Recent content by jbmcgee1

First cue I ever played with (and still own!) was from the Sears catalog. The construction is awful, but the design is almost identical to a Runde R-12. I've seen a few come through the For Sale forums, but haven't jumped on any. Let me know if anyone has one for sale.

One vote for I switched to Kamui Black M several months ago and have been very happy. Initially I miscued a bit, but for me that was a result of stroke inconsistency, not the tip. I've since adapted and have been very pleased. No mushrooming, very little re-shaping once set, and honestly I...

Eye on the Goal If the goal is to get to the NTC, you play the guys with the best shot of winning. The new 6 sits and the new 5 sits (unless they have always had the other guy's number). I've never been to Vegas (we've got our tournament starting tomorrow morning), and the team knows we are...

Bump with a new price... $125 shipped.

8 On the Snap The only ball I'll try to make is the 8 itself. In APA rules, an 8 on the break is an automatic win, so it makes sense to go for it, even if the odds of success are relatively small < 10%. A second ball break with a little draw, looking for the gaps as advised by Joe Tucker...

Curious if anyone else has experimented with the miscue limit using the Rempe training ball. Across several attempts, I was able to get draw action while hitting between the 2 and 3 rings on the advanced side, while any hit beyond the 3 ring scooped the ball off the table. Using the...

Location Where are you looking to start the league? Any particular night of the week?

Bar Rescue I agree that the felt colors they went with were a disaster (red bed/blue rails and blue rails/red bed), but for 90% of the folks that walk in there, they aren't going to play seriously, they are just playing for fun and drinking. It did look like they kept 1 table standard green...

Chin Yep, the shot at 3:50 in the clip of Allison Fisher is exactly what I see. If you step through the video frame by frame, you can see that she's making contact before her elbow starts to drop. Good example. Edit: I should note that the elbow drop is pretty minor in that shot, but it's...

Two quick questions for the instructors and players out there. 1) I'm doing my best to move closer to a pendulum stroke, eliminating the drop after contact. The problem I've noticed is that part of my setup is to place my chin very near/on the cue at my "set" position. I don't seem to notice...

Lesson Hey Chris, I'm originally from Michigan (Midland), so know what you mean by those cold winters. :) Georgia treats me much better these days. If you've got the time and are willing to drop a little money, take a lesson from a PBIA instructor. I took one in June of last year and am...

Good for a Friday laugh... I'm thinking of using this as a template for my pre-shot routine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIUW5Rslrc - James

Performance varies There are just too many factors for there to ever be a perfect handicapping formula, but aside from a league operator manually adjusting your skill level up/down I think the way the APA system works can be summed up like this: "How you play when you are at your best...

No issues Same... I have the 4S and have no problems with it.

Bump Bump for offers... Willing to be less firm on the price :)