Recent content by JPB2

I think you can improve. Depends what you mean by jumping speeds. 10 hcp to scratch as a senior pretty unlikely. 10 to 5 maybe. 18 to 10 doable.

I had a putter fitting at golftec but haven’t tried their lessons. I have a question and I guess concern about their teaching. And not having done it I can’t say for sure how they teach it. I also haven’t hit a ball this year and might not take another lesson if my golf ends up being just golf...

It did seem to take him less time to rack for opponent than when he rejected the rack and racked for himself. Opponent managed to break them well though.

Just started watching. Saw part of a rack then racking. Racking is taking forever.

I have the new ones but sold my ‘80’s Meucci in the ‘80’s. My recollection is that the old one was a bit less stiff. Not a massive difference but the new ones seem a little stiffer than I remember my old one was. Still a soft hit and Meucci feel. New shafts are good, better probably than the old...

This year at the 10 ball in Las Vegas one particular rack gets me to disagree with this approach. Opponent hooked Jasmin and she called and made the 2 rail kick. She hooked herself as perfect control after making a kick after being hooked is not easy. She then called and made the jump and...

Sometimes I wish I hadn’t sold my Scruggs, but the deflection was pretty extreme with the ivory ferrules. I like regular shafts typically, but in my recollection those were higher deflection than others I have had.

Yes, exactly. Pool doesn’t have the PAT as a requirement, and I think it can affect the credibility of the pool teacher, but that is up to the student. If someone with the instructor certification is charging for lessons, at least on a consistent or substantial basis, they are a pro, IMO, just...

Football isn’t a great example IMO because there isn’t as much amateur football in the post- college realm. I guess there’s some, but you have to be crazy to play football for free as an adult with a day job. I’m not talking flag football or whatever, I mean helmets and pads hand in the dirt...

Strongly disagree on this. As I mentioned above, golf has influenced my views on this and I know pool is different. Getting the certification doesn’t make you a pro, but making a living from teaching does IMO. I don’t think cue makers or table mechanics are pros. Their living doesn’t come from...

You are a pro IMO. Making money, charging money for trick shot skill puts you in the pro category IMO. That is my opinion day job or not. Others of course may disagree. As you mention above, it isn’t like golf, but golf does influence my views on the topic generally. And I do think golf has...

This is a good definition. Play or teach for a substantial portion of income. A sponsorship that pays money is a sign of a pro. Not as strict as old rules in other sports.

Pechauer, Meucci, Joss and I’m sure many others. All the custom guys. Just in Wisconsin you have Pechauer McDermott Jacoby Schon Viking Schmelke.

Income is precisely the difference between pro and amateur. That said, the distinction in all sports has been reduced/ diminished in recent years in all sports. In pool there really has never been one. Old school rules you take a dime in prize money you are a pro. All pool tournaments pay...