Recent content by Curdog

Aiming It goes without saying how important aiming is. It appears equally important to note that position play is seldom discussed. If position is played with a high degree of accuracy, shot-making becomes much less critical because the shot is usually shorter and easier. I think position play...

Happy Birthday. Hope to see you in Richmond later this month. Sam C

Children, Children!

Mully, I do the exact same routine as you, plus walking daily and riding a bike 90% of the time I go somewhere. I shoot pool around two to three hours a day. I honestly can't see any exercise benefit from the pool. What I can say is that the other exercise impacts my pool playing positively. I...

Is all of this saying that hitting the cue ball at 1:00 and hitting the ball at 2:00 produces the same amount of spin. I'm assuming of course everything else being equal.

What factors determine the rate of side-spin on the cueball? Is it speed of stroke or does it include such things as tip material, tip condition and shaft type, not to mention placement on cue?

I've got to acknowledge that this is one of the most helpful threads I've seen in a long time. Looking forward to practicing today. The sad thing is that I couldn't tell you right now what method I use to apply english. This is after more than 40 years of playing.

Bill, I have the same problem and have been working on it for the last few weeks. Even when I am staying totally still during my stroke, I still have an unconsious urge to raise slightly which often throws my aim off. No tricks here, but I've simply been practicing staying down in my finish...

Survey Name: Curdog Location: Nags Head NC Age: 60 Hours Per Week: 15-20

I wish Archer had been a bit more polite in his comments regarding the Americans' loss. It might have been better to congratulate Europe's play rather than citing the poor play of the US. No big deal, just don't think Europe's accomplishment should be minimized. They obviously played well enough...

My point exactly. Learn the game!

How ridiculous is this going to become. What we have is supposedly a great aiming system which has been shared with countless players by Mr. Houle himself. None of these people are willing or able to define the system because of their allegience to the instructor. I can honestly say that I have...

I think the best advice you can get at this point is to get an instructor. Shouldn't be any problem finding one on this forum. At the point your at, this will be much more beneficial than any advice you may get on a forum. Regarding the pause at the end of the backstroke, I had problems similar...

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Amen! Learn the game!