Recent content by hang-the-9

Look at Efren make his kill spin shots, that is pretty much the pinnacle of what you are talking about IMHO. Me and a friend spent months working on getting a soft stroke and cue ball action that is effective like his, and it does look pretty when it works and is a great position tool.

To me, the "hit" or "playability" is different than pure performance like shaft deflection. Hit and playability is the combination of the cue parts, from the buttcap to the tip, how it feels in the hand, how much enjoyment you get when using it. How the wood and construction and design choices...

I always say "it's not a Major unless Stu is there in the front row" LOL

We have actual matches played between snooker players and pool players, with available results. Snooker players have better ball making ability on tough equipment, pool players have more knowledge of position and the "right" shots to take in pool games.

Several things were not really looked at for a technological view. The break is another one, I know many very good players took the break as luck, not a factor of how well the rack was setup or where you hit the ball. And the 9 ball going in off the break was not very well looked at by anyone...

This was one of the ideas behind the dot shafts that Meucci put out. From what I remember, they put the dot there at the "sweet spot" to align the shaft the same way each time. I think in theory it has merits, but in practice it's probably like those copper bracelets that are sold as "health...

Knocking a ball of a table is a foul, when doing a push out you must make a legal stroke so would be ball in hand. Not ALL rules are suspended when calling a roll out. For example, you can't move the ball with your hand, or the butt of the cue, you must execute a legal hit.

I think it's the elasticity and hardness of the construction. When the Aramith Tournament set first came out, it was clearly the "heaviest" playing ball set, you had to have a decent stroke to move that cueball around. The measles ball and the other Aramith cue balls were more livelier, even...

Grady Mathews has given some comparison with ball spots vs game spots. I think he said each ball given is like a game on the wire in a race to 7. So giving someone the 8 is like giving someone a 7-6 race. Of course his thinking is for good players that don't often mess up the run outs. If you...

Those Chinese made products have always confused me, they put out like 3 brands with 6 different versions of what looks like the same thing, then a few years later re-do it all with new names, with the product still looking the same with the same build design.

I always find it funny how if you just gather up the balls, you can match them into full sets of the same brand, but people just don't. I have played in over 100 pool halls, I would say no more than 20% of them have actually been good as far as taking care of the equipment and 10% have been...

JF SMO and the REVO, hands down are the lowest deflection. SMO actually wins out as my overall best CF shaft since it has a nicer hit feel than the Revo. Although I may rate CF shafts a bit differently than most, in my view, if you get a CF shaft it should be somewhat different in performance...

We just had a couple of players, from the Middle East come to my local place, and they played by these rules also, exactly. So I guess it's Missouri and Middle East 8 ball hehe.

8 Ft Diamond, resale value will be close to what you paid for it, unless you can fit in a 9 footer. If you can afford it without issues that is. And having a table just for you is selfish, invite friends over, buy them beer and ribs. I recently lowered by pool buddy rental rates to $1,000 on...

Fargo has shown over the years that the type of game played at the higher levels of skill does not make a difference, the best players in 9/10/8 ball will be at the top in other games as well. Does a great 1 pocket player have a better chance of beating an SVB/Filler/Gorst/Ko at their game...