Recent content by jay helfert

Harpo

There you go. That's the pro's option. Three rails and let the cue ball end up above the two.

Keith is not in this photo.

In China they have schools that specialize in different sports, along with the regular curriculum. Kids start out in gymnastics, table tennis and yes even billiards at five and six years old. I've seen gymnastic shows over there with many 12-16 year olds doing seemingly impossible stuff. And...

Pool is half mental and half physical! Never forget that.

The poolroom slump seems to be coming to an end with more new rooms opening in the last year then in the prior ten years. For the naysayers it can be done and you don't have to own the building. There is lots of vacant space in industrial areas, and it's a buyers/renters market. You don't have...

Thanks ref :sneaky:

That's not a foul unless the cue tip contacts the cue ball twice. I didn't see that. I wouldn't have called it.

I saw so much bad officiating this year it made me sick. I kept thinking where do they find these guys. I found myself focusing more on the refs than the match. I had to laugh in one tournament where the wandering ref kept obstructing the play of players on the next table. She would stand right...

I remember that. I was one of the TD's. My co-TD and the promoter wanted to delay the match for Steve and I told them it was a forfeit even if he read the board wrong. We were at an impasse and I agreed to let them ask you if it was okay to delay the match. He told me you agreed to it.

One thing is for certain. It's not the tables that have weakened U.S. pool! It's the mindset of the current crop of American players. For them good enough is okay. You want to be a champion at any sport, you must do the work and put in the time required. They must be highly motivated and...

The best players rarely if ever tried to hit center ball! They used some degree of english on pretty much every shot. Buddy Hall made the cleanest hit on the cue ball of anyone I can remember this side of Harold Worst. It sounded different when Buddy hit the ball.

Hitting center ball is an art. No one did it better than Buddy.

I played high school tennis and only lost one match my senior year (14-1). In many matches my opponents called anything close that I hit Out! It only made me more determined to crush them. And I did! I also umped Little League baseball for several years. I loved the kids but it seemed like in...

The USA players are pretty much outclassed in every aspect of the game. Only Shane and Fedor are up to speed with all the foreign players.