing, and make a decent run or two, and think the drill is just too nit picky. That night I went to the pool hall, and...

Pidge is right on point with this thread. I think this phenomenon is hard to overcome when just playing, and a reason why my game deteriorates between long periods of not doing basic fundamental training. If you isolate getting down onto the shot in a drill on it's own, you can get better at...

That question isn't complete. Are you asking for the speed of the boats, or the width of the lake? Either way, you can't figure that out with the info that is supplied. When they meet each time, what side of the lake are you measuring the distance out from, the same each time, or from...

They are probably generic chinese tips that you can get made with any logo silk screened on them that you like. Does it really matter who got that specific design silk screened on it?

At first I thought that was just meant as a joke, like winding it up. But yeah, spinning the ball first would make sense. Also, it appears that a couple of the shots have the ball settling into place in the beginning, due to him not spinning perfectly around a vertical axis. Of course, that...

I heard that alot about snooker players. There is a kid that plays with my group, and he hardly ever uses center ball. He also doesn't understand why the cue ball goes where it does, and why he misses a lot of the time (when he misses) and he never will until he starts off shooting center ball...

The worst insight into doing anything is asking yourself if top pros do it. They are top pros, remember. If you are able to shoot with accuracy while using english, and control the cue ball with english, then you gain the ability of having the cue ball go wherever you want on the table. Now...

Oh, just in case you were still wondering, that type of table is said to have drop pockets, as opposed to a ball return.

In cases where it is impossible to tell which ball was hit first, it just gets assumed that the object ball is hit first. No need to change the wording of the rules to make it more difficult to understand.

You missed a good opportunity to point out the videos showing how to tell which ball was hit first.