Recent content by jimtauer

I didn't catch how much money was up for grabs in this match.

I have recently been struggling with my play and have tried many things but just couldn't figure out how to get out of the slump I'm in. My shotmaking and especially cue ball position/shape over the last few months have been pretty horrible. Today I took a good close look at all aspects of my...

Where in MN are you located? If we're local is this just a one day program? (reading pricing info on your website). Thanks.

Believe me, I'd love not to. One team in our division insists on playing there, so we either have to show up or take a full week's forfeit, which is too many points to lose for a single week.

We need to play leagues every so often against a team who insists on shooting out of a dive bar. While the bar has 7' Diamonds, there are many issues with the equipment at this establishment that has really affected play for the non-banger crowd. 1) They do not take any care whatsoever to...

I've now had full two weeks with the Cuetec Cynergy, and it is still producing black residue on my hands and on wipes when wiping down the cue afterward. I emailed Cuetec after the first week and their response was that "this should go away, according the manufacturer". I've had many hours of...

Cynergy - black residue? Anyone else with the Cynergy shaft get black residue on their hands from playing? It started happening to me in my 2nd/3rd session of using it. Wiped the cue down in between with the included wipes and there was also black residue on the wipe. My hands were clean when...

I just got a Cuetec Cynergy and my fingers where I bridge the cue have black smudges on them. I cleaned once so far with the included wipes. The wipe was very black. I will try the cleaning method mentioned above and see if that corrects the issue. Otherwise this sucks! I don't have any...

It probably didn't need to be exact - but close, somewhere closer to the rail would have worked but not ideal. I was at the end of an 8 ball break and run, so all the opponent's balls were still on the table. The position there was to get to the ball before the 8, and to also get a good angle...

Thanks all for the replies. Very insightful. I have come to the conclusion that the best shot would have been to play proper shape before this one ;). Or, should have taken that ball out earlier in the run. Tried practicing some of these options yesterday and it's still a difficult situation...

This came up in a match last night (missing it cost me the match, unfortunately - well, what really cost me is not getting proper shape to this point). How to make the 13 and get shape to the square pictured? I tried shooting it numerous ways afterward and still couldn't figure it out, other...

Is it possible for a cue ball to get "worn out", even if cleaned regularly? I've seen cue balls at bars that are obviously chipped etc, but this week I was getting frustrated, practicing on my home table and not being able to get as much spin/action on the CB as normal, and not pocketing as...

It is a 7' diamond black with Simonis

Agreed on practicing the "ball in jaws" shots. Definitely not something I had even considered practicing a lot before, I can usually figure an out with this few balls left on the table but this one stumped me because of where that 10 ball sat. BTW, I am definitely not a top player but am in...

Thanks everyone for all the responses. Very insightful. Here is what I did, which I mentioned lost me the match - of course this situation came up hill-hill and decided everything. -Shot the 10 first, in between the 10 and the left tit - with right english. Thinking was that would shoot the...