I have the hard on my "trunk cue". It sits in the trunk of the car "just in case". As such it gets played very infrequently but leather tips tended to get dry and hard in that environment, which is why I decided to try the synthetic.
So far it's worked well, but the infrequent use hasn't...
Nor does it factor natural ability.
I'd argue that regardless of effort and coaching, a significant % of the population is simply incapable of playing at a 500+ level. Far less at a 600 level...
We live a bit on the outskirts and travel about 30 highway miles. Only 35 minutes door to door but we do the round trip twice a week and one Sunday a month. Absent any extras like playoffs and/or tournaments, it's still 540 miles and 10.5 hours a month...
Good USAPL and BCA leagues and a...
Ask 100 people and you'll get 100 different answers…
My personal favorite is the Propel, but if you like a dart stroke it's really hard to beat the Jacoby Jumper for a third the price…
What rule set is that?
I've never heard of an 8-ball rule set where the player who breaks does not continue to shoot if he made at least one ball on the break.
The only difference lies in whether the table remains open after balls of a single suit are made on the break or if he is...
As long as it doesn't slow down or affect the management of the tournament itself...
There was nothing worse than having to wait for a TD to finish a match before he can figure out the next round… 😑
Putting draw on a cue ball can transfer a bit of top/follow to an object ball. Occasionally useful if you want to follow that OB into a pocket behind another ball, but I don't know if that's what you had in mind and I don't know that I would necessarily call that "throw"...