Recent content by iasaxman

Thanks for the physiology...not physics lesson guys. Try to make a static change in a pool stroke. The individual tendons and muscles in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist will "fire" in rapid succession between the back-stroke and the followthrough(motion has to start somewhere). I'm guessing...

That is part of the problem with not understanding human physiology. Starting a motion from a static point decreases the amount of accuracy since the tendons and ligaments are stretched. In order to maximize accuracy, the before-mentions tendons and ligaments need to remain in motion. An...

I don't know why teachers want the pause in the first place... To me a pool stroke isn't made up of individual motions. It is one fluid motion. I think of it like a pendulum, back stroke becomes forward stroke. The more segmented any motion is, the more complex it is. Think of a golf swing...

Personally, I like to see points that are just a little bit different length in my own cues. This tells me that there will never be another cue just like mine. As long as you can't tell at a glance, the difference will most likely only be noticed by yourself and those you point it out to...

I'm not demeaning the maker, I'm actually trying to avoid the inevitable nicks and dings on the shaft. I too like that the maker has enough pride and confidence in his work to believe it needs nothing else. JMO Dave P.S. JimS...have you gotten together with Lil Joe yet? I worked with him...

I've not personally taught well-endowed women, but Joe Villalpondo was giving pointers to a girl who had this problem... He told her to take her grip-elbow and move it further away from her side. This was the new static location. As long as the girl adapts her stroke so it is still in-line...

Personally, I have owned several customs and still have a few. I always look for a way to ensure the cue retains it's value and aesthetic beauty. To me, the best way to do that is to keep the original shaft(s) either in the bag or at home and use a very good replacement. I've even sent a...

A couple of years ago, I was using a med. moori on a 314 shaft. Until last Thurs., I had a segmented DP shaft using a Sniper Hard. There isn't as much difference as you think to drawing the ball with a hard tip. A good friend of mine and heck of a player was using my Lightning Bolt break-cue...

That, and they have different stained veniers and different wraps...

Were other players contacted? Just wondering what might be instore next year at the 2nd invitational.... Again, great job guys. Dave Also, PM me if there is still a chance to get in the room. I didn't notice a link for tickets...didn't get all the way through the thread...short on time like...

I only use Snipers now. I converted from Moori's over the last year and won't go back. A couple of my snipers have around 600 hours on them and they are still going strong. Aside from burnishing the side of the tip, I don't do any other maintanance and still have a confident stroke with them...

I agree with most of the posts that the stroke may be to blame, but I will add my experience with Moori tips to the combination. Over the last 3 years, I've gone through approx. 15 Moori Med. tips. One of which is still on my Sneaky Pete and doing fine. It was the first one installed and...

Before anything good can happen? I'm pretty sure the "correct" stroke 50 years ago is differnt than now... Look at golf...Bobby Jones and Arnold Palmer had perfect strokes back then...who has it now? It isn't Tiger and he's best in the world. Repeatable is correct, but don't say nothing...

Qualifications for Teachers/Instructors? I'm playing the part of bad guy here, but who decides the credentials and qualifications for pool instructors? I'm more versed in golf than pool, and there are several similarities. In golf, you can't learn a more advanced technique than the teacher...

You show me how the best players in the world have identical strokes, and I'll agree with your reaction. Until then, I know many people with many different pool strokes. One in particular is a "world-class" player, and none of them have the same stroke. If it works for you, maximize it...if...