Recent content by Gage

Pictures are hosted here: http://imgur.com/a/GjWC6 It is a 6.5 foot slate table, but I have no idea what brand it is!

42 players in Amarillo

Practicing means you are trying to learn a new skill or improve an existing one, therefore you HAVE to change something in your game to do so. If you keep doing what you are doing then you will keep getting what you are getting. Practice SHOULD temporarily decrease your game until the skill...

I recently had a ferrule come loose on a 314-2 shaft after playing with it for a few months.

When learning a new skill, practice is best performed as a trial and error process. Dr. Fancher recommends shooting only one shot or one drill for about an hour, paying close attention to your body sensations (what you see and feel) and how it affects the stick, cueball, and object ball(s). Do...

Now I don't feel so bad losing to her in the 3rd round. :eek:

I had: 15 base points 2x 5 points if you shoot any 5 balls in numerical order 10 points if the cue ball never touches a rail 10 points if only 2 balls move in every shot 10 points if you shoot all stripes first, all solids next and the 8 as the last ball =55 points The way I set it up though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BYVZAPgUxk 55 points :D

From a neurological standpoint, it would make the most sense to have as much of your hand touching the cuestick without interfering with the intended path of the stick. This is because the more sensory input you get allows you to make better decisions (either consciously or subconsciously) as...

I think one of the most overlooked point Dr. Fancher makes in his book is: Mental skills have mostly to do with how you inhabit your body during play. You won't improve your mental game simply by reading this book - but you can use the ideas here to guide your experience, which will develop and...

I can't get shockwave working with my system, could you post a screenshot of this drill? Thanks

3.26 ILLEGAL JUMPING OF BALL It is a foul if a player strikes the cue ball below center (“digs under” or “lofts” the cue ball) and intentionally causes it to rise off the bed of the table in an effort to clear an obstructing ball. Such jumping action may occasionally occur accidentally, and...

Colin, A lot of what you wrote about how the mind works, especially rhythm, is explained pretty thoroughly in Pleasures of Small Motions. I was wondering if you have read this book?

I think your viewpoint on the differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain is quite oversimplified and slightly exaggerated. I'm not saying that it is entirely wrong, but you seem to emphasize that the two halves are like black and white. http://www.rense.com/general2/rb.htm...

Heh, didn't realize you were from Belgium...whoops. Anyways, I would consider myself a B player.