Recent content by HawaiianEye

I played Youngblood in Southeast Missouri when I was a teen. We played 9-ball, using regular-sized pool balls, on a snooker table for either $20 or $50 a game. He won a few hundred.

This is the speed pool should be played at to make it enjoyable to watch.

I prefer to hit the balls with a firm, consistent stroke, too. I am not a fan of slow rolling or babying balls, if I don't have to.

I have played so much, I can hit dead center on the opposite side of the cue ball. :)

Where is the image of where pool scientists hit?

Squirt isn't a problem if you are aware of it, understand it, and know how to compensate for it.

I used to practice something similar when I was a kid working in the pool hall. I would put all 15 balls on the rails around the table and try to make them without the cue ball touching another ball. For this drill I was not shooting the balls in numerical order.

I agree. I don't buy expensive chalk and I don't mind chalk on the table, as long as it is kept to just a couple pieces. I have played with people who put chalk on every rail and you were constantly having to move them. I usually take their crap to where they are sitting and say something...

When I put English on the cue ball, I am not using my tip to measure how far I am aiming off center. I have played so long that it is instinctive to me. The only time I am super concentrated on where I am hitting on the cue ball is when I am doing a vertical masse.

I was wondering because the PHX butts and shafts are cored with phenolic.

I hope she goes far, but it won't be with my viewership as long as she spends more time surveying than shooting. The same goes for the guys. One thing I have noticed about these analytical players is they think too much if you ask me. For example, they look at the table forever and then...

I prefer to put my chalk on the table and take it away from the table when I am not shooting.

I don't like my pants pockets full of chalk dust.

To hit the vertical center of the cue ball you must hit right on the red line which is a millimeter or so wide. Aiming to hit either side of the line is easier because you have a larger target area to hit with the cue tip. If you aim dead center on the vertical line and miss by a millimeter or...

Are your Gulyassy cues or shafts PHX models?