Recent content by Fastolfe

Well, you know what guys? There's another thing I remember from 4 years ago, when I last posted on this here board: it wasn't full of arrogant *****s. If this is what Azbillards has become, I'll leave it to you. So long ****ers. That's the last you'll hear of me. (Oh, and I won tonite.)

Nope. Nothing to do with visualizing shots, thinking or staying cool-headed - although all that helps, no doubt :)

After a 4 year hiatus due to health problems, I started playing again a few weeks ago. And... I've discovered the real secret of pool. I'm good and I'm not even trying very hard! My first game in 4 years was totally unplanned: I was having a drink in a small crappy bar near my place. A friend...

For me it is (in order of importance): - Break shots where the cueball gets stuck in the rack, - Assessing, preparing and executing a fantastic shot, with perfect position for a simple shot on the next ball, then messing up said simple shot, - pocketing a ball, trying to break up a cluster with...

I haven't, but I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXM-UGogFto Somehow, I'd rather play on a mini pool table or quit playing altogether than do this...

I think he was more pissed off at me making him go back home at 1:30am than at my winning him. But he wasn't a sore loser, and we had a friendly chat after the match.

I earned my cue: I won it at a 9-ball game 12 years ago. It's been my playing companion since. It's a old cheap Meucci cue, but to me, it's the proof that one day, I played better than its previous owner. He didn't deserve it, I did. I earned the right to play however well I want with it that...

Anecdotally, many years ago when I was young and couldn't play my way out of a wet paper bag (but thought I played well), a guy came to my table and asked if he could play with me, because I was playing alone and no table was free. I looked up and was quite surprised to see a dude with an arm...

What a great looking room, and plenty of space for wheelchair access too it seems. I wish I was there to watch.

Because it's a Really Bad Idea[tm] :) Your chest isn't a vertical surface when you're positioned to take a shot, and your cue tends to moves up and down when you stroke, so if it rubs against your chest, it tends to be pushed to the side more on the backswing. Not to mention, your cue isn't a...

I have a rubber sleeve around the butt of my cue to keep a very light grip and avoid doing exactly that. I could never figure out the slip-stroke thing. The only time I do something like that is when I have to play the cueball on a very close object ball without doing a double-hit: then I...

It took that long only for a couple of shots, where I had to decide between an unlikely shot on a ball I could barely see and an equally unlikely safety. But generally speaking, you're right, I sure gave him time to cool off in his chair. The slightest mistake would have given him the game, so I...

"Oh yeah I lost, but I held back speed" Trouble is, the guy seems to be dumping all year round.

Actually that part was a bit of a drag: I had to fight the urge to think "only x balls left", because I can't count how many times I missed a ball by thinking I couldn't afford to miss it. Yes, ain't that great? :) Twice, he had the option of exiting the rack, hit something and a rail, then...

Two buddies and I went to play our league matches in a poolhall unknown to me 40 miles from our club. As usual, I'm assigned 14.1 duty (as if it was a punishment eh ;)) We arrive at the place, and boy! I never saw tables so perfectly straight and flat, with cloths so immaculate and balls that...