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I can attest APA SL-4 to APA SL-6 in 4 years is absolutely doable (I did it in 2 years as a 45 year old, however that occurred when I got my own table and my wife at the time decided to start screwing her boss, pure coincidence I’m sure). Translating to Fargo this is a 100 point jump from...

1) Identify your goals as a pool player. If you’re a 26 year old APA-3 with a pregnant fiancée, you’re never making a Mosconi Cup team. Your peak will be some amateur level below that, and you get to choose what it is! 2) Prioritize fun, even in practice. If pool elevates itself and becomes an...

USAPL also uses a form ball count for 8/9/10 ball. Rack winner gets 14 and rack loser gets 1 point per ball pocketed (9/10 ball) and 1 point for every ball of theirs not on the table (8 ball). Agree that APA method works fine for APA. In the lower skill levels there are only a few racks...

90% chance of BIH? I’m all of a Fargo 450 and I’m fairly reliable at making standard jumps for contact. If I don’t think I have the clearance my skill level needs, than the jump cue stays in the holder. I can’t imagine who you’re playing where they’re both weak enough to give up BIH at a 90%...

My advice to new APA players. 1) Buy a cheap, run of the mill standard 19oz, 13mm cue, Players or similar. Avoid the urge to get that 21oz cue even if that’s the house cue weight you gravitate toward. Grab a cheapish - 2x2 case to go with it. 2) During league, make some friends, then ask to...

To me with the far right hand edge of the performance bell curve opening up a gap between them and the bulk of other professionals, the gap that the shortstop has to cover is just larger. To carry over the baseball metaphor, the APA-7 third baseman is sitting in the 3rd base dugout and...

I've had a cue live in a vehicle in Orlando summer, Illinois summer, and Louisiana summer. In a case and out of direct sunlight (for theft prevention as well). No issues. Cheap to mid-range McDermotts at the time. It's just a risk and reward calculation, no one can say what any one person...

It may be marketing/social media playing (which Fedor seems to be adept at), but it’s looking like the “American” trio of Fedor/Shane/Skyler are all now in fairly tight with each other.

I’m sure it’s not available but I’d be interested to see 8-ball vs. 9-ball stats with large of a skill gap. At a low enough Fargo their win percentage is just going to equal whatever percentage the higher rated player rattles the 9. In 8-ball even that’s not an option. Anecdotal: When I...

Acceptimg the premise as true (not sure it is), if a Fargo 795 is slightly less of a dog to a Fargo 820 at 4.0 inch pockets than on 4.5 inch pockets, does it really matter? At some point there needs to be a sweet spot where the number of potential winners of any event is high enough to create...

My head canon is that Mike's been using his window sales gig as a front to hustle. (Scouts houses with pool tables in the basement, throws a rock through their window at 3AM, uses opportunity to sell them new windows) "Oh gee, I see you have a pool table, can I take a shot" **CLANK**...

The key to having an SL-9 is to have that person's SL-2 spouse also on the team, who really has no desire to improve and it's just husband/wife social night.

USAPL is Fargo handicapped (effectively the sister league of BCAPL) and you play a match format. The APP will generate a race to ball count based on Fargo rates... so 8/9/10 ball use ball counts kinda like APA but with notable differences. 1) The winner of the rack receives 14 points no...

Sure, NOW someone tells me not to shoot blindfolded.

So long as it’s not a Uniloc, All you have to do is take a Dremil and grind away all but one thread on your pin. The resulting rattle in your playing cue will match the resonant frequency of the cue ball and you’ll generate perfectly accurate bounce every time with no loss of energy - it’s...