Recent content by gregcantrall

Fit and Feel I would liken it to driving a high performance car. It takes a real driver to keep it Shiney side up. Then the skills to win the race come next. It took me a long time to go from medium to hard tip. Now I practice with phenolic break tip. It's enlightening. Center ball mastery...

The Hat (Rich Geiler) said to me, "if you're over cutting them . You're Hiten Em good. " It took time to appreciate the wisdom. I now recall watching Efren dis assemble Earl the Peral. He broke and ran at least 3 and possibly 4 🤷‍♂️ Then after pocketing a ball on the break, he Over cut the 1...

Mark Williams has made 2 147s in a single event. His tip is hard. You can tell by the sound.

Cole used an analogy to make his point on why the hard tip (waterbuffalo). Probably not perfect analogy 🤷‍♂️ but he compared the bounce of a sponge to the bounce of a ball bearing from a hard surface. Indicating that the later was more consistent or predictable in his comparison. Soft leather...

I'm not sure what year but when the layered tips first came upon the scene, I won a layered tip in a contest or lottery. I was required to have the tip installed by their technician. I assume to be sure operator error didn't lead to a bad review. 🤷‍♂️ No way would I let anyone but Roger touch...

Drat, well perhaps.... The last session at 3 hours has been taken down from youtube for copyright. Seems fair, hope my subscription allows archives. Well I know it does and well wanted to locate and review the one frame where Ronnie untied the tight knot of reds.

Watch the Snooker GOAT and do it the way Ronnie does. I noted the stance and foundation of Cole as bullet proof. Heck when he got set, if the Stolies got him and he passed out, gravity would complete the shot. 🤷‍♂️

My 3 piece jump/break cue is my go to for shots with a wall interference. Since it's an uncommon situation, the weight and tip hardness are not something I fret over. The 3 piece does allow removal of the mid section for a shorty that works in tight situations. I do devote a portion of my...

Coming late to the question, I haven't read all the responses. My favorite stroke drill was to lay a long neck beer bottle on its side and stroke through the hole to touch the bottom without touching the bottle with the sides of the shaft as it passed in and out of the mouth. I did always...

Le Pro was the go to tip back in the day. Taking a oversize tip and removing leather from the perimeter was a way to get a solid tip. They were often flaky around the perimeter. A 15 mm tip milled down to 13 was a solution. Roger would bite them to find a good one. Not sure his rejection rate...

It's not a misscue it's a change in traction. Just a fraction. Some can live with it . I choose not to add glue globs to the cue ball. That's All. 🤷‍♂️

The problem with layered tips is the glue layer. As the tip wears the glue is at the point of contact at times. This changes the tip / ball interaction. Fly specks on whitey is evidence of the glue layer leaving the tip. The lost traction could be the fraction that caused a miss. 🤷‍♂️ Triangle...

It is about how the leather is treated. Cole used water buffalo but only one Master maker knew how to do it. So waterbuffalo tips are more of a crap shoot now.

Points Lines Planes Tickle the ivory was piano player. Pool player can do the same. 🤷‍♂️ Find the points Line the points , then put chin and belly button on the plane. The vertical plane. Holding the cue at balance point makes a good measure device. Make it a dance.

CSI is pretty thorough. I long ago developed the habit of calling the ball and pocket as a part of my self hypnosis. Saying it aloud gives it power.